The SubalternW. Blackwood, 1826 - 373 頁 |
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第 6 頁
... light of the moon was overpowered by the increasing bril- liancy of the twilight ; but a thick haze , rising from the low grounds , rendered objects even more in- distinct and obscure than they had been half an hour before . When I ...
... light of the moon was overpowered by the increasing bril- liancy of the twilight ; but a thick haze , rising from the low grounds , rendered objects even more in- distinct and obscure than they had been half an hour before . When I ...
第 23 頁
... light departed , and we could not so much as tell whether we had gained upon the land , or otherwise . Next morning , when I ascended the deck , I was delighted to perceive that we were not more than three or four miles from shore , and ...
... light departed , and we could not so much as tell whether we had gained upon the land , or otherwise . Next morning , when I ascended the deck , I was delighted to perceive that we were not more than three or four miles from shore , and ...
第 24 頁
... light lasted , nothing could be descried which we desired to behold , and we were once more compelled to contemplate with resignation the prospect of spending another night in the ex- treme confinement of a cabin . The dawn of the ...
... light lasted , nothing could be descried which we desired to behold , and we were once more compelled to contemplate with resignation the prospect of spending another night in the ex- treme confinement of a cabin . The dawn of the ...
第 26 頁
... lights being thrown out from the city , and a smart fire kept up upon them all the while , they laboured with such assiduity , as to effect a pretty secure cover for themselves before morning , and the sandy soil of the place being ...
... lights being thrown out from the city , and a smart fire kept up upon them all the while , they laboured with such assiduity , as to effect a pretty secure cover for themselves before morning , and the sandy soil of the place being ...
第 29 頁
... fell harmless into the water . The next , however , struck only a few feet from our bow , and the third would have been perhaps still better directed , had not a light breeze fortunately sprung up , and car- CHAPTER II . 29.
... fell harmless into the water . The next , however , struck only a few feet from our bow , and the third would have been perhaps still better directed , had not a light breeze fortunately sprung up , and car- CHAPTER II . 29.
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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...