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, and was dispersed by a violent gale: the losses of men and _materiel_ were small, however, and the fleet finally reached the rendezvous. The defenses of the harbor having been silenced by the naval forces, the disembarkation of the land-troops took place, General Sherman being in command. England, France, and Spain are now (January 16, 1862) engaged in an expedition directed against Mexico. The first operations were the capture, by the Spanish forces, of Vera Cruz and its defenses: the Mexicans offered no resistance at that point. The future will develop the plans of the allies; but the ultimate result of a struggle (if, indeed, one be attempted by the Mexicans) cannot be doubted, when three of the most powerful states of Europe are arrayed against the feeble and tottering republic of Mexico.] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 58: Richard sailed from England with twenty thousand foot and five thousand horsemen, and landed in Normandy, whence he proceeded by land to Marseilles. We do not know what fleet he employed to transport his troops to Asia. Philip embarked at Genoa on Italian ships, and with a force at least as large as that of Richard.] [Footnote 59: See the account of the expedition to the Crimea.--TRANSLATORS.] INDEX A. Abercrombie's descent on Egypt, 384. Accidental lines, 103. Action, concert of, how secured, 259. Active armies and sieges, relation between, 152. Advanced guard, 261, 262. attack of the enemy's, in retreats, 243. in armies meeting unexpectedly, 208. in battle, 288, 289. Advance, line of, how determined, 71. Advantages of awaiting invasion, 17. of elevated points for observation, 276. Aggressive wars for conquest, 22. Agincourt, order of battle at, 192. Albis, position of, 181. Alcazar, battle of, 378. Alexander the Great, 173, 362. Alfred the Great, 369. Algiers, French descent on, in 1830, 386. Spanish descent on, 382. Alise, investment of, by Caesar, 153. Allies, at Bautzen, 187. defeat of, at Zurich, 112. error of, in 1793, 107, 108. failure of diversion of, in 1805, 219. in war, 18. march of, upon Leipsic, 123. Alps, passage of, by Francis I., 168. American Revolution, French maritime efforts during, 383. Anglo-Russian expedition to Holland, 384. Angouleme, Duke of, expedition of, 28. Antony, retreat of, from Media, 233. Antwerp, English expedition to, 385. Archduke Charles, 294. concentric retreat
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