How England Saved Europe: The war in the PeninsulaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1900 |
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Side 47
... bayonet , and sent the whole mass whirling in dust and confusion to the bottom of the hill . A single company of the 20th dragoons constituted Wellesley's cavalry , and these were now sent at the broken French . As they rode at the ...
... bayonet , and sent the whole mass whirling in dust and confusion to the bottom of the hill . A single company of the 20th dragoons constituted Wellesley's cavalry , and these were now sent at the broken French . As they rode at the ...
Side 48
... bayonet charge pushed home , where soldier closes on soldier along a wide front , the slaughter is quick and deadly . The foremost rank of the Frenchmen fell , to quote the words of an actor in the fight , " like grass before the mower ...
... bayonet charge pushed home , where soldier closes on soldier along a wide front , the slaughter is quick and deadly . The foremost rank of the Frenchmen fell , to quote the words of an actor in the fight , " like grass before the mower ...
Side 51
... bayonet . I suspect that all the Continental armies were more than half - beaten before the battle was begun . I , at least , will not be frightened beforehand . " Wellesley had guessed the flaw in French tactics . They uniformly ...
... bayonet . I suspect that all the Continental armies were more than half - beaten before the battle was begun . I , at least , will not be frightened beforehand . " Wellesley had guessed the flaw in French tactics . They uniformly ...
Side 158
... bayonet - touch with the enemy , and then delivered a murderous volley . The sudden flash of the muskets lit up the faces of the French soldiers and their gleaming arms , and the long line seemed to crumble under that fierce blast of ...
... bayonet - touch with the enemy , and then delivered a murderous volley . The sudden flash of the muskets lit up the faces of the French soldiers and their gleaming arms , and the long line seemed to crumble under that fierce blast of ...
Side 159
... bayonet - thrusts down the hill into a muddy stream at its base , whose sluggish current was choked by the bodies of the slain and reddened with their blood . But on either flank of the hill the French were eagerly climbing . The ...
... bayonet - thrusts down the hill into a muddy stream at its base , whose sluggish current was choked by the bodies of the slain and reddened with their blood . But on either flank of the hill the French were eagerly climbing . The ...
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Side 250 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd...
Side 250 - ... bent on the dark columns in their front; their measured tread shook the ground; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot and with a horrid carnage it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill.
Side 406 - Introductions to the Works are supplied by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD, and an Introduction and Notes to Mrs. GASKELL'S " Life of Charlotte Bronte,
Side 249 - 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 itself bear up, and fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon friends and foes, while the horsemen hovering on the flank threatened to charge the advancing line.
Side 47 - Tis enough to make one thoughtful ; but no matter : my die is cast, they may overwhelm me, but I don't think they will outmanoeuvre me. First, because I am not afraid of them, as everybody else seems to be ; and secondly, because if what I hear of their system of manoeuvres be true, I think it a false one as against steady troops. I suspect all the continental armies were more than half beaten before the battle was begun. I, at least, will not be frightened beforehand.
Side 405 - I return you many thanks for the honour you have done me; but Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example.
Side 406 - Illustrations. 5. WUTHERING HEIGHTS. By. EMILY BRONTE. AGNES GREY. By ANNE BRONTE. With a Preface and Biographical Notice of both Authors by CHARLOTTE BRONTE.
Side 406 - BLAND, of Duffield, Derby, in conjunction with Mr. C. BARROW KEENE, of Derby. Introductions to the Works are supplied by Mrs. HUMPHRY WARD, AND An Introduction and Notes to Mrs. Gaskell's ' Life of Charlotte Bronte
Side 370 - Behind them was the plain in which the city stood, and beyond the city, thousands of carriages, and animals, and non-combatants ; men, women, and children were crowding together, in all the madness of terror, and as the English shot went booming overhead...
Side 257 - Picton took off his hat, and holding it over his eyes as a shade from the sun, looked sternly but anxiously at the French. The clatter of the horses, and the clanking of the scabbards...