 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 σελίδες
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of fullgrown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summit of the mountain, for the space of nearly three miles, including the salient points, other stone... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 740 σελίδες
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...miles including the salient points, other stone walls were built six feet high and four in thickness, with banquettes ; so that a good defence could easily... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 σελίδες
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...miles including the salient points, other stone walls were built six feet high and four in thickness, with banquettes ; so that a good defence could easily... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1851 - 478 σελίδες
...abattis was drawn ; not, as usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, digged up with all their roots and branches, dragged by main...convenient distances to defend this line of trees, were also cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | Hector Straith - 1852 - 278 σελίδες
...double line of abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were cast up, &c." A striking illustration of their value and importance in retarding the advance of troops,... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 562 σελίδες
...limbs of trees, but of fullgrown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, and dragged by main force for several hundred yards, and...distances, to defend this line of trees, were then east up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including the salient... | |
 | John Thomas Hyde - 1860 - 320 σελίδες
...but of full grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged by main force several hundred yards, and then re-set and crossed...Breast-works, at convenient distances, to defend this lino of trees, were cast up, &c." A striking illustration of their value and importance in retarding... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1862 - 574 σελίδες
...double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of fallgrown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and...along the summits of the mountain, for a space of iiearly three miles, including the salient points, other stone walls, six feet high and four in thickness,... | |
 | Peninsular veteran - 1878 - 264 σελίδες
...division, with prodigious labour, secured the position in a manner which was spoken of with admiration. Across the ravine on the left, a loose stone wall,...this line of trees were then cast up ; and along the summit of the mountain, for the space of nearly three miles, including the salient points, other stone... | |
 | Charles Booth Brackenbury - 1888 - 396 σελίδες
...abatis was drawn ; not, as usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, digged up with all their roots and branches, dragged by main...crossed so that no human strength could break through. i Napier's^Peninsular War. I Breastworks, at convenient distances to defend this line of trees, were... | |
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For across the ravine on the left, a loose stone wall, sixteen feet thick and forty feet high, was raised ; and across the great valley of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown... 
