... panes of glass. The artillery did great execution, but our musketry did not at first seem to kill many men ; though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite... Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life - Side 756av Alan Schom - 1998 - 944 siderBegrenset visning - Om denne boken
| Rees Howell Gronow - 1863 - 250 sider
...kill many men ; though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite...at about twenty yards' distance from our squares, and generally resisted all attempts to force them to charge the line of serried steel. On one occasion,... | |
| Charles Dalton - 1890 - 288 sider
...kill many men, though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite...at about twenty yards' distance from our squares, and generally resisted all attempts to force them to charge the line of serried steel. On one occasion... | |
| Rees Howell Gronow - 1892 - 464 sider
...kill many men ; though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite...at about twenty yards' distance from our squares, and generally resisted all attempts to force them to charge the line of serried steel. On one occasion,... | |
| Charles Dalton - 1904 - 360 sider
...kill many men, though it brought down a large number of horses, and created indescribable confusion! The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite...efforts of their riders, came to a standstill, shaking ami covered with foam, at about twenty yards' distance from our squares, and generally resisted all... | |
| Mark Adkin - 2001 - 504 sider
...horses, and created indescribable confusion. The horses of the first rank of cuirassiers, in spite all of the efforts of their riders, came to a stand-still,...covered with foam, at about twenty yards' distance, and generally resisted all attempts to force them to charge the line of serried steel. • The French... | |
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