Hamilton's Campaign with Moore and Wellington During the Peninsular WarPress of Prescott & Wilson, 1847 - 163 Seiten |
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... effect . Even in these difficult and disheartening cir- cumstances , no symptoms of confusion were man- ifested in the British columns . The advance of General Nightingale's brigade was led by the 29th regiment , with singular bravery ...
... effect . Even in these difficult and disheartening cir- cumstances , no symptoms of confusion were man- ifested in the British columns . The advance of General Nightingale's brigade was led by the 29th regiment , with singular bravery ...
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... effect the union of his isolated divis- ions had now become an operation of danger and difficulty . The position of these bodies was such as to prevent the possibility of immediate action . He was placed as a central point between the ...
... effect the union of his isolated divis- ions had now become an operation of danger and difficulty . The position of these bodies was such as to prevent the possibility of immediate action . He was placed as a central point between the ...
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... to obtrude on the British Cabinet the unpalatable truth that the national army was in effect , nothing more than a congregation of separate and independent bands miserably armed , possessing but a HAMILTON'S CAMPAIGN . 23.
... to obtrude on the British Cabinet the unpalatable truth that the national army was in effect , nothing more than a congregation of separate and independent bands miserably armed , possessing but a HAMILTON'S CAMPAIGN . 23.
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... effect . In such men Sir John Moore could place no trust . His expectations had been deceived . He found supineness where he expected energy ; a people not filled with an active spirit - stirring en- thusiasm , but reposing in a dull ...
... effect . In such men Sir John Moore could place no trust . His expectations had been deceived . He found supineness where he expected energy ; a people not filled with an active spirit - stirring en- thusiasm , but reposing in a dull ...
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... effect . · When the resolution of their General was made known to the army , it was received by all ranks with more than murmurs of dissatisfaction and disgust . The British army had suffered no disas- ter ; it had never been brought ...
... effect . · When the resolution of their General was made known to the army , it was received by all ranks with more than murmurs of dissatisfaction and disgust . The British army had suffered no disas- ter ; it had never been brought ...
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Albuera allies Almeida approach Arapiles arrived artillery assailants Astorga attack attempt Badajos battalions battle Benevente bridge brigade British cavalry centre charge Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel command commenced confusion contest corps Corunna covered crossed detachment directed Douro driven back drove Elvina enemy enemy's column engagement fell fifth divisions force formed French army front gain possession gallantry garrison ground guard guns heavy fire heights hill horse hundred immediately infantry instantly killed and wounded light troops Lord Wellington loss Marmont Marshal Marshall Soult Massena ment Mondego morning moved movement night o'clock occupied officers piquets Portugal Portuguese position prisoners Prussians ramparts ravine reached rear received regiment repulsed reserve retired retreat river road Romana Salamanca sion Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir Harry Burrard Sir John Moore Sir Rowland Hill Sir Thomas Graham soldiers Soult Spanish armies supported Tagus thousand tion town village Vittoria whole Zadorra
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 64 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Seite 64 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Seite 60 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 64 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!
Seite 64 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In a grave where a Briton has laid him.
Seite 62 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice! Anderson, - you will see my friends as soon as you can. - Tell them, every thing - Say to my mother.
Seite 63 - No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared...
Seite 151 - Madmen ! One moment of prosperity has bewildered them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their grave.
Seite 62 - He then thanked the doctors for their attention. Captains Percy and Stanhope came into the room ; he spoke kindly to both, and asked Percy if all his aides-de-camp were well. He pressed my hand close to his body, and, in a few minutes, died without a struggle.
Seite 63 - A grave was dug for him on the rampart there, by a party of the 9th regiment, the aidesde-camp attending by turns. No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets.