Soldiers and Sailors or, Anecdotes, Details, and Recollections of Naval and Military Life, as Related to His Nephews, by an Old Officer.

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Alexander the Great.—Frederick the Great.—Charles XII.—Peter the Great.—Buonaparte.—Duke of Marlborough.—Hastings.— Bannockburn.—Cressy.—Poictiers.—Agincourt.—Bosworth Field.— Blenheim.—Culloden.—Prague.—Quebec.—Battles of Marathon, Thermopylæ, and the siege of Troy.—Preparation for a battle.— The battle array.—General De Zeithen.—Monument of Peter the Great.—Duke of Marlborough. 51