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Side 17
... guns previously posted . Colonel Wellesley again commanded the attack upon the point which had been before attempted ; the enemy was driven back in every quarter ; a se- ries of posts , two miles in length , at the distance of 1800 ...
... guns previously posted . Colonel Wellesley again commanded the attack upon the point which had been before attempted ; the enemy was driven back in every quarter ; a se- ries of posts , two miles in length , at the distance of 1800 ...
Side 18
... guns from various other directions sent their dreadful showers upon the walls . The surrounding hills reverbera- ted the thunders which seemed almost to shake the fort . At night a magazine of rockets suddenly blew up within the ...
... guns from various other directions sent their dreadful showers upon the walls . The surrounding hills reverbera- ted the thunders which seemed almost to shake the fort . At night a magazine of rockets suddenly blew up within the ...
Side 21
... guns were fired . Verses were chanted by the kauzee from the Koran , and the in- habitants responded . The streets were filled with mournful crowds , and many threw themselves before the bier . Thus was buried Tippoo - a stern and ...
... guns were fired . Verses were chanted by the kauzee from the Koran , and the in- habitants responded . The streets were filled with mournful crowds , and many threw themselves before the bier . Thus was buried Tippoo - a stern and ...
Side 24
... guns , baggage , and elephants , by a native prince , was yet able to break into Mysore , at the head of 5,000 horse . Against the " King of the two Worlds , " - such was the title assumed by this unruly miscreant , Colonel Wellesley ...
... guns , baggage , and elephants , by a native prince , was yet able to break into Mysore , at the head of 5,000 horse . Against the " King of the two Worlds , " - such was the title assumed by this unruly miscreant , Colonel Wellesley ...
Side 25
... guns into the camp . I have a plan for crossing some Europeans over the river , to destroy the guns , which I am afraid I can- not bring off ; and then I think I shall have done this business completely . P.S. I have just returned from ...
... guns into the camp . I have a plan for crossing some Europeans over the river , to destroy the guns , which I am afraid I can- not bring off ; and then I think I shall have done this business completely . P.S. I have just returned from ...
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Side 194 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...
Side 274 - Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if he had lived he would have rendered the most important services to his country.
Side 459 - 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 unfortunately have succeeded.
Side 194 - In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and 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, fire indiscriminately...
Side 457 - Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed.
Side 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Side 451 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Side 231 - In this dreadful situation, while the dead were lying in heaps, and others continually falling, the wounded crawling about to get some shelter from the merciless...
Side 340 - A moment of prosperity blinds them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their tomb. Soldiers! we have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to...
Side 300 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...