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The British Revolt

Today's installment concludes Romans Conquer Britain,our selection from The History of England: from Earliest Times to the Death George II by Oliver

But what could undisciplined bravery avail against the attack of an army skilled in all the arts of war and inspired by a long train of

This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Julius Caesar Lands on Britain.IntroductionBritain beckoned to the

Today's installment concludes The Dutch Crisis 1672,our selection from History of Holland and the Dutch, 900 - 1799 by C.M. Davies.If you have

The Dutch, though far inferior in number, having only seventy-five vessels, convinced that this struggle was to be the most desperate and the last,

The Hapsburg Emperor, though hampered by his secret treaty with the King of France, joined Prussia on The Netherlands’ side.Continuing The Dutch

Louis, upon the appointment of the Prince to the office of stadtholder, was liberal in offers of honor and advantages to his person and family, and

Jan de Witt visited his brother in his agony, and a mob, bursting into the jail, seized upon both brothers as traitors and murdered them with horrid

Leyden, Haarlem, and most of the other towns followed the example of the nobles in receiving these pusillanimous counsels with