Lery

"I think the capture of Badajoz a very extraordinary event," Lery, Soult's chief engineer, wrote to

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various

Lery long ago, had multiplied and now overran the island.

Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom 1903

Up the gorge of the Lery runs the railway, which carried us so often past the massive church and steep pine-grown graveyard of

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

The same tide which washes the beach also fills the Lery channel and the adjoining ditches.

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

Reflecting on this, our engineers cut a duct between the Lery and the sea, so as to draw the water from the river down the main drainage artery, performing twice daily a most effective flushing.

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

The channel of the Lery, between which and the sea the hotel is built, runs parallel to the coastline, till it meets at right angles the estuary of the Dovey.

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

For example, the fishing in the Lery, along whose banks groups of anglers might be seen strolling, whipping the water to the full entertainment of themselves and the fish, or now and then blessing Sir Pryse, as the angler landed his first trout from our good friend's waters.

Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth John Huntley Skrine 1885

These were the three original French Gates, improved and strengthened by the great engineer, de Lery.

The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 John Lesp��rance 1864

The Redmen, who let a 4-1 lead get away from them in a 5-4 overtime loss to Manitoba in their tournament opener, carried a 2-1 lead into the second period on first-period goals by Maxime Langelier-Parent of Lery, Que., and Christophe Longpre-Poirier of Longueuil, Que.

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The Redmen, who let a 4-1 lead get away from them in a 5-4 overtime loss to Manitoba in their tournament opener, carried a 2-1 lead into the second period on first-period goals by Maxime Langelier-Parent of Lery, Que., and Christophe Longpre-Poirier of Longueuil, Que.

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