The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... battery of smaller guns was also established upon a neighbouring eminence . In a couple of days some of the French cannon were dismounted , and the rampart shattered . The General then gave Moore orders to storm the redoubt . The troops ...
... battery of smaller guns was also established upon a neighbouring eminence . In a couple of days some of the French cannon were dismounted , and the rampart shattered . The General then gave Moore orders to storm the redoubt . The troops ...
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... batteries might be raised there ; but the ramparts of Bastia were protected by strong redoubts , with abundance of artillery , which could not be mastered without more slaughter and the garrison could then retire into the citadel ...
... batteries might be raised there ; but the ramparts of Bastia were protected by strong redoubts , with abundance of artillery , which could not be mastered without more slaughter and the garrison could then retire into the citadel ...
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... batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly much ammunition . The enemy paid little attention to this cannonade , only returning a shot occasionally . But an event of real importance occurred ; a safe anchor- age for the ...
... batteries , and fired shot and shells , wasting uselessly much ammunition . The enemy paid little attention to this cannonade , only returning a shot occasionally . But an event of real importance occurred ; a safe anchor- age for the ...
Seite 69
... batteries on the summit of the hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of May . On that very day , an aide - de - camp of the French commander came over to the ...
... batteries on the summit of the hill . But famine at length was felt in the town , by which the garrison was compelled to capitulate on the 23rd of May . On that very day , an aide - de - camp of the French commander came over to the ...
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... battery opened against the Mollinochesco , and preparations were made to erect a strong breaching battery as near as possible to the Mozello . The General had fixed upon a spot within seven hundred yards of the fort ; and upon the ...
... battery opened against the Mollinochesco , and preparations were made to erect a strong breaching battery as near as possible to the Mozello . The General had fixed upon a spot within seven hundred yards of the fort ; and upon the ...
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afterwards alarm Anderson arms army arrived artillery assembled attack Bastia batteries bayonets besieged boats Brigands British camp cannon Captain Castlebar cavalry coast Colonel Moore column command commenced corps Corsicans detachment diers dragoons Duke of Hamilton Duke of York Dundas Egypt embarked enemy enemy's entrenchments escaped father favourable fire flank fleet force Fornelli forward France French frigates front garrison gave Gibraltar grenadiers ground guard guns hill hundred infantry inhabitants intelligence Ireland Irish island Lake landed letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hood Lucia manded ment military Minorca Moore's Morne Fortuné negroes neral night officers orders Paoli party pickets reached rear rebels received redoubt regiment reinforcement repulsed reserve resolved sailed sent ship shore shot siege Sir Charles Stuart Sir Gilbert Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wounded