The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... garrison . Murray was a man of high character , and a strict disciplinarian , but of a violent temper . Moore , however , acquired his good opinion by the exact performance of his duty . He was superior to the fopperies of many young ...
... garrison . Murray was a man of high character , and a strict disciplinarian , but of a violent temper . Moore , however , acquired his good opinion by the exact performance of his duty . He was superior to the fopperies of many young ...
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... garrison was composed , were much alarmed . The General , hearing this , came forth from his tent , and observing that the officers and men , none of whom had ever seen service before , were stooping their heads at every shot , he ...
... garrison was composed , were much alarmed . The General , hearing this , came forth from his tent , and observing that the officers and men , none of whom had ever seen service before , were stooping their heads at every shot , he ...
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... garrison , and returned to Halifax with the Hamilton regiment . Moore's senti- ments on commencing the rudiments of war are thus expressed in a letter to his father : - You may conceive , dear Father , how ' happy this siege has made us ...
... garrison , and returned to Halifax with the Hamilton regiment . Moore's senti- ments on commencing the rudiments of war are thus expressed in a letter to his father : - You may conceive , dear Father , how ' happy this siege has made us ...
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... garrison is numerous and is daily drilled , manoeuvred and employed on various duties : while the bomb - proof casemates , the ram- parts , and the cannon pointed towards the sea and shore , together with the Spanish lines across the ...
... garrison is numerous and is daily drilled , manoeuvred and employed on various duties : while the bomb - proof casemates , the ram- parts , and the cannon pointed towards the sea and shore , together with the Spanish lines across the ...
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... garrison duty began to be felt . Colonel Moore had already travelled over a portion of America , and a great part of Europe ; but travelling does not soon produce satiety , and the neighbouring cities of Spain were tempting objects . He ...
... garrison duty began to be felt . Colonel Moore had already travelled over a portion of America , and a great part of Europe ; but travelling does not soon produce satiety , and the neighbouring cities of Spain were tempting objects . He ...
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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 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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wounded