The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... cried to the Riflemen , over the heads of the crowd , " and don't move an eyelash . " With a dozen Spanish knives flashing before their eyes , the command was a severe test of discipline ; but in the British army a hundred years ago ...
... cried to the Riflemen , over the heads of the crowd , " and don't move an eyelash . " With a dozen Spanish knives flashing before their eyes , the command was a severe test of discipline ; but in the British army a hundred years ago ...
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... cried : " Now , men , give three rousing cheers . " Wilkes and his friends cheered half - heartedly and with an air of endurance ; but the Spaniards were not dis- criminating , and responded with shrill vivas . " Thank you , my friends ...
... cried : " Now , men , give three rousing cheers . " Wilkes and his friends cheered half - heartedly and with an air of endurance ; but the Spaniards were not dis- criminating , and responded with shrill vivas . " Thank you , my friends ...
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... cried a tall , fair- headed subaltern of seventeen years . " Look here , Jack , if this corn - chandler business of yours gets you promotion before me , I'll - I'll punch your head . 99 " Thanks ! Pommy , my dear , unless you're careful ...
... cried a tall , fair- headed subaltern of seventeen years . " Look here , Jack , if this corn - chandler business of yours gets you promotion before me , I'll - I'll punch your head . 99 " Thanks ! Pommy , my dear , unless you're careful ...
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... cried Smith . ness . Where are the foils ? " " Let's get to busi- He At a word from Jack , a tall , strapping Rifleman , who had followed him into the room , disappeared for half a minute , and returned with a couple of foils in his ...
... cried Smith . ness . Where are the foils ? " " Let's get to busi- He At a word from Jack , a tall , strapping Rifleman , who had followed him into the room , disappeared for half a minute , and returned with a couple of foils in his ...
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... cried Jack ; " if you begin spouting poetry you'll shatter my nerve . " Yes , by George , " said Smith , we had enough of Marmion on the way out . Shirley's a long way too fond of poetry . Now , you two , are you ready ? Buttons on the ...
... cried Jack ; " if you begin spouting poetry you'll shatter my nerve . " Yes , by George , " said Smith , we had enough of Marmion on the way out . Shirley's a long way too fond of poetry . Now , you two , are you ready ? Buttons on 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...