The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... invaders were finally driven out of the country . The Spaniards , on the other hand , animated by the presence of their English allies , once again took up arms Preface in all directions and made a desperate resistance . 9.
... invaders were finally driven out of the country . The Spaniards , on the other hand , animated by the presence of their English allies , once again took up arms Preface in all directions and made a desperate resistance . 9.
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... arm and arrested the stroke ; almost at the same instant Wilkes himself got home a deft right - hander beneath his assail- ant's chin that hurled him senseless across ... arms Discipline the Riflemen had slipped off their belts and closed 14.
... arm and arrested the stroke ; almost at the same instant Wilkes himself got home a deft right - hander beneath his assail- ant's chin that hurled him senseless across ... arms Discipline the Riflemen had slipped off their belts and closed 14.
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... arm's- length with the practised swing of their long belts . But the odds against them were heavy . It could only be a few moments before the Spaniards must get in with their knives , and then the 95th would be six men short on parade ...
... arm's- length with the practised swing of their long belts . But the odds against them were heavy . It could only be a few moments before the Spaniards must get in with their knives , and then the 95th would be six men short on parade ...
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... arm well behind his head , Jack watched his opponent with the keenness of a hawk , and for a time seemed to content himself with standing on the defensive . He knew his man , and held himself in with the confident expectation that ...
... arm well behind his head , Jack watched his opponent with the keenness of a hawk , and for a time seemed to content himself with standing on the defensive . He knew his man , and held himself in with the confident expectation that ...
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... arms on his breast . knocking continued . The " Can't come in , " shouted a shrill - voiced ensign . " We're busy . " From outside an angry voice bawled in reply . " Be quiet , you fellows , " cried Smith . Let us hear who it is . " The ...
... arms on his breast . knocking continued . The " Can't come in , " shouted a shrill - voiced ensign . " We're busy . " From outside an angry voice bawled in reply . " Be quiet , you fellows , " cried Smith . Let us hear who it is . " 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
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...