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... light ; a number of bodies were examined , and they at last found it beneath a pile of slain . Turban , jacket , and sword had vanished ; but , bound upon his right arm , was the amulet , which he constantly The countenance was ...
... light ; a number of bodies were examined , and they at last found it beneath a pile of slain . Turban , jacket , and sword had vanished ; but , bound upon his right arm , was the amulet , which he constantly The countenance was ...
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... light dragoons ) and the 1st and 2d regi- ments of cavalry , and drove them before me till they dis- persed , and were scattered over the face of the country . I then returned and attacked the royal camp , and got posses- sion of the ...
... light dragoons ) and the 1st and 2d regi- ments of cavalry , and drove them before me till they dis- persed , and were scattered over the face of the country . I then returned and attacked the royal camp , and got posses- sion of the ...
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... down great numbers , capturing many elephants loaded with baggage . General Wellesley thought , that with one hour's longer light , the whole force of the enemy would have been destroyed ; and in DUKE OF WELLINGTON . 43.
... down great numbers , capturing many elephants loaded with baggage . General Wellesley thought , that with one hour's longer light , the whole force of the enemy would have been destroyed ; and in DUKE OF WELLINGTON . 43.
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... light - hearted peasantry of the Andalusian slopes ; amidst the pastoral valleys of Asturias , or the rich fields of Valencia , as in the crowded emporiums of Barcelona and Cadiz . Within a week after the untoward tidings reached ...
... light - hearted peasantry of the Andalusian slopes ; amidst the pastoral valleys of Asturias , or the rich fields of Valencia , as in the crowded emporiums of Barcelona and Cadiz . Within a week after the untoward tidings reached ...
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... light cavalry , and his reserve was composed of four battalions , and a small body of horse grenadiers ; all of the imperial guard . The Spaniards were sig- nally defeated , but they were not disgraced ; when their front line was down ...
... light cavalry , and his reserve was composed of four battalions , and a small body of horse grenadiers ; all of the imperial guard . The Spaniards were sig- nally defeated , but they were not disgraced ; when their front line was down ...
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Seite 194 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...
Seite 274 - Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if he had lived he would have rendered the most important services to his country.
Seite 459 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Seite 194 - In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately...
Seite 457 - Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed.
Seite 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Seite 451 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Seite 231 - In this dreadful situation, while the dead were lying in heaps, and others continually falling, the wounded crawling about to get some shelter from the merciless...
Seite 340 - A moment of prosperity blinds them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their tomb. Soldiers! we have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to...
Seite 300 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...