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division under Vandamme and Legrand
Marshal Soult hastened to the bridge, and bore down upon Augsburg with the division under Vandamme and Legrand; while St. Hilaire marched his troops up the left bank of the Danube, to watch the movements of the army collected round Ulm, and afterward, followed the two divisions we have just named.
— from The Napoleon Gallery or, Illustrations of the life and times of the emperor of France by Etienne Achille Réveil

deserted us ventured a loyal
"She has deserted us," ventured a loyal officer.
— from The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines by Hezekiah Butterworth

detachment under Villiers and Le
[59] This road was opened by a detachment under Villiers and Le Borgne sent out by Céloron on the sixteenth—“nearly three-quarters of a league of road” being cleared the first day.
— from Portage Paths: The Keys of the Continent by Archer Butler Hulbert

depended upon Varro and Livy
In general he depended upon Varro and Livy, and gives substantially the same view of early Roman history as the latter.
— from A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak

de ultimis Vasis amp Liquidis
Tractatus de Podagra in quo de ultimis Vasis & Liquidis, & Succo Nutritio tractatur, Authore Cliftono Wintringham, 8vo.
— from An Essay on Contagious Diseases more particularly on the small-pox, measles, putrid, malignant, and pestilential fevers by Clifton Wintringham


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