Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... enemy , Blake taught his men , as Hawke and Nelson taught theirs , to fire at the hull . In the wrestle off Dungeness , therefore , the Dutch suffered more damage than the British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num ...
... enemy , Blake taught his men , as Hawke and Nelson taught theirs , to fire at the hull . In the wrestle off Dungeness , therefore , the Dutch suffered more damage than the British , but won the triumph that belongs to overwhelming num ...
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... enemy's ships , and fired them . The flames leaped up the masts , and spread from ship to ship , and when night fell the skies above Tunis shone , as bright almost as at noonday , with the flames of the burning ships and bat- teries ...
... enemy's ships , and fired them . The flames leaped up the masts , and spread from ship to ship , and when night fell the skies above Tunis shone , as bright almost as at noonday , with the flames of the burning ships and bat- teries ...
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... enemy , but such was the strength of the position held by the French and Bavarians , and with such steady valour did they fight , that Eugene's assaults were all repulsed , and he himself was only saved from disaster by the iron ...
... enemy , but such was the strength of the position held by the French and Bavarians , and with such steady valour did they fight , that Eugene's assaults were all repulsed , and he himself was only saved from disaster by the iron ...
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... enemy's hands . Cutts , however - nicknamed by his men " the Salaman- der , " from his lust of fighting , and habit of always being found where the fire was hottest - had brought up the second line , and the French cavalry recoiled ...
... enemy's hands . Cutts , however - nicknamed by his men " the Salaman- der , " from his lust of fighting , and habit of always being found where the fire was hottest - had brought up the second line , and the French cavalry recoiled ...
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... enemy's force , is of curious quality ; and Anson's men felt as cheerfully confident of capturing the wealth of the Spanish treasure - ships as though the yellow gold were already in their breeches ' pockets ! Anson's chaplain , indeed ...
... enemy's force , is of curious quality ; and Anson's men felt as cheerfully confident of capturing the wealth of the Spanish treasure - ships as though the yellow gold were already in their breeches ' pockets ! Anson's chaplain , indeed ...
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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