 | William Cooke Taylor - 1830 - 436 pages
...far inferior forces, met them on the plains of Bouvines near Tournay. The French obtained a complete victory ; Otho having encountered a French knight,...friends, we shall see nothing to-day but his back." The flight of the emperor was the signal of his defeat; the Imperialists no longer resisted, and a... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - France - 1848 - 532 pages
...far inferior forces, met them on the plains of Bouvines, near Tournay. The French obtained a complete victory ; Otho having encountered a French knight,...friends, we shall see nothing to-day but his back." The flight of the emperor was the signal for the ruin of his army ; the Imperialists no longer resisted,... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - France - 1848 - 648 pages
...men, at Bou vines, near Tournay.Q The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - France - 1849 - 456 pages
...far inferior forces, met them on the plains of Bouvines, near Tournay. The French obtained a complete victory ; Otho having encountered a French knight,...friends, we shall see nothing to-day but his back." The flight of the emperor was the signal for the ruin of his army ; the Imperialists no longer resisted,... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - France - 1851 - 642 pages
...men, at Bou vines near Tournay. The confederate army, which was commanded by tho emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1861 - 364 pages
...the head of fifty thousand men, met his enemies at Bouvines, near Tournay, on August 27th, 1214. 6. The army of the confederates, under the command of...vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, chaplain to King Philip, was present at the battle, and has given an account of... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - France - 1863 - 646 pages
...men, at Bouvines, near Tournay.§ The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - France - 1867 - 570 pages
...men, at Bouvines near Tournay. The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
 | Elizabeth Penrose - 1871 - 592 pages
...men, at Bouvines near Tournay. The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous ; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose (Mrs. John Penrose), Mrs. Markham - France - 1888 - 584 pages
...men, at Bouvines near Tournay. The confederate army, which was commanded by the emperor, was still more numerous; but the superior skill and vigilance of Philip gained him a decided -victory. William of Bretagne, who was Philip's chaplain, was present at this battle, of which he has given us... | |
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... Flanders was now Philip's declared enemy, and joined with the emperor Otho IV., and with the king of England, in a confederacy against him. On August 27, 1214, Philip met his enemies with an army of 50,000 men, at Bouvines near Tournay. The confederate... 