From Hastings to Culloden: (battlefields in Britain)Roundwood Press, 1979 - 292 Seiten |
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... Highlanders on the Scottish right had been the last to start down the hill . Stanley had detached a band of his Cheshire archers to take the mass of Highlanders in the flank . They ran to their left until they found a gulley which they ...
... Highlanders on the Scottish right had been the last to start down the hill . Stanley had detached a band of his Cheshire archers to take the mass of Highlanders in the flank . They ran to their left until they found a gulley which they ...
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... Highlanders is more bloody than that of any regular troops whatever ' . Even so Barrel's regiment was borne backwards by the sheer weight of the mass of charging men . Captain Lord Robert Kerr received a Cameron on his spontoon , as his ...
... Highlanders is more bloody than that of any regular troops whatever ' . Even so Barrel's regiment was borne backwards by the sheer weight of the mass of charging men . Captain Lord Robert Kerr received a Cameron on his spontoon , as his ...
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... Highlanders stood their ground and ' threw stones for at least a minute or two before their total rout began ' . The Highlanders on the left could not bring themselves to emulate the bravery of their comrades . Old John Gordon of ...
... Highlanders stood their ground and ' threw stones for at least a minute or two before their total rout began ' . The Highlanders on the left could not bring themselves to emulate the bravery of their comrades . Old John Gordon of ...
Inhalt
The Strategic Geography of Britain | 1 |
The Battle of Hastings 14 October 1066 | 22 |
The Battle of Lewes 14 May 1264 | 46 |
Urheberrecht | |
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