 Soldiers ! the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady, — be cool, — be firm in the assault. The town must be yours this night. Once masters of the wall, let your first duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together.  Wellington's Lieutenants - Σελίδα 161των Alexander Innes Shand - 1902 - 439 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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...country are upon you. KB steady, — be co*l, — be firm in the assault. The town must be yonrs ihis night. Once masters of the wall, let your first duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together.'" " We were now waiting only for the signal, while our division was formed immediately in... | |
 | Edward Costello - 1841 - 472 σελίδες
...has rolled over my grey locks since that period, I remember some of his language as follows : — " Soldiers ! the eyes of your country are upon you....duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together." We were now waiting only for the signal, while our division was formed immediately in our... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1852 - 440 σελίδες
...the evening), Major- General Craufurd addressed them in his usually clear and distinct tones : — " Soldiers ! — The eyes of your country are upon you....be to clear the ramparts, and, in doing this, keep together." Major-Genoral McKinnon commanded the third division, on whom devolved the attack upon the... | |
 | Edward Costello - 1852 - 302 σελίδες
...language as follows :— " Soldiers ! the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady,—be cool,—be firm in the assault. The town must be yours this night....duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together." We were now waiting only for the signal, while our division was formed immediately in our... | |
 | Sir William Fraser - 1872 - 204 σελίδες
...all done well : his words are Homeric in their terseness, fire, and wisdom. " Soldiers !" said he, " the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady ;...wall, let your first duty be to clear the ramparts ; in doing this keep well together." His bust is now before me : the extreme gentleness of his broad,... | |
 | 1873 - 584 σελίδες
...convent, and General Crawford addressed them : " Soldiers, the eyes of your country are upon you. Bo steady — be cool — be firm in the assault. The town must be yours this night." A solemn silence fell on the men, says Costcllo, an eye-witness. The general shouted, "Now, lads, for... | |
 | Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 360 σελίδες
...fell in at the hour indicated by Wellington, when Major-General Crauford addressed them as follows : " Soldiers ! the eyes of your country are upon you....duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together." As a contrast to the above address, let me give that of Picton to the 88th Connaught Rangers:... | |
 | lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 502 σελίδες
...hour indicated by Wellington, when Major-General Crauford addressed them as follows : " Soldiers 1 the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady —...duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together." As a contrast to the above address, let me give that of Picton to the 88th Connaught Rangers:... | |
 | Archibald Forbes - 1896 - 822 σελίδες
...words he spoke. " Soldiers ! '' he said — and the words are so reported by one who heard them — " the eyes of your country are upon you. Be steady ;...duty be to clear the ramparts, and in doing this keep together." A rocket was to be signal for the advance, and when its fiery track was seen in the black... | |
 | Arthur Griffiths - 1897 - 462 σελίδες
...harangued them before they started, reminding them that the eyes of their country were upon them. " Be steady ; be cool ; be firm in the assault. The town must be yours to-night." Then, when the signal rocket was fired, he cried, " Now, lads, for the breach ! " and taking... | |
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