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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... fight of the " in- surgents " in the British colonies of North America for the establish- ment of a free people on a free soil aroused sympathy among many French idealists who felt that this was a war representing a cause , namely ...
... fight of the " in- surgents " in the British colonies of North America for the establish- ment of a free people on a free soil aroused sympathy among many French idealists who felt that this was a war representing a cause , namely ...
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... fight for any nation on an impartial business basis . From the middle ages onward this " free and neutral " nation sent soldiers to fight in practically every European war , to such an extent that the very word " Swiss " came to have ...
... fight for any nation on an impartial business basis . From the middle ages onward this " free and neutral " nation sent soldiers to fight in practically every European war , to such an extent that the very word " Swiss " came to have ...
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... fight against Russia . About a year and a half before the partition took place , de Kalb was called upon by the minister of foreign affairs , the Duc de Vrillières , through the minister of war , Monteynard , to join in the fight of the ...
... fight against Russia . About a year and a half before the partition took place , de Kalb was called upon by the minister of foreign affairs , the Duc de Vrillières , through the minister of war , Monteynard , to join in the fight of the ...
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