 | English history - 1881
...reeled ami •-"••' gered like sinking ships ; but, suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on terrible enemies, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans Lreak from the crowded... | |
 | John Edwin Nixon - 1885
...oppressed of every race and of every clime. BRIGHT. (46.) Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies; and then was seen with...fights. In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate lus Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the 5 crowded columns,... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1885 - 634 σελίδες
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed with their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what...and majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Sonlt by voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the noblest veterans, extricating themselves... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886
...staggered and reeled like sinking ships. ' Suddenly and sternly recovering,' writes Napier, ' they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving,... | |
 | William Broadfoot - 1888 - 445 σελίδες
...extreme left, ordered him also to bring his reserve brigade into action.i The carnage was frightful, ' and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights.' 2 The French at length gave way, and ' like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the ascent. The rain... | |
 | Rowland Broughton-Mainwaring - 1889 - 372 σελίδες
...iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. ' Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their ' terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the ' mass to open on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself 'bear up, and, fiercely striving,... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1890
...tempest, reeled and stag gered like sinking ships. But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and fiercely striving,... | |
 | John Fraser - 1890 - 391 σελίδες
...to be found in Napier's account of the battle of Albuera :—" They closed on their terrible enemy, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights ! " may be fittingly applied to this desperate handto-hand struggle on Lundy's Lane. The thunders of... | |
 | Timothy Gowing - 1892 - 585 σελίδες
...Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult,...animate his Frenchmen. In vain did the hardiest veterans extricate themselves from the crowded columns, and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass... | |
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In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass... 
