The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... PEPITO INTERVENES 75 Chapter VIII DON MIGUEL PRIEGO . 86 Chapter IX SOME SURPRISES 93 Chapter X Chapter XI THE EMPEROR'S DESPATCH NAPOLEON IN PURSUIT 110 · 123 Chapter XII CORPORAL WILKES ON GUARD . • 135 Chapter XIII DON MIGUEL'S MAN ...
... PEPITO INTERVENES 75 Chapter VIII DON MIGUEL PRIEGO . 86 Chapter IX SOME SURPRISES 93 Chapter X Chapter XI THE EMPEROR'S DESPATCH NAPOLEON IN PURSUIT 110 · 123 Chapter XII CORPORAL WILKES ON GUARD . • 135 Chapter XIII DON MIGUEL'S MAN ...
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... PEPITO FINDS A CLUE Chapter XXVI · WANTED : DON MIGUEL PRIEGO Chapter XXVII THE ELEVENTH HOUR Chapter XXVIII THE LAST FIGHT IN SARAGOSSA Chapter XXIX FRENCH LEAVE . • · 258 · 276 . 288 303 · • 313 322 Chapter XXX THE WHIP HAND . Chapter ...
... PEPITO FINDS A CLUE Chapter XXVI · WANTED : DON MIGUEL PRIEGO Chapter XXVII THE ELEVENTH HOUR Chapter XXVIII THE LAST FIGHT IN SARAGOSSA Chapter XXIX FRENCH LEAVE . • · 258 · 276 . 288 303 · • 313 322 Chapter XXX THE WHIP HAND . Chapter ...
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... the officers ' servants had been in fault . The moment their backs were turned , the same loud chuckle was heard , followed by an unmistakable guffaw . Pepito Giles Ogbourne , Jack's big servant , while maintaining 27.
... the officers ' servants had been in fault . The moment their backs were turned , the same loud chuckle was heard , followed by an unmistakable guffaw . Pepito Giles Ogbourne , Jack's big servant , while maintaining 27.
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... Pepito ; I be sure ' tis . " " That imp of a gipsy ! I told Lumsden he'd be sorry he ever set eyes on the creature . Why do you think he is at the bottom of it ? " " Why , sir , I seed the boy bummelled out of the kitchen , and prowling ...
... Pepito ; I be sure ' tis . " " That imp of a gipsy ! I told Lumsden he'd be sorry he ever set eyes on the creature . Why do you think he is at the bottom of it ? " " Why , sir , I seed the boy bummelled out of the kitchen , and prowling ...
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... Pepito , " exclaimed Jack ; " that little scamp of a gipsy who's been shadowing me since we left Lisbon . I found him crouching in the regidor's stable , smothered in flour from head to foot . It appears he had made for the loft as the ...
... Pepito , " exclaimed Jack ; " that little scamp of a gipsy who's been shadowing me since we left Lisbon . I found him crouching in the regidor's stable , smothered in flour from head to foot . It appears he had made for the loft as the ...
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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
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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...