Hamilton's Campaign with Moore and Wellington During the Peninsular WarPress of Prescott & Wilson, 1847 - 163 páginas |
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... contest in which he was about to engage . On the second night after his arrival , he was awakened by an express from General Pignatelli conveying intelligence that the enemy had pushed on a body of cavalry to Valladolid , a city not ...
... contest in which he was about to engage . On the second night after his arrival , he was awakened by an express from General Pignatelli conveying intelligence that the enemy had pushed on a body of cavalry to Valladolid , a city not ...
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... contest would fix a tarnish on our arms , and , by diminishing the con- fidence of the Spanish nation in our zeal and devo- tion to their cause , would proportionally contribute to strengthen and consolidate the power of the usur- per ...
... contest would fix a tarnish on our arms , and , by diminishing the con- fidence of the Spanish nation in our zeal and devo- tion to their cause , would proportionally contribute to strengthen and consolidate the power of the usur- per ...
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... contest about Elvina , when a cannon shot struck him on the breast and beat him to the ground . He raised himself immediately to a sitting posture , and con- tinued with a calm gaze to regard the regiments en- gaged in front . Captain ...
... contest about Elvina , when a cannon shot struck him on the breast and beat him to the ground . He raised himself immediately to a sitting posture , and con- tinued with a calm gaze to regard the regiments en- gaged in front . Captain ...
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... contest to a close . Thus ended the battle of Corunna , a glorious termination to an inglorious retreat . While Sir John Moore was removing from the field , the expression of his countenance remained unchanged , and he gave utterance to ...
... contest to a close . Thus ended the battle of Corunna , a glorious termination to an inglorious retreat . While Sir John Moore was removing from the field , the expression of his countenance remained unchanged , and he gave utterance to ...
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... contest was continued on more equal terms . Early in the engagement , General Paget lost an arm , and the command devolved on Gen. Hill , who was still warmly contesting the ground , when the brigade of Guards and the 29th regi- ment ...
... contest was continued on more equal terms . Early in the engagement , General Paget lost an arm , and the command devolved on Gen. Hill , who was still warmly contesting the ground , when the brigade of Guards and the 29th regi- ment ...
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Albuera allies Almeida approach Arapiles arrived artillery assailants Astorga attack attempt Badajos battalions battle Benevente bridge brigade British cavalry centre charge Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel command commenced confusion contest corps Corunna covered crossed detachment directed Douro driven back drove Elvina enemy enemy's column engagement fell fifth divisions force formed French army front gain possession gallantry garrison ground guard guns heavy fire heights hill horse hundred immediately infantry instantly killed and wounded light troops Lord Wellington loss Marmont Marshal Marshall Soult Massena ment Mondego morning moved movement night o'clock occupied officers piquets Portugal Portuguese position prisoners Prussians ramparts ravine reached rear received regiment repulsed reserve retired retreat river road Romana Salamanca sion Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir Harry Burrard Sir John Moore Sir Rowland Hill Sir Thomas Graham soldiers Soult Spanish armies supported Tagus thousand tion town village Vittoria whole Zadorra
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Página 64 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Página 64 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Página 60 - 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.
Página 64 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory!
Página 64 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on, In a grave where a Briton has laid him.
Página 62 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice! Anderson, - you will see my friends as soon as you can. - Tell them, every thing - Say to my mother.
Página 63 - No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared...
Página 151 - Madmen ! One moment of prosperity has bewildered them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their grave.
Página 62 - He then thanked the doctors for their attention. Captains Percy and Stanhope came into the room ; he spoke kindly to both, and asked Percy if all his aides-de-camp were well. He pressed my hand close to his body, and, in a few minutes, died without a struggle.
Página 63 - A grave was dug for him on the rampart there, by a party of the 9th regiment, the aidesde-camp attending by turns. No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets.