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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Military operations of General Beauregard. (search)
If not victorious, you will see me alive no more. This was risky enough; but this man of iron had no cause to repent of his temerity, and of his having rashly violated all the rules of war. Under the walls of Rocroy, the French, commanded by Conde, then only twenty-one years old, met the famous Spanish infantry, who had been, for almost a century, the terror of Europe. The enemy was superior in numbers, in discipline, in experience, and expected large reinforcements at any moment. The Pr, who thought that it would be too risky. The battle was lost twice by the fault of subalterns and the misconception of orders, and twice re-established by the youthful Commander. But the French again began to waver and to retreat slowly, when Conde by a manoeuvre, which, says the Duke d'aumale, had never been executed before, and never has been executed since—so perilous it was, we presume—completely annihilated the Spanish army, and gained the first of that series of victories by which he
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Orations at the unveiling of the statue of Stonewall Jackson, Richmond, Va., October 26th, 1875. (search)
s last and noblest creation of the great sculptor, the ceremonies of this august hour should end. In attempting to commence my oration, I am forcibly reminded of the faltering words with which Bossuet began his splendid eulogy on the Prince of Conde. Said he: At the moment I open my lips to celebrate the immortal glory of the Prince of Conde I find myself equally overwhelmed by the greatness of the theme and the needlessness of the task. What part of the habitable world has not heard of hiConde I find myself equally overwhelmed by the greatness of the theme and the needlessness of the task. What part of the habitable world has not heard of his victories and the wonders of his life? Everywhere they are rehearsed. His own countrymen in extolling them can give no information even to the stranger. And although I may remind you of them, yet everything I could say would be anticipated by your thoughts, and I should suffer the reproach of falling far below them. How true is all this to-day! Not only is every important event in the life of our illustrious chieftain familiar to you all, but what lesson to be derived from his example
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
and Algonquins from Quebec, in an expedition against the Iroquois, or Five Nations, in the north of New York. He ascended the Sorel, and explored the lake which bears his name, and perpetuates his memory. The Huguenots had been active in plans of coloniza- 1610. tion. The death of Henry IV. deprived them of their powerful protector. Yet the zeal of De Monts survived, and he quickened the courage of Champlain. After the short supremacy of Charles de Bourbon, the Prince of 1611, 1612. Conde, an avowed protector of the Calvinists, became viceroy of New France; through his intercession, mer- 1615. chants of St. Malo, Rouen, and La Rochelle, obtained a colonial patent from the king; and Champlain, now sure of success, embarked once more for the New World, accompanied by monks of the order of St. Francis. Again he invades the territory of the Iroquois in New York. Wounded, and repulsed, and destitute of guides, he Chap. I.} 1615, 1616. spends the first winter after his return
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
colonized New England; and religious enthusiasm founded Montreal, made a conquest of the wilderness on the upper lakes, and explored the Mississippi. Puritanism gave New England its worship, and its schools; the Roman church created for Canada its altars, its hospitals, and its seminaries. The influence of Calvin can be traced in every New England village; in Canada, the monuments of feudalism and the Catholic church stand side by side; and the names of Montmorenci and Bourbon, of Levi and Conde, are mingled with memorials of St. Athanasius and Augustin, of St. Francis of Assisi, and Ignatius Loyola. Within three years after the second occupation of Chap. XX.} Canada, the number of Jesuit priests in the province 1633, 1636. reached fifteen; and every tradition bears testimony to their worth. They had the faults of ascetic superstition; Relation de ce qui s'est passe en la Nouvelle France, en Pannee 1633. but the horrors of a Canadian life in the wilderness were resisted by an
The Daily Dispatch: March 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], The evacuation of Sumter at Charleston. (search)
er distracted with internal dissensions, bleeding at every pore from the wars of the Fronde, feeble at home, and despised abroad. He made her the greatest among the nations of Europe. Under his auspices she kept up a standing army of 100,000 men, and sent 100 ships of the line to sea. He added Franche Compete, Roussillon, and Flanders, to the Empire. His arms were victorious over the half of Western Europe. His Generals were the most renowned since the days of Julius Caesar. Turenne and Conde were considered as models, even by the great Napoleon. Literature and the arts flourished as they had never flourished before. Bossurt and Massillon thundered in the pulpit, while Corneille and Moliere convulsed the theatre, alternately, with grief and laughter. Even the very war which, but for the obstinacy of their Allies, would have brought Eugene and Marlborough to Paris terminated in securing the throne of Spain to the grandson of the great French monarch.--And of all the thrones whic
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Still Later from the North. (search)
McClellan is very like that of Lee, and he is the only man we know of at present who is able to cope with him. Gen. Scott indicated him as the best commander for the whole army, and it is the rashest presumption on the part of more civilians--third rate lawyers — to remove him from it, and put in his place General untried upon a large scale. It is true, that the greatest Generals the world ever saw took command of armies without ever having led a regiment against the enemy, Peter the Great, Conde, Frederick, and Napoleon, are examples, But these are exceptions to the general role, and we would be woefully deceived by following the exceptions instead of the rule — Even Napoleon — a General of such surpassing genius — did not suddenly assume the command of large armies. It was only by degrees that he acquired the skill to wield vast masses of men. McClellan with his larger experience and greater military knowledge, would not have assailed so strong a position as that of the enemy be
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