The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... . After the men had been safely got to quarters Jack was sitting in the room he was to share with Pomeroy and Shirley when he was summoned to the Casa Morena . A Cry for Help He there found Colonel Beckwith vigorously 148.
... . After the men had been safely got to quarters Jack was sitting in the room he was to share with Pomeroy and Shirley when he was summoned to the Casa Morena . A Cry for Help He there found Colonel Beckwith vigorously 148.
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... Casa Ximenez . It was not in the best part of the city , but it had an air of high respectability , and in truth had been for many years the town residence of a prosperous burgher family , whose name stood for all that was solid and ...
... Casa Ximenez . It was not in the best part of the city , but it had an air of high respectability , and in truth had been for many years the town residence of a prosperous burgher family , whose name stood for all that was solid and ...
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Or, The Last Fight of Sir John Moore Herbert Strang. In the Casa Ximenez silent deliberation he charged his weapon , passed it through the aperture with a downward slant , and pulled the trigger , going through the same series of ...
Or, The Last Fight of Sir John Moore Herbert Strang. In the Casa Ximenez silent deliberation he charged his weapon , passed it through the aperture with a downward slant , and pulled the trigger , going through the same series of ...
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... Casa Ximenez was nearer the northern extremity . Juanita gave a quick glance each way . The house at the end of the street on her left was in flames . Nobody was to be seen , but she heard fierce shouts , apparently in all directions ...
... Casa Ximenez was nearer the northern extremity . Juanita gave a quick glance each way . The house at the end of the street on her left was in flames . Nobody was to be seen , but she heard fierce shouts , apparently in all directions ...
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... Casa Ximenez , had been giving him much concern . Where was Pepito ? That mischievous but useful elf had been the life and soul of the sailors during their rapid voyage from Seville to the mouth of the Ebro . When they disembarked at ...
... Casa Ximenez , had been giving him much concern . Where was Pepito ? That mischievous but useful elf had been the life and soul of the sailors during their rapid voyage from Seville to the mouth of the Ebro . When they disembarked at ...
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afrancesado Antonio army asked Astorga attack barricade Bembibre British Calatayud Captain O'Hare Cariñena Casa Alvarez Casa Vega cavalry Colonel commissary Corporal Wilkes Corunna Coso cried dark despatch Don Casimir Don Cristobal Don Fernan Don Miguel door dragoons Dugdale enemy escape eyes face fell fight fire followed French Frenchman Giles Grampus guerrilleros guns hand head heard hombre hope horse hour Jack's José Juanita La Romana lady landlord letter looked Lumsden Marshal Lannes Miguel Priego miles minutes monsieur mule musket night officers Padre Consolacion Paget Palafox passed Pepito Pomeroy quarter regiment ride road rode round ruins rush Salamanca Santa Engracia Santiago Sass Saragossa Señor Señorita sentry shouted side siege Sir John Moore smile soldiers Soult sound Spain Spaniards Spanish stood street tell Tio Jorge Tobar troopers turned Valdepeñas Valladolid Vallejo voice wall word yards
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 187 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Seite 187 - well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with "me.
Seite 8 - I can possibly avoid it, for there is none other that I like so much, and none else so much deserves it ; for we were the light regiment of the Light Division, and fired the first and last shot in almost every battle, siege, and skirmish, in which the army was engaged during the war.
Seite 161 - And if the enemy are in possession of Bembibre, which I believe, they have got a rare prize. They have taken or cut to pieces many hundred drunken British cowards — for none but unprincipled cowards would get drunk in the presence, nay in the very sight of the enemies of their country: and sooner than survive the disgrace of such infamous conduct, I hope that the first cannon-ball fired by the enemy may take me in the head...
Seite 8 - ... and I love them as I hope to do my better half, (when I come to be divided.) Wherever we were, they were ; and although the nature of our arm generally gave us more employment in the way of skirmishing, yet, whenever it came to a pinch, independent of a suitable mixture of them among us, we had only to look behind to see a line, in which we might place a degree of confidence, almost equal to our hopes in Heaven ; nor were we ever disappointed...