The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... Saragossa , which , in the words of the French soldiers engaged in the siege , was defended not by soldiers but by " an army of mad- men " . The following story has thus a double interest . In its account of Moore's great Retreat it ...
... Saragossa , which , in the words of the French soldiers engaged in the siege , was defended not by soldiers but by " an army of mad- men " . The following story has thus a double interest . In its account of Moore's great Retreat it ...
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... SARAGOSSA Chapter XXIX FRENCH LEAVE . • · 258 · 276 . 288 303 · • 313 322 Chapter XXX THE WHIP HAND . Chapter XXXI DOCTOR GRAMPUS AND A FRENCH COOK . 336 · 347 . 364 Chapter XXXII THE PRISONER AT BAYONNE 374 Chapter XXXIII PALAFOX THE ...
... SARAGOSSA Chapter XXIX FRENCH LEAVE . • · 258 · 276 . 288 303 · • 313 322 Chapter XXX THE WHIP HAND . Chapter XXXI DOCTOR GRAMPUS AND A FRENCH COOK . 336 · 347 . 364 Chapter XXXII THE PRISONER AT BAYONNE 374 Chapter XXXIII PALAFOX THE ...
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... Saragossa . 4. Plan of the Plaza Alvarez District The plans of Corunna and Saragossa are copied , by kind permission of Professor Oman and the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , from the former's " History of the Peninsular War " , Vols ...
... Saragossa . 4. Plan of the Plaza Alvarez District The plans of Corunna and Saragossa are copied , by kind permission of Professor Oman and the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , from the former's " History of the Peninsular War " , Vols ...
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... Saragossa on my way to Madrid I was entrusted by General Palafox with a letter to you , which I promised to deliver to you in person if I should come across your regiment . Here is the letter . " He handed the paper to Jack , who looked ...
... Saragossa on my way to Madrid I was entrusted by General Palafox with a letter to you , which I promised to deliver to you in person if I should come across your regiment . Here is the letter . " He handed the paper to Jack , who looked ...
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... Saragossa do give heart to the other great cities of my poor country so distracted . For she will need indeed all her strength , all her courage , all her heroism , in the storm which is now to burst upon her . Alas ! I can no longer ...
... Saragossa do give heart to the other great cities of my poor country so distracted . For she will need indeed all her strength , all her courage , all her heroism , in the storm which is now to burst upon her . Alas ! I can no longer ...
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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...