No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that if a serious... History of the Peninsular War ... - Página 530por Robert Southey - 1828Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Carrick Moore - 1809 - 558 páginas
...and not suffered to pay the last duties to their General. The officers of his family bore the body to the grave ; the funeral service was read by the Chaplain, and the corpse was covered with earth. ' It is not for a Brother to delineate a character where the warmest affections were united. with such... | |
| James Carrick Moore - 1809 - 364 páginas
...and not suffered to pay the last duties to their General. The officers of his family bore the body to the grave ; the funeral service was read by the Chaplain, and the corpse was covered with earth. GO It is not for a brother to delineate a character vvhere the warmest affections were united with... | |
| 1810 - 600 páginas
...The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should...funeral service was read by the chaplain ; and the corps was covered with earth. Meantime, Gen. Hope, on whom the command devolved, passed the night in... | |
| 1810 - 602 páginas
...The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some tiring was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should...funeral service was read by the chaplain ; and the corps was covered with earth. Meantime, Gen. Hope, on whom the command devolved, passed the night in... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 602 páginas
...The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should...funeral service was read by the chaplain ; and the corps was covered with earth. Meantime, Gen. Hope, on whom the command devolved, passed the night in... | |
| 1812 - 724 páginas
...The ijiterment was hastened; for about eight in the morning some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should...funeral service was read by the chaplain; and the corpse wa» covered with earth. Meantime, General Hope, on whom the command devolved, passed the night in... | |
| 1812 - 844 páginas
...and not suffered to pay (he last duties to their general. The officers of his family bore the boily to the grave; the funeral service .was read by the chaplain, and the corpse was covered with earth. * The honourable captain Stanhope, third ion to earl Stanhope, and nephew to the lat* Mr. Pitt. Paget,... | |
| Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 páginas
...The interment was hastened ; for about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should...the chaplain, and the corpse was covered with earth. Mean time general Hope, on whom the command devolved, passed the night in embarking tha troops. At... | |
| Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 páginas
...should be made, and prevent the last duties being performed, the officers of his family bore the body to the grave, the funeral service was read by the chaplain, and the gallant remains laid in its cold, and silent, yet honourable bed !" * Of the officers who lost their... | |
| Edward Baines - 1818 - 746 páginas
...o'clock in the morning of the 17th the interment took place ; the officers of his family bore the body to the grave ; the funeral service was read by the chaplain ; and the earth received the remains of the departed hero. The benefits derived to an army from the example of... | |
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