The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... barricade , only to be thrust back by the sabres and clubbed carbines of the troopers . Sergeant Jones , whom the loss of his wife had made a dangerous foe for a Frenchman to meet , succeeded in forcing his way across , accounting for ...
... barricade , only to be thrust back by the sabres and clubbed carbines of the troopers . Sergeant Jones , whom the loss of his wife had made a dangerous foe for a Frenchman to meet , succeeded in forcing his way across , accounting for ...
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... barricade . A glance to his left showed Jack that the other companies were busily engaged with a large body of Lahoussaye's horse , who had taken advantage of some open ground to remount and threaten the regiment's flank . Seizing a ...
... barricade . A glance to his left showed Jack that the other companies were busily engaged with a large body of Lahoussaye's horse , who had taken advantage of some open ground to remount and threaten the regiment's flank . Seizing a ...
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... . ' Tis more dangerous towards San Agustin . The French have gained more there in this one day than in weeks on the Santa Engracia side . A Barricade Hombres , " he cried to the men 226 Chapter XX A DAY WITH TIO JORGE.
... . ' Tis more dangerous towards San Agustin . The French have gained more there in this one day than in weeks on the Santa Engracia side . A Barricade Hombres , " he cried to the men 226 Chapter XX A DAY WITH TIO JORGE.
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... barricade , where they endeavoured to find cover from the musket - shots fired from houses on both sides of the streets . The French , borrowing the tactics of the besieged , had occupied these houses , and were shooting from windows ...
... barricade , where they endeavoured to find cover from the musket - shots fired from houses on both sides of the streets . The French , borrowing the tactics of the besieged , had occupied these houses , and were shooting from windows ...
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... barricade , hombres . " Instantly Santiago Sass mounted the entrenchment , and was first on the other side , his long cassock flying loose as he led the charge , musket in hand . Tio Jorge and Jack were but a yard behind him , and with ...
... barricade , hombres . " Instantly Santiago Sass mounted the entrenchment , and was first on the other side , his long cassock flying loose as he led the charge , musket in hand . Tio Jorge and Jack were but a yard behind him , and with ...
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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...