The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... army - Minorca - Penobscot CHAPTER III . . 16 Peace - Moore in Parliament - Promoted to the rank of a Field Officer - Ordered to Ireland , and to Gibraltar 32 CHAPTER IV . Arrival at Gibraltar - Sails to Corsica - Operations in that ...
... army - Minorca - Penobscot CHAPTER III . . 16 Peace - Moore in Parliament - Promoted to the rank of a Field Officer - Ordered to Ireland , and to Gibraltar 32 CHAPTER IV . Arrival at Gibraltar - Sails to Corsica - Operations in that ...
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... army , which his father did not disap- prove of , and resolved to have him taught mathematics and engineering , as soon as he was fit to learn them . The doctor was well satisfied with the progress which his son made in his studies ...
... army , which his father did not disap- prove of , and resolved to have him taught mathematics and engineering , as soon as he was fit to learn them . The doctor was well satisfied with the progress which his son made in his studies ...
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... On these occasions young Moore studied the German language assiduously . By a passage in a letter from him to me , dated Hanover , May 2 , 1775 , his passion for the army had increased , for he writes , - 8 [ 1775 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... On these occasions young Moore studied the German language assiduously . By a passage in a letter from him to me , dated Hanover , May 2 , 1775 , his passion for the army had increased , for he writes , - 8 [ 1775 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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... army , organised by that great tactician , was considered the best disciplined in Europe . The Duke of Hamilton and his friends readily obtained permission to be present at the reviews . These continued for three days on a grand scale ...
... army , organised by that great tactician , was considered the best disciplined in Europe . The Duke of Hamilton and his friends readily obtained permission to be present at the reviews . These continued for three days on a grand scale ...
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... army under Prince Charles Stuart , at the siege of Stirling . The re- membrance of that memorable expedition , with its disastrous consequences , greatly af- fected the earl ; yet he frequently renewed the subject , having had so deep a ...
... army under Prince Charles Stuart , at the siege of Stirling . The re- membrance of that memorable expedition , with its disastrous consequences , greatly af- fected the earl ; yet he frequently renewed the subject , having had so deep a ...
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afterwards alarm Anderson arms army arrived artillery assembled attack Bastia batteries bayonets besieged boats Brigands British camp cannon Captain Castlebar cavalry coast Colonel Moore column command commenced corps Corsicans detachment diers dragoons Duke of Hamilton Duke of York Dundas Egypt embarked enemy enemy's entrenchments escaped father favourable fire flank fleet force Fornelli forward France French frigates front garrison gave Gibraltar grenadiers ground guard guns hill horse hundred infantry inhabitants intelligence Ireland Irish island Lake landed letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hood Lucia manded ment military Minorca Moore's Morne Fortuné negroes neral night officers orders Paoli party pickets reached rear rebels received redoubt regiment reinforcement repulsed reserve resolved sailed sent ship shore shot siege Sir Charles Stuart Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wish wounded