...cliff, went headlong down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and 1,500 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill."* The day was now won, and Beresford ordering the Portuguese and Spaniards to advance,...

...combatants. As General Napier writes,—' The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and 1,500 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill.' " Hardinge fought at Salamanca ; he was severely wounded at Yiltoria : he was at Pampeluna...

...cliff, went headlong down the astont. The rain flowed after, in streams discoloured with blood ; and 1,800 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the latal hill." Wellington had many difficulties to encounter ; but he never despaired of ultimate...

...considered amongst the great and bloody battles of the Peninsula. At the conclusion of the day, 1,500 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill! I am not going to write any descriptive account of battles, nor am I at all qualified...

...cliff, went headlong down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and 1,500 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill.' * The history of the British army does not record a more sanguinary struggle. In four...

...cliff, went headlong down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and 1,500 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill."* The day was now won, and Beresford ordering the Portuguese and Spaniards to advance,...

...cliff, went headlong down the steep ; the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and 1,800 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the hill" (NAPIER). During this glorious contest of the fusilier brigade, Harvey's brigade and the...

...confusion ; and the mighty mass, breaking oti' like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep, and 1,800 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." In four hours nearly 7,000 of the allies and 8,000 French had been struck down. On...

...confusion ; and the mighty mass, breaking off like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep, and 1,800 unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." In four hours nearly 7,000 of the allies and 8,000 French had been struck down. On...

...the mighty mass, breaking like a loosened cliff went headlong down the steep. . . Eighteen-hundred unwounded men, the remnant of 6,000 unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." The fight was over, and by 3 o'clock all firing had ceased. The Allies lost 7,000,...