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 Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.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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... things like that , you know , must be At every famous victory . Great praise the Duke of Marlborough won And our good Prince Eugene . " Nay , ' twas a very wicked thing ! " Said little Wilhelmine . " Nay , nay , my little girl , " quoth ...
... things like that , you know , must be At every famous victory . Great praise the Duke of Marlborough won And our good Prince Eugene . " Nay , ' twas a very wicked thing ! " Said little Wilhelmine . " Nay , nay , my little girl , " quoth ...
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... thing treated him like a valet and called him “ la France . " Louis was deeply in love with this frivolous girl , never ... things for France , and had planned to do even more . What this statesman in 1767 hoped and expected was a war of ...
... thing treated him like a valet and called him “ la France . " Louis was deeply in love with this frivolous girl , never ... things for France , and had planned to do even more . What this statesman in 1767 hoped and expected was a war of ...
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... things are not by any means as they were described to us in France . The Americans are disunited regarding their common cause , and I do not think that they will ever do anything remarkable . Vanity pricks them ; they all want to be ...
... things are not by any means as they were described to us in France . The Americans are disunited regarding their common cause , and I do not think that they will ever do anything remarkable . Vanity pricks them ; they all want to be ...
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Preface | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Apprenticeship under Marshals Saxe and Lowendal | 30 |
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