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... arms , he was removed to the military school of Angers , which at that time enjoyed great celebrity , and was a diligent student of those various branches of theoretical and practical science which are necessary to the formation of the ...
... arms , he was removed to the military school of Angers , which at that time enjoyed great celebrity , and was a diligent student of those various branches of theoretical and practical science which are necessary to the formation of the ...
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... arms , while others , by the long folds of their tur- bans endeavoured to lower themselves down to the ground , and many were dashed to pieces in the at- tempt . The left column however met with more opposition . The enemy had ...
... arms , while others , by the long folds of their tur- bans endeavoured to lower themselves down to the ground , and many were dashed to pieces in the at- tempt . The left column however met with more opposition . The enemy had ...
Σελίδα 21
... arm , was the amulet , which he constantly The countenance was undistorted , and bore an expression of stern composure ; the eyes were open , and the body still warm , so that the bystanders could scarcely at first believe that life was ...
... arm , was the amulet , which he constantly The countenance was undistorted , and bore an expression of stern composure ; the eyes were open , and the body still warm , so that the bystanders could scarcely at first believe that life was ...
Σελίδα 31
... palace was then given up to pillage , and this ruffian going into the Zehana , tore the jewels from the noses and ears of the Mogul's women , and One cut off their arms and legs . The most beautiful DUKE OF WELLINGTON . 31.
... palace was then given up to pillage , and this ruffian going into the Zehana , tore the jewels from the noses and ears of the Mogul's women , and One cut off their arms and legs . The most beautiful DUKE OF WELLINGTON . 31.
Σελίδα 32
Andrew Redman Bonar. cut off their arms and legs . The most beautiful of the Mogul's daughters is said to have stabbed her . self , to escape the violence which he offered . There is some satisfaction in recording the merited punish ...
Andrew Redman Bonar. cut off their arms and legs . The most beautiful of the Mogul's daughters is said to have stabbed her . self , to escape the violence which he offered . There is some satisfaction in recording the merited punish ...
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Σελίδα 194 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...
Σελίδα 274 - Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if he had lived he would have rendered the most important services to his country.
Σελίδα 459 - 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.
Σελίδα 194 - 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...
Σελίδα 457 - Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed.
Σελίδα 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Σελίδα 451 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Σελίδα 231 - In this dreadful situation, while the dead were lying in heaps, and others continually falling, the wounded crawling about to get some shelter from the merciless...
Σελίδα 340 - A moment of prosperity blinds them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their tomb. Soldiers! we have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to...
Σελίδα 300 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...