The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... guns . Bang ! whizz ! and Vamos , they cry , which Lumsden will tell you means : ' Let us skedaddle ' . " " We mustn't be too hard on them , " said Mr. Vaughan quietly . " They used to fight well , by all accounts . There were good men ...
... guns . Bang ! whizz ! and Vamos , they cry , which Lumsden will tell you means : ' Let us skedaddle ' . " " We mustn't be too hard on them , " said Mr. Vaughan quietly . " They used to fight well , by all accounts . There were good men ...
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... guns , is marching to join me by Talavera and the Escurial -a roundabout route , you see , and a long march that might have been avoided if I could have been sure the mountain roads were passable for wheeled transport . All the guns ...
... guns , is marching to join me by Talavera and the Escurial -a roundabout route , you see , and a long march that might have been avoided if I could have been sure the mountain roads were passable for wheeled transport . All the guns ...
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... guns , for you are no good in Spain . " Their arrival at the inn checked the reply that rose to Jack's lips . Don Miguel , in the same oily , languid tone that was causing Jack more and more irritation , ordered the landlord to make ...
... guns , for you are no good in Spain . " Their arrival at the inn checked the reply that rose to Jack's lips . Don Miguel , in the same oily , languid tone that was causing Jack more and more irritation , ordered the landlord to make ...
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... more . 66 " Well , what is it ? " asked Jack . ' Beg pardon , sir , but you'll be nabbed as sure as a gun . Your uniform- " " Don't worry , Kelly . I'm going to borrow an outfit A Hard Case from one of our French friends here 98.
... more . 66 " Well , what is it ? " asked Jack . ' Beg pardon , sir , but you'll be nabbed as sure as a gun . Your uniform- " " Don't worry , Kelly . I'm going to borrow an outfit A Hard Case from one of our French friends here 98.
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... the snow from his shako . " To let the guns come up , shouldn't wonder , " returned his friend Bates . " This blessed snow makes it slow work to bring ' em along . " News from La Romana " I expect it's old Romana 128.
... the snow from his shako . " To let the guns come up , shouldn't wonder , " returned his friend Bates . " This blessed snow makes it slow work to bring ' em along . " News from La Romana " I expect it's old Romana 128.
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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...