| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1833 - 740 σελίδες
...bands, showed that the river was impassable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard. The next instant, the head of a noble column darkened...drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
| 1831 - 608 σελίδες
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, and in another instant, the head of a noble column was at the long narrow bridge. A drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
| 1831 - 942 σελίδες
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, and in another instant, the head of a noble column was at the long narrow bridge. A drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
| 1831 - 652 σελίδες
...tones of a French drum were then heard, and, in another instant, the head of a noble column was at the long narrow bridge. A drummer, and an officer in a splendid uniform, leapud forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first... | |
| 1833 - 370 σελίδες
...was at the long narrow bridge. A drummer and an officer in splendid uniform leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries : the depth of the ravine at first deceived the soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage were won ere an English shot had brought down an enemy;... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 σελίδες
...hostile bands showed the river was impassable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard: the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened...drummer, and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. " The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
| Memoirs - 1835 - 460 σελίδες
...at the long narrow bridge. A drummer, and an officer in splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived the soldier's aim on our side, and two-thirds of the passage were won before an English shot had brought... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 442 σελίδες
...hostile bands showed the river was impassable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard ; the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened...drummer, and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. " The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - 1845 - 304 σελίδες
...occurrence took place : — " A drummer, and an officer, in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived the soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage was won ere an English shot had brought down an enemy... | |
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