...the breast were torn into shreds and strips, among which the hilt of his sword had got entangled. " I had rather it should go out of the field with me," said the dying hero, as Hardinge made an attempt to disengage it. Men of the 42d and Guards carried...

...his removal in a blanket to the Field Hospital, he was unbuckling it, when the general remarked, ' It is as well as it is : I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' Hardinge attracted the attention of Sir John Moore's successor in the command, General Beresford, by...

...scene. Capt. Hardinge attempted to extricate his entangled sword, but the dying hero said, ' It is well as it is ; I had rather it should go out of the field with me." As his officers gathered around him he said : "I hope the people of England will be satisfied ; I hope...

...entangled and the hilt entered the wound. A staff officer attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, " It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field w>th me " ; and in that manner so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight. (d) As we...

...on the wounded side, and pressed against his shattered arm. "It is as well as it is," he told him. " I had rather it should go out of the field with me." Two surgeons, hastily despatched by Sir David Baird.came hurrying to meet h1m, but he bade them go...

...hilt entered the wound; Captain Hardinge, a staff officer, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, " 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. Notwithstanding this...

...unbuckling it from his waist, when he said, in his usual tone and manner, and in a very distinct voice, ' It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' "He was borne by six soldiers of the 42nd and Guards, my sash supporting him in an easy posture. Observing...

...and Hardinge endeavoured to unbuckle the belt to take it off; when he said with soldierly feelings, 'It is as well as it is; I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' His serenity was so striking, that Hardinge began to hope the wound was not mortal; he expressed his...

...jabbed into his open wound, and an aide started to unbuckle the belt: Moore told him to leave it be. 'I had rather it should go out of the field with me.' The British advance continued under the command of Sir John Hope while Moore was carried back down...

...staff officer, who was near, attempted to take it off, but the dying man stopped him, saying, ' It is well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me: " Thus was the hero borne from the field of battle. He died before night, and was buried in the citadel...