The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... WILKES WANTS TO KNOW SOME INTRODUCTIONS PALAFOX THE MAN , PALAFOX THE NAME A DELICATE MISSION Page 13 21 32 41 Chapter V A ROADSIDE ADVENTURE . • 53 Chapter VI MONSIEUR TABERNE 65 Chapter VII PEPITO INTERVENES 75 Chapter VIII DON MIGUEL ...
... WILKES WANTS TO KNOW SOME INTRODUCTIONS PALAFOX THE MAN , PALAFOX THE NAME A DELICATE MISSION Page 13 21 32 41 Chapter V A ROADSIDE ADVENTURE . • 53 Chapter VI MONSIEUR TABERNE 65 Chapter VII PEPITO INTERVENES 75 Chapter VIII DON MIGUEL ...
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... THE 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.
... THE 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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... , by kind permission of Professor Oman and the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , from the former's " History of the Peninsular War " , Vols . I and II . · 180 224 246 CHAPTER I Corporal Wilkes wants to know " WHAT I Page.
... , by kind permission of Professor Oman and the Delegates of the Clarendon Press , from the former's " History of the Peninsular War " , Vols . I and II . · 180 224 246 CHAPTER I Corporal Wilkes wants to know " WHAT I Page.
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Or, The Last Fight of Sir John Moore Herbert Strang. CHAPTER I Corporal Wilkes wants to know " WHAT I want to know , " said Corporal Wilkes , banging his fist on the table in front of him- " what I want to know is , what you Dons are ...
Or, The Last Fight of Sir John Moore Herbert Strang. CHAPTER I Corporal Wilkes wants to know " WHAT I want to know , " said Corporal Wilkes , banging his fist on the table in front of him- " what I want to know is , what you Dons are ...
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... Wilkes , greatly tolerant of foreign eccentricity , preserved an unwinking front ; but his bland smile was too much for the Spaniard's fast- ebbing self - control . With a snarl of rage he plucked a knife from his sash and aimed a blow ...
... Wilkes , greatly tolerant of foreign eccentricity , preserved an unwinking front ; but his bland smile was too much for the Spaniard's fast- ebbing self - control . With a snarl of rage he plucked a knife from his sash and aimed a blow ...
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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...