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enemy_n army_n battle_n fight_n 1,135 5 8.9229 5 false
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A24372 An Account of a second victory obtained over the Turks by the Imperial Army in Servia and of the taking the counterscarp and the other outworks of Bonne by storm. 1689 (1689) Wing A191; ESTC R6136 1,207 1

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