 | John Halloway Hanson - 1854 - 504 σελίδες
...exception of a cloud of skirmishers on their right and left. The field-pieces were, finally, ordered to retire across the bridge, and form a battery for...retreat of the infantry, which was accordingly done. It was here, for the first time, I was initiated how to manage heavier guns than rifles. The cannonade... | |
 | John Halloway Hanson - 1854 - 490 σελίδες
...exception of a cloud of skirmishers on their right and left. The field-pieces were, finally, ordered to retire across the bridge, and form a battery for...retreat of the infantry, which was accordingly done. It was here, for the first time, I was initiated how to manage heavier guns than rifles. The cannonade... | |
 | John Halloway Hanson - 1854 - 479 σελίδες
...exception of a cloud of skirmishers on their right and left. The field-pieces were, finally, ordered to retire across the bridge, and form a battery for its protection, aud to cover the retreat of tho infantry, which was accordingly done. It was here, for the first time,... | |
 | Gilbert Auchinleck - 1855 - 456 σελίδες
...erowding on us on all sides, I ordered the field-pieces to retire aeross the bridge, and form a hattery for its protection, and to cover the retreat of the...cover of the works. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from tho windows and haleonies, and annoyed... | |
 | John Frost - 1857 - 853 σελίδες
...Finding that every road was full of troops crowding on us on all sides, I ordered the field-pieces to retire across the bridge and form a battery for...cover of the works. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the windows and balconies, and annoyed... | |
 | Mexican war - 1860 - 566 σελίδες
...Finding that every road was full of troops crowding on us on all sides, I ordered the field-pieces to retire across the bridge and form a battery for...cover of the works. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the windows and balconies, and annoyed... | |
 | 1860 - 557 σελίδες
...Finding that every road was full of troops crowding on us on all sides, I ordered the field-pieces to retire across the bridge and form a battery for...cover of the works. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the windows and balconies, and annoyed... | |
 | Peter Sailly Palmer - 1866 - 292 σελίδες
...for its protection, and to cover the retreat of Wool's, Appling's and Sproul's men. These detachments retired alternately, keeping up a brisk fire until they got under cover of the works. The left column of the British army did not arrive near the village until after Sproul's and Appling's... | |
 | 1878 - 598 σελίδες
...Finding that every road was full of troops crowding on us on all sides, I ordered the field-pieces to retire across the bridge and form a battery for...fire until they got under cover of the works. The enemv's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the windows... | |
 | Lewis Cass Aldrich - 1891 - 918 σελίδες
...his whole march, always pressing on in column. Finding that every road was full of troops crowding us on all sides, I ordered the field pieces to retire...retreat of the infantry, which was accordingly done. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the... | |
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Appling and Wool, as well as that of Sproul, retired alternately, keeping up a brisk fire until they got under cover of the works. The enemy's light troops occupied the houses near the bridge, and kept up a constant firing from the windows and balconies,... 
