The SubalternW. Blackwood, 1826 - 373 頁 |
搜尋書籍內容
第 1 到 5 筆結果，共 36 筆
第 1 頁
... infantry , in which I bore a commission , began to muster one fine May morning , on the parade ground at Hythe . An or- der had reached us two days before , to prepare for immediate service in the Peninsula ; and on the morning to which ...
... infantry , in which I bore a commission , began to muster one fine May morning , on the parade ground at Hythe . An or- der had reached us two days before , to prepare for immediate service in the Peninsula ; and on the morning to which ...
第 50 頁
... infantry which was forming underneath the parapet . There an officer could , from time to time , be distinguish- ed , leaning his telescope over the top of the ram- part , or through the opening of an embrasure , and prying with deep ...
... infantry which was forming underneath the parapet . There an officer could , from time to time , be distinguish- ed , leaning his telescope over the top of the ram- part , or through the opening of an embrasure , and prying with deep ...
第 61 頁
... infantry , he crossed the Bidassoa near Irun , and attacked , with great spirit , the heights of St Marcial . These were defended only by Spanish troops , which gave way almost immediately , and were driven to the tops of the hills ...
... infantry , he crossed the Bidassoa near Irun , and attacked , with great spirit , the heights of St Marcial . These were defended only by Spanish troops , which gave way almost immediately , and were driven to the tops of the hills ...
第 76 頁
... infantry made their way , during one of the late actions ; and so perfect was the cover afforded by the mist , that , though the sun had risen some time , they pene- trated , wholly unobserved , to the brow of the hill . On the present ...
... infantry made their way , during one of the late actions ; and so perfect was the cover afforded by the mist , that , though the sun had risen some time , they pene- trated , wholly unobserved , to the brow of the hill . On the present ...
第 99 頁
... infantry . The main road , again , on the French side of the river , winds among over - hang- ing precipices , not , indeed , so rugged as those in the pass of Irun , but sufficiently bold to place troops which might occupy them in ...
... infantry . The main road , again , on the French side of the river , winds among over - hang- ing precipices , not , indeed , so rugged as those in the pass of Irun , but sufficiently bold to place troops which might occupy them in ...
其他版本 - 查看全部
常見字詞
accordingly Adour aide-de-camp appeared Arcanques arms army arrived artillery attack baggage battalions batteries Bayonne Bedart began beheld Bidassoa brigade British camp cavalry chasse-marées column command corps cottage course covered dark dawn direction division Duncan enemy enemy's fell fire followed formed French front garrison glacis ground guard guns half halt heights hence hill horses hour immediately infantry Irun Jean de Luz King's German Legion light Lord Wellington Marshal Soult ment miles morning musketry neral night o'clock occupied officer out-posts party passed perfectly perhaps permit piquets Portuguese present occasion Pyrenees quarter reached reader rear recollect regiment returned river road round shot sentinels shot side Sir John Hope skirmishers soldiers soon sound Spanish spent St Etienne St Jean St Sebastian's station stood tents tion tirailleurs took town treme troops village walls watch whilst whole wood wounded
熱門章節
第 58 頁 - Of these various noises, the greater number now began to subside, as night passed on ; and long before dawn there was a fearful silence. Sleep had succeeded inebriety with the bulk of the army, — of the poor wretches who groaned and shrieked three hours ago, many...
第 50 頁 - This was the first time that a town was stormed by daylight since the commencement of the war, and the storming party were enabled distinctly to perceive the preparations which were making for their reception. There was, therefore, something, not only interesting but novel, in beholding the muzzles of the enemy's cannon, from the castle and other batteries, turned in such a direction as to flank the breaches ; whilst the glancing of bayonets, and the occasional rise of caps and feathers, gave notice...
第 42 頁 - Nor was this all that was done to annoy the assailants — night after night petty sorties were made, with no other apparent design than to disturb the repose and to harass the spirits, of the besiegers ; for the attacking party seldom attempted to advance farther than the first parallel, and it was uniformly beaten back by the piquets and reserve. During the last ten days, the besieging army had been busily employed in bringing up ammunition, and in dragging into battery one of the most splendid...
第 145 頁 - We hastened towards the house, and just as we neared the door, a ca9adore rushed out, and attempted to elude us. But he was hotly pursued and taken. When he was brought back, we entered the cottage, and to our horror, we saw an old woman, in all probability the wife of the aged peasant, lying dead in the kitchen. The desperate Portuguese pretended not to deny having perpetrated these murders.
第 84 頁 - Nor were we disappointed ; — we found both, and both greatly superior in quality to any which had fallen to our lot since we landed. The reader will easily believe that a man who has spent some of the best years of his life amid scenes of violence and bloodshed, must have witnessed many spectacles highly revolting to the purest feelings of our nature ; but a more appalling picture of war passed by — of war in its darkest colours, — those which distinguish it when its din is over — than was...
第 44 頁 - In the meantime, however, the enemy had not been remiss in their endeavours to silence the fire of the besiegers, and to dismount their guns. They had, indeed, exercised their artillery with so much good-will, that most of the cannon found in the place, after its capture, were unserviceable, being melted at the touchholes, or otherwise damaged from too frequent use. But they fought, on the present occasion, under every imaginable disadvantage; for not only was our artillery much more than a match...