The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... Spanish armies , and occupied Madrid , had set his hosts in motion to re- occupy Portugal and complete the subjugation of Anda- lusia . At this critical moment in the history of Spain , Sir John Moore , who had landed in the Peninsula ...
... Spanish armies , and occupied Madrid , had set his hosts in motion to re- occupy Portugal and complete the subjugation of Anda- lusia . At this critical moment in the history of Spain , Sir John Moore , who had landed in the Peninsula ...
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... NAME • 381 Chapter XXXIV DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES Chapter XXXV . 389 DOOM 394 Chapter XXXVI SERGEANT WILKES WANTS TO KNOW Glossary of Spanish Words . 404 • 415 List of Illustrations Plate I Page THE 95TH CHARGE HOME 12.
... NAME • 381 Chapter XXXIV DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES Chapter XXXV . 389 DOOM 394 Chapter XXXVI SERGEANT WILKES WANTS TO KNOW Glossary of Spanish Words . 404 • 415 List of Illustrations Plate I Page THE 95TH CHARGE HOME 12.
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... Spanish , and British forces at the commencement of Moore's retreat from Sahagun . 130 2. Plan of the Battle of Corunna . 3. Plan of the City of Saragossa . 4. Plan of the Plaza Alvarez District The plans of Corunna and Saragossa are ...
... Spanish , and British forces at the commencement of Moore's retreat from Sahagun . 130 2. Plan of the Battle of Corunna . 3. Plan of the City of Saragossa . 4. Plan of the Plaza Alvarez District The plans of Corunna and Saragossa are ...
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... Spanish mud makes o ' good Bermondsey leather ; and rain - well , of all the rain I ever see , blest if it ain't the wettest ! " He paused ; the knot of Riflemen grunted approval . The Spaniards , who had by this time become aware that ...
... Spanish mud makes o ' good Bermondsey leather ; and rain - well , of all the rain I ever see , blest if it ain't the wettest ! " He paused ; the knot of Riflemen grunted approval . The Spaniards , who had by this time become aware that ...
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... Spanish knives flashing before their eyes , the command was a severe test of discipline ; but in the British army a hundred years ago rigid training had made instant unquestioning obedience an instinct . While the Spaniards were still ...
... Spanish knives flashing before their eyes , the command was a severe test of discipline ; but in the British army a hundred years ago rigid training had made instant unquestioning obedience an instinct . While the Spaniards were still ...
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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...