Señorita MontenarHarper & Brothers, 1898 - 299 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 102 - would make it appear that the attempt to take Valdivia is madness. This is one reason why the Spaniards will hardly believe us in earnest, even when we commence ; and you will see that a bold onset, and a little perseverance afterwards, will give a complete triumph ; for operations unexpected by the enemy are, when well executed, almost certain to succeed, whatever may be the odds ; and success will preserve the enterprise from the imputation of rashness.
Σελίδα 266 - I met him (said he) at Lord Clare's house in the country, and he took no more notice of me than if I had been an ordinary man.
Σελίδα 102 - Well, Major, Valdivia we must take. Sooner than put back, it would be better that we all went to the bottom." The dramatic simplicity of his decision was greeted by misgivings. Yet he knew that in terms both of strategy and of Chilean morale a spectacular victory was badly needed. The apparent impossibility of what he was about to do was the guarantee of success. It was the familiar argument which he employed...
Σελίδα 105 - ... to send a boat ashore ; to which it was answered, they had lost them in the severe gales they had encountered. This, however, did not satisfy the garrison, which immediately fired alarm guns, and expresses were despatched to the governor at Valdivia. The garrisons of all the southern forts united at Fort Yngles.
Σελίδα 104 - The schooner and the brig, having hoisted Spanish colours, anchored on the 3rd of February, at three p. M., under the guns of the fort of El Yngles, opposite the caleta, or landing-place, and between the two. When hailed from the shore, captain Basques, a Spaniard by birth, who had embarked at Talcahuano as a volunteer, was directed to answer that they had sailed from Cadiz with the S. Elmo, of seventy-four guns, from whose convoy, he added, they had parted, in a gale of wind, off Cape Horn, and...
Σελίδα 102 - Cool calculation would make it appear that the attempt to take Valdivia is madness. This is one reason why the Spaniards will hardly believe us in earnest, even when we commence, and you will see that a bold onset, and a little perseverance afterwards, will give a complete triumph. For operations unexpected by the enemy are, when well executed, almost certain to succeed, whatever may be the odds...
Σελίδα 131 - It may have been that day, and it may have been the next day, or it may have been the next day.
Σελίδα 172 - I was hoping that you might be .able to give me some information.
Σελίδα 287 - However, there was no help for it, and as soon as he was on board ship he began to feel for the first time how ill he had really been.
Σελίδα 90 - Montenar, whose spirits had risen wonderfully with the prospect of getting ashore, and who took it as a matter of course that she should be lauded there, scarcely deigned to notice me as she passed on her way to the boat.