How England Saved Europe: The war in the PeninsulaSmith, Elder, & Company, 1900 |
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Side 36
... position . " The Spanish , " he said , “ are the merest canaille . " " Spain , " he declared again , " had only some 15,000 soldiers left , with some old blockhead to command them . " When stepping on to such a field against such an ...
... position . " The Spanish , " he said , “ are the merest canaille . " " Spain , " he declared again , " had only some 15,000 soldiers left , with some old blockhead to command them . " When stepping on to such a field against such an ...
Side 40
... position for the French . Wellesley's plan was to thrust his left - consisting of two brigades of infantry , with six guns and some Rifles , under Ferguson - along the crest of the lateral hill , till the village was turned , then the ...
... position for the French . Wellesley's plan was to thrust his left - consisting of two brigades of infantry , with six guns and some Rifles , under Ferguson - along the crest of the lateral hill , till the village was turned , then the ...
Side 41
... position before Ferguson's turning movement had made itself felt . The English leaders , that is , were too eager , and the English privates , it may be added , were quite as eager as even their generals . The attacking regiments were ...
... position before Ferguson's turning movement had made itself felt . The English leaders , that is , were too eager , and the English privates , it may be added , were quite as eager as even their generals . The attacking regiments were ...
Side 43
... position at Vimiero . Junot , on his part , gathering up all his available strength , marched at speed from Lisbon , drew under his standards the divisions of Loison and Laborde , and on the 19th reached Torres Vedras , nine miles ...
... position at Vimiero . Junot , on his part , gathering up all his available strength , marched at speed from Lisbon , drew under his standards the divisions of Loison and Laborde , and on the 19th reached Torres Vedras , nine miles ...
Side 44
... position ; at ten o'clock the fight of Vimiero was raging . The news that Junot was moving was brought about midnight to Wellesley , who - it is an amusing detail to learn - was found , with his entire staff , sitting back to back on a ...
... position ; at ten o'clock the fight of Vimiero was raging . The news that Junot was moving was brought about midnight to Wellesley , who - it is an amusing detail to learn - was found , with his entire staff , sitting back to back on a ...
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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...