The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... shot upon the wood . roaring of the guns , the falling of the trees , and the crashing of their branches , astounded the young soldiers : when suddenly the can- nonading ceased , and boats full of troops were rowed off to the beach . It ...
... shot upon the wood . roaring of the guns , the falling of the trees , and the crashing of their branches , astounded the young soldiers : when suddenly the can- nonading ceased , and boats full of troops were rowed off to the beach . It ...
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... shot , he reproached them sharply ; and calling for his aide - de - camps went to the gate , and commanded it to be thrown open . Then walking erect towards the battery , he examined it with his spy- glass : You see , ' he said , there ...
... shot , he reproached them sharply ; and calling for his aide - de - camps went to the gate , and commanded it to be thrown open . Then walking erect towards the battery , he examined it with his spy- glass : You see , ' he said , there ...
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... shot , and cannonaded the tower ; but the stone walls being circular and of great thickness , threw off the balls ; while the two guns of the tower ( there were no more ) swept the decks of the men - of - war , and made fearful havoc ...
... shot , and cannonaded the tower ; but the stone walls being circular and of great thickness , threw off the balls ; while the two guns of the tower ( there were no more ) swept the decks of the men - of - war , and made fearful havoc ...
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... would try . After two days hard labour , by the help of blocks and ship - tackle , two eighteen - pounders were hauled up , and mounted upon the top of the rock , from whence the shot plunged into the 60 [ 1794 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... would try . After two days hard labour , by the help of blocks and ship - tackle , two eighteen - pounders were hauled up , and mounted upon the top of the rock , from whence the shot plunged into the 60 [ 1794 . LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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James Carrick Moore. the rock , from whence the shot plunged into the redoubt . Another battery of smaller guns was also established upon a neighbouring eminence . In a couple of days some of the French cannon were dismounted , and the ...
James Carrick Moore. the rock , from whence the shot plunged into the redoubt . Another battery of smaller guns was also established upon a neighbouring eminence . In a couple of days some of the French cannon were dismounted , and the ...
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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