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Five British regiments, with all the grenadiers and light-infantry, under the command of Brigadier-general Medows, first landed, and being ably seconded by Major Harris, he drove the French commandant, the Chevalier de Miccud, from a strong position which he had taken on the heights at the end of an inlet, called Grand Cul de Sac.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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Brigadier-general Lebatu [96], who soon joined the patriots, and fixed his head-quarters at Cachoeira, having stretched a line of troops across the peninsula on which the town is placed, and thus cut it off from provisions on that side; but the sea being still open, supplies were abundant, not only from abroad, but from the opposite island of
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham
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England think, when they hear that he is a Brigadier-general in the
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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While this was doing, Brigadier-general Prescott landed, with five other regiments, to secure the whole of the bay, and to establish posts in order to preserve a communication with Medows.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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Brigadier-general Rowe led up his brigade, which formed the first line, and was sustained in the second by a brigade of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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WE record with regret the deaths of Brigadier-general George M. Sternberg, retired, surgeon-general of the army, from 1893 to
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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Brigadier-general! what must this man's relatives in
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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This place was held by a brigade of about four thousand men, under Brigadier-general John S. Bowen, as a key to the interior, to prevent the Federal forces from attacking Columbus in the rear.
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General Medows pushed forward, and took possession of the important post of the Vigie, which commands the north side of the Carénage harbour; while Brigadier-general
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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WE record with regret the deaths of Brigadier-general George M. Sternberg, retired, surgeon-general of the army, from 1893 to 1902, distinguished for his investigations of yellow fever and other diseases; of Edward Lee Greene, associate in botany at the Smithsonian Institution; of Wirt Tassin, formerly chief chemist and assistant curator of the division of mineralogy, U. S.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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