General de KalbUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1966 - 251 էջ Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette. |
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... Saxe's death was daily expected , and asked the General what he could do in so miserable a plight . Saxe's reply was : " It is not a question of living , but of leaving , " - that is , one more task to be accomplished ! Voltaire wrote a ...
... Saxe's death was daily expected , and asked the General what he could do in so miserable a plight . Saxe's reply was : " It is not a question of living , but of leaving , " - that is , one more task to be accomplished ! Voltaire wrote a ...
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... Saxe's conquest of Prague : " You are going to scale the wall . " " Yes , my colonel . " " The sentinel will shoot ... Saxe's army . " There is not another example " he wrote to Folard , " of a city ever taken by the French , sword ...
... Saxe's conquest of Prague : " You are going to scale the wall . " " Yes , my colonel . " " The sentinel will shoot ... Saxe's army . " There is not another example " he wrote to Folard , " of a city ever taken by the French , sword ...
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... Saxe when the latter was on his deathbed . Saxe replied : " We have been good friends for many years . Do me one more favor ! Don't talk to me . " His soul was full of reveries . At the last he said to his physician , " Doctor , life is ...
... Saxe when the latter was on his deathbed . Saxe replied : " We have been good friends for many years . Do me one more favor ! Don't talk to me . " His soul was full of reveries . At the last he said to his physician , " Doctor , life is ...
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