History of the Peninsular War ...J. Murray, 1828 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abrantes Alem-Tejo Almeida appointed arms arrived artillery attack August authority Badajoz battle Beja Bishop British army Buonaparte Campo-Mayor Castaños Castille cavalry Central Junta CHAP church Coimbra command Coruña danger defend dispatched Elvas embarked enemy enemy's England English entered Estremoz Evora exertions Extremadura feeling fire force formed France French Funen Galicia Galluzo garrison honour hope horses immediately inhabitants insurrection Jovellanos Juiz Juiz de Fora July June Junot Junta of Seville Kellermann King Laborde land Leiria Lisbon Loison Madrid Maransin ment military Miquelets nation neral Neves night Observador officers persons plunder Porto Portugal Portugueze possession Prince prisoners proceeded province reached received regiments retreat returned Romana sent September Sir Arthur Sir Harry Burrard Sir Hew Sir John Moore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit Tagus taken Thiebault thought tion took town troops village wounded
Pasajes populares
Página 521 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 488 - I was sensible, however, that the apathy and indifference of the Spaniards would never have been believed ; that, had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their retreat ; and it was necessary to risk this army to convince the people of England, as well as the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the power, nor the inclination, to make any efforts for themselves.
Página 526 - 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 attack were made, they should be ordered away, and not suffered to pay him their last duty. The officers of his family bore him to the grave ; the funeral service was read by the chaplain ; and the corpse was covered with earth.
Página 14 - Augustina sprung forward over the dead and dying, snatched a match from the hand of a dead artilleryman, and fired off a six-and-twenty pounder ; then, jumping upon the gun, made a solemn vow never to quit it alive during the siege.
Página 472 - ... estimate of the resistance that is likely to be offered. " You are, perhaps, better acquainted with the views of the British " Cabinet ; and the question is, What would that Cabinet direct, were " they upon the spot to determine ? It is of much importance that " this should be thoroughly considered ; it is comparatively of very •"' little, on whom shall rest the greatest share of responsibility. I am " willing to take the whole, or a part ; but I am very anxious to
Página 524 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Página 521 - Enemy's battery carried away his left shoulder and part " of the collar-bone, leaving the arm hanging by the flesh. " The violence of the stroke threw him off his horse, on his back.
Página 501 - The track which these mountains inclose is called the Bierzo : from summit to summit, it is about sixteen leagues from north to south, and about fourteen from east to west. The whole waters of this amphitheatre have but one opening ; they are collected into the river Sil, and pass, through a narrow gorge, into the Val de Orras, in Galicia.
Página 26 - The opposite side was maintained by the Aragonese, who threw up batteries at the openings of the cross streets, within a few paces of those which the French erected against them. The intervening space was presently heaped with dead, either slain upon the spot, or thrown out from the windows, Next day, the ammunition of the citizens began to fail : the French were expected, every moment, to renew their efforts for completing the conquest, and even this circumstance occasioned no dismay, nor did any...
Página 25 - The contest which was now carried on is unexampled in history. One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pall-mall, was possessed by the French; and, in the centre of it, their general, Verdier, gave his orders from the Franciscan convent. The opposite side was maintained by the...