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Vallette, so gloriously known afterwards by her devotion to her husband.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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Vallette, who now approached, fortunately without having heard the late allusion to himself.
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Acting-lieutenant Vallette worked the first and second division of guns with able effect.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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At daylight, on the 19th, his lordship saw Malta; and, at eight in the morning, communicated with Vallette.
The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 James Harrison
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Vallette feigned to be occupied in a conversation with Montresor; and the
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Island of Malta is a town called Cite-Vallette -- suggestive of the name
Women in the Life of Balzac Juanita Helm Floyd
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The Duc d'Angouleme, the Marechals de Schomberg and d'Estrees, Fabert, and other dignitaries were on horseback beside the litter; after them, among the most prominent were the Cardinal de la Vallette and Mazarin, with
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They found that Wurmser had forced their rear-guards from their posts: that of Massena, under Pigeon, had retired in good order to Lonato; that of Augereau, under Vallette, had retreated in confusion, abandoning Castiglione to the Austrians.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906
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He proved to be Captain Octave Vallette, a Creole, who, previous to his enlistment, with his brother, had been a ship-builder at Algiers, Louisiana.
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The taking down of the horses from Venice, from the Place du Carrousel; the execution of poor Ney, that hero of reality, not romance; the desire of Blucher to destroy the bridge of Jena, which the Duke of Wellington prevented; the escape of La Vallette, etc., kept us all in a state of excitement, while the lions of Paris, then the entrepôt of every article of value in the arts, afforded daily occupation.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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