Fights for the Flag ...: With Portraits and PlansSmith, Elder, & Company, 15 Waterloo Place, 1906 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... yards the French fired . The long front of palisades sparkled with flame , a furious whirlwind of white smoke covered the whole front , and this was pierced again , and yet again , by the darting flames of new volleys . The British ...
... yards the French fired . The long front of palisades sparkled with flame , a furious whirlwind of white smoke covered the whole front , and this was pierced again , and yet again , by the darting flames of new volleys . The British ...
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... yards on their jib - booms - ships almost as un- sinkable as a bottle , but about as weatherly and as well- ventilated as so many corked bottles . One piece of good fortune at this early stage of the voyage befell Anson . The Spanish ...
... yards on their jib - booms - ships almost as un- sinkable as a bottle , but about as weatherly and as well- ventilated as so many corked bottles . One piece of good fortune at this early stage of the voyage befell Anson . The Spanish ...
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... yards of the enemy they halted for a moment , that the lines might be dressed , and then there broke from the steady ranks that sudden shout , deep - throated and challenging — what Napier de- scribes as the most menacing sound ever ...
... yards of the enemy they halted for a moment , that the lines might be dressed , and then there broke from the steady ranks that sudden shout , deep - throated and challenging — what Napier de- scribes as the most menacing sound ever ...
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... horsemen and the steadfast lines of British infantry gazed at each other . Nothing separated them but a few hundred yards of dry heathy soil , across which , with thunder of galloping hoofs , and the 82 FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
... horsemen and the steadfast lines of British infantry gazed at each other . Nothing separated them but a few hundred yards of dry heathy soil , across which , with thunder of galloping hoofs , and the 82 FIGHTS FOR THE FLAG.
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... yards , from her neighbour ; and so perfect was the line , that a bucket dropped from the leading ship might have been picked up by almost every ship that followed . The stately British line had a northerly course ; De Grasse , by this ...
... yards , from her neighbour ; and so perfect was the line , that a bucket dropped from the leading ship might have been picked up by almost every ship that followed . The stately British line had a northerly course ; De Grasse , by this ...
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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