The Story of Waterloo, Or, The Fall of NapoleonWilliam P. Nimmo, 1873 - 135 σελίδες |
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The Story of Waterloo; Or, The Fall of Napoleon Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) Πλήρης προβολή - 1873 |
The Story of Waterloo; Or, The Fall of Napoleon Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) Πλήρης προβολή - 1873 |
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Allied attack batteries battle of Waterloo bayonets Belle Alliance Blucher brigade British infantry British left Brunswick Brussels cannon cannonade cavalry centre charge Charleroi CHARLES BRUCE château Colonel columns command corps cuirassiers D'Erlon Dender despatched division Dragoons Duke Dutch-Belgians Elba ELLEN PALMER Emperor enemy enemy's Europe fell field fire Foot 1st battalion force fortresses France French front frontier gallant garrison Genappe genius Gérard German guns Hanoverians Haye Sainte head-quarters hills horse Hougoumont Illustrations Imperial Guard June La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte lancers Lieut.-General Ligny Little Lobau M. M. POLLARD Major-General Sir Marshal mass Meuse military morning Napoleon Nassauers National Guards NIMMO'S o'clock occupied officers Paris Planchenoit position Prince of Orange Prussian army Quatre Bras rear regiment retire Royal Highness Sambre Scheldt shot soldiers Sombref square St Amand Stories Tale throne troops veterans victory village Wavre Wellington and Blucher wood wounded Young
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Σελίδα 44 - Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Σελίδα 106 - Quatre Bras. The Prussian army maintained their position with their usual gallantry and perseverance, against a great disparity of numbers, as the 4th corps of their army, under General Bulow, had not joined, and I was not able to assist them as I wished, as I was attacked myself, and the troops, the cavalry in particular, which had a long distance to march, had not arrived. We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it.
Σελίδα 126 - ONE SHILLING ILLUSTRATED JUVENILE BOOKS. Foolscap 8vo, Coloured Frontispieces, handsomely bound in cloth, Illuminated, price Is. each. 1. Four Little People and their Friends. 2. Elizabeth; or, The Exiles of Siberia. A Tale from the French of Madame Corns.
Σελίδα 114 - I should not do justice to my feelings, or to marshal Blucher and the Prussian army, if I did not attribute the successful result of this arduous day to the cordial and timely assistance I received from them.
Σελίδα 1 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with Nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Σελίδα 114 - Bulow upon the enemy's flank was a most decisive one ; and, even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortu pately have succeeded.
Σελίδα 108 - This gave Lord Uxbridge an opportunity of charging them with the 1st Life Guards, upon their debouche from the village of Genappe, upon which occasion his Lordship has declared himself to be well satisfied with that regiment.
Σελίδα 1 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay ; The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...