Poles, cutting down the gunners, took the battery, the whole army was in flight, abandoning arms, ammunitions, and baggage. " This surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred upon one party, and the disgrace it heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled... Yankee Travels Through the Island of Cuba; Or, The Men and Government, the ... - Seite 46von Demoticus Philalethes, Ignacio Franchi Alfaro - 1856 - 412 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 866 Seiten
...cutting down the gunners, took the battery, the whole army was in flight, abandoning arms, ammunition, and baggage. This surprising exploit, in the glory...heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled in the VOL. I. 17 annals of war. It is indeed almost incredible, even to those who are acquainted with Spanish... | |
| Wilhelm Wachsmuth - 1843 - 774 Seiten
...$Ber{unbung einer Xmneftie (iellten balb bie íKul;e unb ein ^¡еЬКфео Xnfebcn 68) Napier 1,414: Thli surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred upon...it heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled inl li ua au я Is of war. 69) Moiiit. 16 Dec. 70) St (cute alt emigrant, ber gegen $ranrret'4 gefod)ten,... | |
| France James Soady - 1870 - 648 Seiten
...whole Spanish army was in flight, abandoning arms, ammunition, baggage, and a number of prisoners. This surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred upon one party, and the disgrace it heaped ujwu the other, can hardly be paralleled in the annals of war. It is indeed almost incredible, even... | |
| Marjorie Colt Byrne Lethbridge, Alan Bourchier Lethbridge - 1916 - 264 Seiten
...ammunition, baggage and a number of prisoners. This surprising exploit, in the glory it conferred on one party and the disgrace it heaped upon the other, can hardly be paralleled in the annals, of war. The charge of the Poles, viewed as a simple military operation, was extravagantly foolish, but taken... | |
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