Medals of the British Army: And how They Were WonGroombridge and Sons, 1861 - 192 oldal |
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... advanced in two heavy bodies , and assaulted with great determination a small redoubt which had been constructed for two guns , but was not armed . The combat was most arduous ; and the Brigade , after displaying the utmost steadiness ...
... advanced in two heavy bodies , and assaulted with great determination a small redoubt which had been constructed for two guns , but was not armed . The combat was most arduous ; and the Brigade , after displaying the utmost steadiness ...
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89. oldal - In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately...
54. oldal - Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon shot ; the shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of pain. In a few moments, when he was satisfied that the troops were gaining ground, his countenance brightened, and he suffered himself to be taken to the rear.
159. oldal - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one ; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
89. oldal - 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...
32. oldal - Enniskilleners pierced through the dark masses of Russians. The shock was but for a moment. There was a clash of steel and a light play of sword-blades in the air, and then the Greys and the Red-coats disappear in the midst of the shaken and quivering columns.
32. oldal - Russians, which had been smashed utterly by our charge, and had fled off at one flank and towards the centre, were coming back to swallow up our handful of men. By sheer steel and sheer courage Enniskillener and Scot were winning their desperate way right through the enemy's squadrons, and already...
58. oldal - The position taken up by the troops at Talavera extended rather more than two miles ; the ground was open upon the left, where the British army was stationed, and it was commanded by a height on which was, in echellon and in second line, a division of infantry under the orders of majorgeneral Hill.
37. oldal - Roleia is situated on an eminence, having a plain in its front, at the end of a valley, which commences at Caldas, and is closed to the southward by mountains, which join the hills, forming the valley on the left, looking from Caldas. In the centre of the valley, and about eight miles from...
8. oldal - Infinity, immensity, closed in upon the soul from every side. N"ot a cloud in the sky, not a breath in the air, not a...
38. oldal - Ferguson's column was descending from the heights into the plain. From this situation the enemy retired by the passes into the mountains with the utmost regularity and the greatest celerity ; and notwithstanding the rapid advance of the British infantry, the want of a sufficient body of cavalry was the cause of his suffering but little loss in the plain.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | Medals of the British Army: And how They Were Won Medals of the British Army: And how They Were Won, Thomas Carter |
| Szerző | Thomas Carter |
| Kiadó | Groombridge and Sons, 1861 |
| Eredeti forrása | Harvard Egyetem |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. aug. 7. |
| Terjedelem | 192 oldal |
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