The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... hill , about seven hundred yards from the Convention redoubt . This height had not been occupied by the French , who deemed it impracticable to drag cannon up so precipitous a crag . They knew not the energies of British seamen , and ...
... hill , about seven hundred yards from the Convention redoubt . This height had not been occupied by the French , who deemed it impracticable to drag cannon up so precipitous a crag . They knew not the energies of British seamen , and ...
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... hill . He halted there for a few minutes , to give the men time to recover breath , and to restore their order , somewhat broken by hurrying over rough ground . Then , by his command , whose spirit was transfused to the soldiers , they ...
... hill . He halted there for a few minutes , to give the men time to recover breath , and to restore their order , somewhat broken by hurrying over rough ground . Then , by his command , whose spirit was transfused to the soldiers , they ...
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... hill at a considerable distance from the outworks , where they erected batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly much ammunition . The enemy paid little attention to this cannonade , only returning a shot occasionally ...
... hill at a considerable distance from the outworks , where they erected batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly much ammunition . The enemy paid little attention to this cannonade , only returning a shot occasionally ...
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... hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of May . On that very day , an aide - de - camp of the French commander came over to the British ad- vanced picket , and ...
... hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of May . On that very day , an aide - de - camp of the French commander came over to the British ad- vanced picket , and ...
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... hills in the vicinity are planted with vines , olives , and figs ; which culture shows what great improvement might be made if the people were industrious . But they are averse to labour , and prefer living scantily , and strolling ...
... hills in the vicinity are planted with vines , olives , and figs ; which culture shows what great improvement might be made if the people were industrious . But they are averse to labour , and prefer living scantily , and strolling ...
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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