Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.B.C. &c. Including His Correspondence: From Originals in Possession of His Family ...R. Bentley, 1836 |
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Σελίδα 37 - I have placed you in a trying and delicate situation, — nor, to give you any chance of overcoming the difficulties opposed to you, can I leave you a strong garrison ; but I shall give you ample powers : execute Spanish law as well as you can ; do justice according to your conscience, and that is all that can be expected from you. His Majesty's government will be minutely informed of your situation, and, no doubt, will make all due allowances.
Σελίδα 283 - The French skirmishers, swarming on the right bank, opened a biting fire, which was returned as bitterly ; the artillery on both sides played across the ravine, the sounds were repeated by numberless echoes, and the smoke, rising slowly, resolved itself into an immense arch, spanning the whole chasm, and sparkling with the whirling fuzes of the flying shells.
Σελίδα 288 - This, also, they had in common, that both, after distinguished services, perished in arms, fighting gallantly, and being celebrated as generals of division while living, have, since their death, been injudiciously spoken of, as rivalling their great leader in war. That they were officers of mark and pretension is unquestionable, and...
Σελίδα 280 - MY LORD, — I have the honour to report to your lordship, that yesterday...
Σελίδα 89 - ... all criminal and civil cases, and that they shall proceed according to the laws by which the said island was then governed ; and that such judicial powers as, previous to the surrender of the said island...
Σελίδα 245 - It is sufficient to observe, that not all the consciousness of victory, cheering and gratifying as that is, was capable of alleviating in the slightest degree the grief of the army for the loss of its chief. Perhaps the British army has produced some abler men than Sir John Moore ; it has certainly produced many who, in point of military talent, were and are quite his equals; but it cannot, and perhaps never could, boast of one more beloved, not by his own personal friends alone, but by every individual...
Σελίδα 284 - ... appeal unheeded, every musket turned from him, although his still undaunted countrymen were preparing for a third attempt. The impossibility of forcing the passage was, however, become too apparent, and this last effort, made with feebler numbers and less energy, failed almost as soon as it commenced.
Σελίδα 377 - In a word, seldom has an army, occupying ground in the face of its enemy, enjoyed so many hours of relaxation, or contrived to unite so completely the pleasures of country life with the serious business of war. It is probably needless to add, that so great a show of security in their leader had the best possible effect upon...
Σελίδα 73 - Spanish governors, ranging from one hundred dollars for " a corporal alive or his head," to twenty thousand dollars for the head of " Don Thomas Picton." " Your Excellency," wrote Picton to one of these governors, " has highly flattered my vanity by the very handsome value which you have been pleased to fix upon my head. Twenty thousand dollars is an offer which would not discredit your royal master's munificence. As the trifle has had the good fortune to recommend itself to your Excellency's attention,...
Σελίδα 283 - 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 ; yet a few paces onwards the line of death was traced, and the whole of the leading French section fell as one man ! Still the gallant column pressed forward, but no foot could pass that terrible line...