The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... have on a small hanger . In an idle humour he drew it , and began to amuse himself by fencing at young Moore ; and laughed as he forced him to skip from side to side to shun false B 2 1772. ] 3 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... have on a small hanger . In an idle humour he drew it , and began to amuse himself by fencing at young Moore ; and laughed as he forced him to skip from side to side to shun false B 2 1772. ] 3 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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James Carrick Moore. him to skip from side to side to shun false thrusts . The duke continued this sport until Moore unluckily started in the line of the sword , and received it in his flank . On feel- ing himself wounded he exclaimed ...
James Carrick Moore. him to skip from side to side to shun false thrusts . The duke continued this sport until Moore unluckily started in the line of the sword , and received it in his flank . On feel- ing himself wounded he exclaimed ...
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... side the balance inclines . In order to seize the good , and eschew the evil , on such occasions , paternal watchfulness is peculiarly useful . Naples , one of the most delightfully si- tuated cities in the world , was next visited . In ...
... side the balance inclines . In order to seize the good , and eschew the evil , on such occasions , paternal watchfulness is peculiarly useful . Naples , one of the most delightfully si- tuated cities in the world , was next visited . In ...
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... side of the town . These troops , together with a body of seamen under Captain Nelson , * took post on a hill at a considerable distance from the outworks , where they erected batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly ...
... side of the town . These troops , together with a body of seamen under Captain Nelson , * took post on a hill at a considerable distance from the outworks , where they erected batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly ...
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... side availed nothing ; for the troops never durst approach beyond the para- pet of their batteries on the summit of the hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of ...
... side availed nothing ; for the troops never durst approach beyond the para- pet of their batteries on the summit of the hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of ...
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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