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... reinforcements , among which were a thousand lances of the Count of Savoy ; " and , " says Froissart , " they ought to have been there , as the count had been well paid for them at Troyes , in Champaign , three months in advance ...
... reinforcements , among which were a thousand lances of the Count of Savoy ; " and , " says Froissart , " they ought to have been there , as the count had been well paid for them at Troyes , in Champaign , three months in advance ...
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... reinforcements under the Marshal de Loigny and the Duke of Brittany , who were both on their march , and expected in the course of that and the following day . It seemed dis- graceful with such odds to wait for more ; but the constable ...
... reinforcements under the Marshal de Loigny and the Duke of Brittany , who were both on their march , and expected in the course of that and the following day . It seemed dis- graceful with such odds to wait for more ; but the constable ...
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... reinforcements ; for had the Duke of Brittany come up with his six thousand men , he would , in all probability , have only increased the confusion and the unmanageableness of the French host . Seeing , then , that they would not come ...
... reinforcements ; for had the Duke of Brittany come up with his six thousand men , he would , in all probability , have only increased the confusion and the unmanageableness of the French host . Seeing , then , that they would not come ...
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... reinforcements behind him , headed a fresh charge of horse , but he was instantly slain by the English , who kept advancing and destroying all that opposed them . " Who fights , the cold blade in his bosom feels ; Who flies , still ...
... reinforcements behind him , headed a fresh charge of horse , but he was instantly slain by the English , who kept advancing and destroying all that opposed them . " Who fights , the cold blade in his bosom feels ; Who flies , still ...
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... reinforcements , were not far off ; and believing himself about to be enveloped , he gave orders that every man should kill the prisoner or prisoners he had taken . As the ransom of captives of rank was one of the soldiers ' best gains ...
... reinforcements , were not far off ; and believing himself about to be enveloped , he gave orders that every man should kill the prisoner or prisoners he had taken . As the ransom of captives of rank was one of the soldiers ' best gains ...
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Seite 367 - ... He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Seite 43 - Small time, but in that small most greatly lived This star of England. Fortune made his sword By which the world's best garden he achieved, And of it left his son imperial lord.
Seite 313 - Such a gallant line, issuing from the midst of the smoke, and rapidly separating itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory ; they wavered, hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled through the British ranks. Myers was killed ; Cole...
Seite 277 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice!
Seite 278 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, - And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Seite 397 - Macdonald, and afterwards of Colonel Home ; and I am happy to add, that it was maintained throughout the day with the utmost gallantry by these brave troops, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of large bodies of the enemy to obtain possession of it. This attack upon the right of our centre was...
Seite 276 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 187 - I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility. They are all of opinion, that (as more ships and provisions have now got above the town) they should try, by conveying up a corps of four or five thousand men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in a proper state of defence), to draw the enemy...
Seite 9 - This is what one gets by employing such scoundrels, who fall off when there is any need for them." During this time a heavy rain fell, accompanied by thunder and a very terrible eclipse of the sun; and before this rain a great flight of crows hovered in the air over all those battalions, making a loud noise.
Seite 344 - ... without firing a shot, assisted by two guns of major Lawson's brigade of artillery. The enemy suffered severely and lost three pieces of cannon. The...