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Page 48
... enemy in a wood . We received orders to retreat . Having fallen back about two miles , we struck to the right , in order to come upon their flank , whilst the 9th , 29th , and 5th battalion of the 60th , attacked them in front . They ...
... enemy in a wood . We received orders to retreat . Having fallen back about two miles , we struck to the right , in order to come upon their flank , whilst the 9th , 29th , and 5th battalion of the 60th , attacked them in front . They ...
Page 72
... enemy had made a cut , to let the water in upon our works . Towards midnight , when the tide was ebb , Colonel Pack made a sally into one of the enemy's batteries . We crossed the cut in silence ; Colonel Pack entered first , and struck ...
... enemy had made a cut , to let the water in upon our works . Towards midnight , when the tide was ebb , Colonel Pack made a sally into one of the enemy's batteries . We crossed the cut in silence ; Colonel Pack entered first , and struck ...
Page 77
... enemy , whose skirmishers covered Windmill Hill . In about an hour the light companies of all the regiments were ordered out , alongst with the 71st . Colonel Cadogan cal- led to us , at the foot of the hill , " My lads , this is the ...
... enemy , whose skirmishers covered Windmill Hill . In about an hour the light companies of all the regiments were ordered out , alongst with the 71st . Colonel Cadogan cal- led to us , at the foot of the hill , " My lads , this is the ...
Page 90
... enemy . About half - past nine o'clock , a great gun from the French line , which was answered by one from ours , was the signal to engage . Down they came , shouting as usual . We kept them at bay , in spite of their cries and ...
... enemy . About half - past nine o'clock , a great gun from the French line , which was answered by one from ours , was the signal to engage . Down they came , shouting as usual . We kept them at bay , in spite of their cries and ...
Page 91
... enemy , and forced them to give way . As we passed over the ground where they had stood , it lay two and three deep of dead and wounded . While we drove them before us through the town , in turn , they were reinforced , which only ...
... enemy , and forced them to give way . As we passed over the ground where they had stood , it lay two and three deep of dead and wounded . While we drove them before us through the town , in turn , they were reinforced , which only ...
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Page 188 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 188 - But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory! We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 229 - Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked, — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
Page 187 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 187 - With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And -we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 186 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 285 - Marshal had promised me, that in case we should be attacked, he would support me with one or more corps, as might be necessary.
Page 181 - General, discovering the mistake, said to them, " My brave 42d, join your comrades : ammunition is coming, and you have your bayonets !" Upon this, they instantly moved forward.
Page 281 - We maintained our position also, and completely defeated and repulsed all the enemy's attempts to get possession of it. The enemy repeatedly attacked us with a large body of cavalry and infantry, supported by a numerous and powerful artillery ; he made several charges with the cavalry upon our infantry, but all were repulsed in the steadiest manner.
Page 285 - Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E.