1833, ISBN: 9780217698450

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Principles of the Revolution.?The Fihst Night.?Attack on the Barracks oi' the Russian Cavalry.?Their Dispersion.?Attempt to secure the person of the Grand Duke.?Capture of Russian general officers and spies.?Actions with detached bodies of Russian cavalry.?Two companies of Polish light- infantry join the patriots.?Death of Potocki and Trcmbicki.?The Russian infantry attacked and dispersed.?Armament and assembling of the people.? Detachments sent to Praga. It is undeniable that the history of our nation abounds in heroic acts and glorious passages. Need we instance the times of Boleslaw, Casirair, Jagelo, Augustus of Warna, and Sobieski or the deeds of our renowned generals Czarnecki, Chodkiewicz, Tarnowski, Sapieha, Kosciusko, and Poniatowski? Yet, in our whole history, nothing transcends this last revolution and indeed few more memorable events have ever occurred. Its plan was based on the purest motives, and this constitutes its peculiar character. Those .true sons of Poland, Wysocki and Schlegel, had no other design than to regenerate public morals and the national character, which had already begun to deteriorate under Russian influence though, perhaps, there may have mingled with these another impulse?that of vengeance for the ignominy to which we were subjected. These feelings were shared by the whole nation?certainly a rare instance in history. Inspired by the example of the brave, even the wavering joined in upholding the good cause to support which the sword was drawn. It was this unanimity which emboldened us, small as our numbers were, to meet that colossal power dreaded by all Europe. We were not animated to this unequal struggle by any vain desire of conquest, but by a resolution to shake off a yoke so disgraceful, and by the wish to preserve our...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

2012, ISBN: 021769845X

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2012, ISBN: 021769845X

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