The Light Brigade in Spain: Or, The Last Fight of Sir John MooreG. P. Putnam's sons, 1904 - 410 Seiten |
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... mule , out of the town as quickly as you can , and wait for me some two miles along the Valladolid road . Don't say a word to anyone about me , mind . ” " Very good , sir ! " An Hidalgo Giles dropped the boots and departed on his 46.
... mule , out of the town as quickly as you can , and wait for me some two miles along the Valladolid road . Don't say a word to anyone about me , mind . ” " Very good , sir ! " An Hidalgo Giles dropped the boots and departed on his 46.
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... town , he sent the mule to be fed and rubbed down , and went into the house to seek refreshment himself . There was no other guest in the place , and the landlord , slow and stolid like a genuine Spaniard , showed neither pleasure nor ...
... town , he sent the mule to be fed and rubbed down , and went into the house to seek refreshment himself . There was no other guest in the place , and the landlord , slow and stolid like a genuine Spaniard , showed neither pleasure nor ...
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... town , and you will admit the fighter is more useful to Spain than the shopkeeper . If you will do me the honour to descend , I will mount in your place . " " Not so fast , my man , " said Jack . " I don't want to hurt you , but if you ...
... town , and you will admit the fighter is more useful to Spain than the shopkeeper . If you will do me the honour to descend , I will mount in your place . " " Not so fast , my man , " said Jack . " I don't want to hurt you , but if you ...
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... town , so that I can stay with him if need be . ” " Very well . Go and get your mule saddled , and return here for the note . " Jack wrote a few lines to Sir John , giving him the news of the passing squadron of French horse he had just ...
... town , so that I can stay with him if need be . ” " Very well . Go and get your mule saddled , and return here for the note . " Jack wrote a few lines to Sir John , giving him the news of the passing squadron of French horse he had just ...
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... town itself rising before them on an eminence in the midst of a wide sandy plain . Jack had already learnt from Juan on the way that , nearly a mile from the town , a small clump of pine - trees grew , the only trees to be seen on all ...
... town itself rising before them on an eminence in the midst of a wide sandy plain . Jack had already learnt from Juan on the way that , nearly a mile from the town , a small clump of pine - trees grew , the only trees to be seen on all ...
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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...