The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... parties proceeded to hostilities ; but as French boys know nothing of boxing , they were thrown to the ground one across the other . Dr. Moore , hearing the outcry , hastened to the scene : he raised up the discomfited , and endeavoured ...
... parties proceeded to hostilities ; but as French boys know nothing of boxing , they were thrown to the ground one across the other . Dr. Moore , hearing the outcry , hastened to the scene : he raised up the discomfited , and endeavoured ...
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... party reached Rome , and Dr. Moore was filled with those vivid emotions , which the recollection of its former greatness is calculated to excite . In a letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen ...
... party reached Rome , and Dr. Moore was filled with those vivid emotions , which the recollection of its former greatness is calculated to excite . In a letter to Mrs. Moore , he writes : - ' I have not yet time to give you my sen ...
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... party repassed the Alps in mid- summer , and after some stay at Geneva reached Paris . There the ensign quitted his father , to fly to Glasgow . I still recollect his mother's transports on embracing her eldest son , who had left her ...
... party repassed the Alps in mid- summer , and after some stay at Geneva reached Paris . There the ensign quitted his father , to fly to Glasgow . I still recollect his mother's transports on embracing her eldest son , who had left her ...
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... party concealed behind trees , which arrested the Americans , who rowed back to their ship- ping . Similar ineffectual attempts to land were made on the two subsequent days . At length the Americans , instructed by these miscarriages ...
... party concealed behind trees , which arrested the Americans , who rowed back to their ship- ping . Similar ineffectual attempts to land were made on the two subsequent days . At length the Americans , instructed by these miscarriages ...
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... party , Will the Hamilton men leave me ? Come back , and behave like soldiers . ' They obeyed , and recommenced firing . The Ame- ricans returned the fire , without venturing to advance into the wood . Moore observed their commanding ...
... party , Will the Hamilton men leave me ? Come back , and behave like soldiers . ' They obeyed , and recommenced firing . The Ame- ricans returned the fire , without venturing to advance into the wood . Moore observed their commanding ...
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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