 | 1831 - 652 σελίδες
...confusion, and the mighty mass giving way like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the ascent. Tbe rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood,...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill !' — vol. iii. pp. 534—541. This passage affords another proof of the Colonel's curious felicity... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 σελίδες
...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful \olleys swept away the head of every formalion, their deafening shouts over-powered the dissonant...stood triumphant on the fatal hill ! CHAPTER VII. Continuation of the battle of Albuera — Dreadful state of both armies — Soult retreat« to Solano—... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 σελίδες
...headlong down the steep : the rain flowed M»y- after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...height, the cavalry and Harvey's brigade continually ad vanced, and Latour Maubourg's dragoons, being May! also battered by Lefebre's guns, retired before... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 740 σελίδες
...headlong down the steep : the rain flowed M »y- after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...height, the cavalry and Harvey's brigade continually ad vanced, and Latour Maubourg's dragoons, being M» y . also battered by Lefebre's guns, retired before... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 894 σελίδες
...the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood ; and fifteen hundred nnwounded men, the remnant of six thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill (5)." conchmon Bcresford, seeing the heights thus gloriously won, immediately bnuic. took steps to... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1843 - 524 σελίδες
...a loosened cliff, went headlong down the descent. The rain flowed after them in streams discolored with blood; and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." Beresford, seeing the heights thus gloriously won, immediately prepared to secure the victory ; and,... | |
 | Henry Schroder - 1851 - 460 σελίδες
...hill ; and the mighty mass at length giving way like a loosened cliff, went head-long down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." The French lost eight thousand men ; the allies nearly seven, but the British alone, four thousand... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1852 - 570 σελίδες
...went headlong down the steep . the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill! While the fusileers were battling above, the cavalry and Harvey's brigade advanced, and Latour Maubourg's... | |
 | University magazine - 1852 - 790 σελίδες
...bent headlong down the steep. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on that fatal hill."* We pass now to the considération of the battle of Mantinea, the last incident and... | |
 | 1852 - 1236 σελίδες
...the steep. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred un wounded men, the remnant of six thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on that fatal hill."* We pass now to the consideration of the battle of Mantinea, the last incident and... | |
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There the French reserve, mixing with the struggling multitude, endeavoured to sustain the fight, but the effort only increased the irremediable confusion ; the mighty mass gave way, and like a loosened cliff went headlong down the steep. The rain flowed... 
