Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... seemed as if the French King's dream of a world monarchy was about to be realised . The " Spain " of that date , it must be remembered , included the Netherlands , Sicily , Naples , Milan , half Italy , in a word , and more than half ...
... seemed as if the French King's dream of a world monarchy was about to be realised . The " Spain " of that date , it must be remembered , included the Netherlands , Sicily , Naples , Milan , half Italy , in a word , and more than half ...
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... seemed to crumble under that tempest of shot ; yet it never swerved or faltered . On through smoke and flame it came . Rowe led it , moving straight forward , till he struck the palisades with his sword , and bade his men fire . the ...
... seemed to crumble under that tempest of shot ; yet it never swerved or faltered . On through smoke and flame it came . Rowe led it , moving straight forward , till he struck the palisades with his sword , and bade his men fire . the ...
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... seemed likely , at one moment , to play a part as great as at Fontenoy . They broke from Oberglauh upon the Prince of Holstein's column , tumbled it into ruin , took the Prince himself a prisoner , and hurled his men a mere wreck down ...
... seemed likely , at one moment , to play a part as great as at Fontenoy . They broke from Oberglauh upon the Prince of Holstein's column , tumbled it into ruin , took the Prince himself a prisoner , and hurled his men a mere wreck down ...
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... seemed to be concentrated . The Centurion sur- vived , and , a lonely , half - wrecked ship , full of sick and dying men , bore up for Juan Fernandez . In practical seamanship Anson and his officers were unsurpassed among the sailors of ...
... seemed to be concentrated . The Centurion sur- vived , and , a lonely , half - wrecked ship , full of sick and dying men , bore up for Juan Fernandez . In practical seamanship Anson and his officers were unsurpassed among the sailors of ...
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... seemed likely , indeed , that she would be left at last to drift a mere ship of the dead on the sea . When at last the sorely tried ship dropped its anchor , out of its original crew of 300 men only 80 remained alive . Anson's squadron ...
... seemed likely , indeed , that she would be left at last to drift a mere ship of the dead on the sea . When at last the sorely tried ship dropped its anchor , out of its original crew of 300 men only 80 remained alive . Anson's squadron ...
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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