The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... fire under . My There had been no discharge from the other side , though the guns from the city had ruined the houses opposite ; when on the sixth of October I retired to my bedroom as usual , about ten o'clock at night . curiosity was ...
... fire under . My There had been no discharge from the other side , though the guns from the city had ruined the houses opposite ; when on the sixth of October I retired to my bedroom as usual , about ten o'clock at night . curiosity was ...
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... fire , so gallant , so gay , so chival- rous - were you to search the world over , you would pro- bably not succeed now in getting together its parallel . Here then we lay for many months , well fed , well at- tended , and regularly ...
... fire , so gallant , so gay , so chival- rous - were you to search the world over , you would pro- bably not succeed now in getting together its parallel . Here then we lay for many months , well fed , well at- tended , and regularly ...
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... fire of carbines , kept us at a distance . And never have I seen an officer play his part more gallantly than the French colonel did , by whom the conspiracy came in the end to be managed . He took his station with the last of the rear ...
... fire of carbines , kept us at a distance . And never have I seen an officer play his part more gallantly than the French colonel did , by whom the conspiracy came in the end to be managed . He took his station with the last of the rear ...
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... fire- locks and accoutrements , they harassed such of our pi- quets as kept post at a distance , and now and then made their way into the rear . On the day above referred to , a half troop of Hompesch's hussars , consisting of forty men ...
... fire- locks and accoutrements , they harassed such of our pi- quets as kept post at a distance , and now and then made their way into the rear . On the day above referred to , a half troop of Hompesch's hussars , consisting of forty men ...
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... fire by some discharges from our mountain- guns , the infantry were moved on for the purpose of storming it . Nothing could be executed in better style than this attack . One rush put the assailants in posses- sion of the battery ; from ...
... fire by some discharges from our mountain- guns , the infantry were moved on for the purpose of storming it . Nothing could be executed in better style than this attack . One rush put the assailants in posses- sion of the battery ; from ...
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The Hussar: A German Cavalryman in British Service Throughout the Napoleonic ... Norbert Landsheit,G. R. Gleig Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
20th Light Dragoons Abrantes Accordingly advance Alcoy appeared arms army arrived ascertained barracks batteries became began Bishopric of Cologne brought Captain carbines carried cavalry Colonel Colonel Adam columns command comrades consequence corps course detachment dragoons duty effect enemy enemy's English eyes fell fire fleet force Foreign Hussars forward French front gave ground guard Guernsey guns halted hand head horses hour immediately infantry kraal lady look Lord William Bentinck Monte Video Moreover morning mounted moved never night o'clock occupied officer once ourselves outposts parade party passed patrols picket Port au Prince position prisoners pushed quarters rear received regiment retreat returned road rode scarcely seemed sent sergeant ship Sicily side Sir David Baird skirmishers soldiers soon sort Spaniards Spanish squadron stood Tarragona thing tion told took Tortosa town troops videttes village whole wine
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Página 3 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 30 - keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope...
Página 145 - ... breeches, our hands, arms, and swords, were all besmeared with blood. Moreover, as the enemy gave way we continued to advance, amid a cloud of dust so thick, that to see beyond th« distance of those immediately* about yourself, was impossible.
Página 158 - ... which heroic achievement he was created a count of the sacred Roman Empire, December 14, 1595. He was a brother-in-law to Henry, Earl of Southampton ; but he was a Roman Catholic, and this fact debarred him from any official service under the Virginia Company, which was soon after incorporated. While it is not necessary for me to give a detailed account of the North Virginia colony, because its history has been fully and fairly written, still in order to understand the colonial movement as it...
Página 6 - Sir," said he, in his slightly-broken English, " by reminding you of a passage in the life of Frederic the Great. There was a poor curate, who, after many years' faithful service in the diocese, applied to the bishop for a vacant living. ' Ah !' replied the bishop, who fully acknowledged his merits ; ' so you knew that that living was vacant did you? Well, I am very sorry I cannot give you...