The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... troops , among which were the six compa- nies of the Hamilton regiment . In June , 1779 , this detachment sailed with a favourable wind , and proceeded to the river Penobscot . The troops were landed on a woody and de- serted coast ...
... troops , among which were the six compa- nies of the Hamilton regiment . In June , 1779 , this detachment sailed with a favourable wind , and proceeded to the river Penobscot . The troops were landed on a woody and de- serted coast ...
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... troops , and stores of every species requisite for a siege . On the 25th of July , this fleet was descried steering to the mouth of the river Penobscot , when the walls of the fort were not yet breast high . The General , experienced in ...
... troops , and stores of every species requisite for a siege . On the 25th of July , this fleet was descried steering to the mouth of the river Penobscot , when the walls of the fort were not yet breast high . The General , experienced in ...
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... troops were rowed off to the beach . It happened on that day , that a company of the Hamilton regi- ment formed the picket to oppose the landing , and Lieutenant Moore was posted on the left with only twenty men under his orders . The ...
... troops were rowed off to the beach . It happened on that day , that a company of the Hamilton regi- ment formed the picket to oppose the landing , and Lieutenant Moore was posted on the left with only twenty men under his orders . The ...
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... troops and instructions given to the officers on every event . The General gave Moore the command of fifty men , posted in reserve , with orders , • that ' should the enemy rush forward , as soon as they got into the ditch of the fort ...
... troops and instructions given to the officers on every event . The General gave Moore the command of fifty men , posted in reserve , with orders , • that ' should the enemy rush forward , as soon as they got into the ditch of the fort ...
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... troops . Towards the officers under his command his conduct was friendly , yet firm ; towards the soldiers kind , but strict ; and to both impartially just . The battalion which he formed after a few months was reviewed , and its ...
... troops . Towards the officers under his command his conduct was friendly , yet firm ; towards the soldiers kind , but strict ; and to both impartially just . The battalion which he formed after a few months was reviewed , and its ...
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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