Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... covering Stayner from their fire . For four hours the 700 guns of ships and batteries sent their tremendous waves of sound up the slopes of Teneriffe . The Spaniards fought with great courage , but Blake's fire , by its speed and ...
... covering Stayner from their fire . For four hours the 700 guns of ships and batteries sent their tremendous waves of sound up the slopes of Teneriffe . The Spaniards fought with great courage , but Blake's fire , by its speed and ...
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... covered fleet in the heroic temper which made it eager to accomplish whatever Blake planned . Nothing is more pathetic than the story of Blake's home - coming . On an August afternoon in 1657 the fleet - the battered flagship , the ...
... covered fleet in the heroic temper which made it eager to accomplish whatever Blake planned . Nothing is more pathetic than the story of Blake's home - coming . On an August afternoon in 1657 the fleet - the battered flagship , the ...
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... covered his centre by a long screen of cavalry , strengthened by two brigades of infantry . His position thus was of great strength at either extremity , but his centre , though covered by the Nebel , and strengthened by the village of ...
... covered his centre by a long screen of cavalry , strengthened by two brigades of infantry . His position thus was of great strength at either extremity , but his centre , though covered by the Nebel , and strengthened by the village of ...
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... to Blenheim ; then , dressing their ranks afresh , they moved coolly forward to attack the broad front of palisades which covered Blenheim . The village was crowded with 16,000 of Tallard's best troops , 26 FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
... to Blenheim ; then , dressing their ranks afresh , they moved coolly forward to attack the broad front of palisades which covered Blenheim . The village was crowded with 16,000 of Tallard's best troops , 26 FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
Стр. 27
... covered the whole front , and this was pierced again , and yet again , by the darting flames of new volleys . The British front seemed to crumble under that tempest of shot ; yet it never swerved or faltered . On through smoke and flame ...
... covered the whole front , and this was pierced again , and yet again , by the darting flames of new volleys . The British front seemed to crumble under that tempest of shot ; yet it never swerved or faltered . On through smoke and flame ...
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advance afterwards Anson army attack battalions battle BATTLE OF MINDEN bayonets betwixt Blenheim breach brigade British line British ships British soldier broadside broke captain Cardigan cavalry centre Centurion charge Ciudad Rodrigo column command Contades Corunna courage crest crew daring deck division Dragoons enemy English fell fierce fight fire flagship flame flank fleet Florence Nightingale force fought French cavalry French line French ships front gallant galleon galloping grey guns Harris head hill horse horsemen infantry Jean Bon Saint-André Lord Cardigan Lord George Lord George Sackville Lord Raglan Marlborough Marmont mass miles Moore Moore's moving Napier Napoleon Navarino officers Queen Charlotte regiments retreat ridge Rifles rode Rodney round Russian sail sailor Salamanca San Sebastian Sandbag Battery says Scarlett shot shout siege slope smoke Soult Spain Spanish squadrons swept sword tempest thrust thunder troops tumult Urumea valley valour Vengeur victory Wellington whole wounded yards