The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... arrival of his regiment in Salamanca a fortnight before , he had been employed continuously on commissariat business , and was the object of envy to his fellow - subalterns , who would gladly have found some special work of the kind to ...
... arrival of his regiment in Salamanca a fortnight before , he had been employed continuously on commissariat business , and was the object of envy to his fellow - subalterns , who would gladly have found some special work of the kind to ...
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... arrived at the top , he had lifted the trap - door , and raised head and shoulders above the open- ing , when without warning he was smothered by an ava- lanche of flour , which took him so entirely by surprise that he had fallen ...
... arrived at the top , he had lifted the trap - door , and raised head and shoulders above the open- ing , when without warning he was smothered by an ava- lanche of flour , which took him so entirely by surprise that he had fallen ...
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... arrived at this city , is on the point of leaving for Madrid , and will then , it is possible , return to England by way of Portugal , in which case he will , without doubt , visit the camp of the great general , Sir Moore . By his ...
... arrived at this city , is on the point of leaving for Madrid , and will then , it is possible , return to England by way of Portugal , in which case he will , without doubt , visit the camp of the great general , Sir Moore . By his ...
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... arrival of British troops , in a sort of blind confidence that they were able unaided to withstand the invader . Mr. Vaughan had seen something of this during his stay with General Castaños , and his account of what had come under his ...
... arrival of British troops , in a sort of blind confidence that they were able unaided to withstand the invader . Mr. Vaughan had seen something of this during his stay with General Castaños , and his account of what had come under his ...
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... arrived . Meanwhile Jack had procured a little saffron , by whose aid he had given his complexion a sallow tinge , and this , with the large - brimmed pointed hat , the cloak , and other details of the costume , effected a complete ...
... arrived . Meanwhile Jack had procured a little saffron , by whose aid he had given his complexion a sallow tinge , and this , with the large - brimmed pointed hat , the cloak , and other details of the costume , effected a complete ...
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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...