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" In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass... "
Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc - Seite 136
herausgegeben von - 1831
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The Young Buglers: A Tale of the Peninsular War

George Alfred Henty - 1880 - 412 Seiten
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed with their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded...
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Half hours of English history, from James the first to queen Victoria ...

English history - 1881 - 888 Seiten
...reeled ami •-"••' gered like sinking ships ; but, suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on terrible enemies, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest...
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The Standard authors reader, arranged and annotated by the editor of 'Poetry ...

Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 Seiten
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans Lreak from the crowded...
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Prose extracts [&c.].

John Edwin Nixon - 1885 - 256 Seiten
...oppressed of every race and of every clime. BRIGHT. (46.) Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies; and then was seen with...fights. In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate lus Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the 5 crowded columns,...
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A Manual of English Literature: Historical and Critical : with an Appendix ...

Thomas Arnold - 1885 - 670 Seiten
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed with their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what...and majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Sonlt by voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the noblest veterans, extricating themselves...
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England at War: The Story of the Great Campaigns of the British Army ..., Band 1

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 406 Seiten
...staggered and reeled like sinking ships. ' Suddenly and sternly recovering,' writes Napier, ' they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving,...
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The Career of Major George Broadfoot, C. B. ...: In Afghanistan and the Punjab

William Broadfoot - 1888 - 518 Seiten
...extreme left, ordered him also to bring his reserve brigade into action.i The carnage was frightful, ' and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights.' 2 The French at length gave way, and ' like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the ascent. The rain...
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Historical Record of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Late the Twenty-third ...

Rowland Broughton-Mainwaring - 1889 - 494 Seiten
...iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. ' Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their ' terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the ' mass to open on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself 'bear up, and, fiercely striving,...
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From ..., Band 3

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1890 - 606 Seiten
...tempest, reeled and stag gered like sinking ships. But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and fiercely striving,...
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Canadian Pen and Ink Sketches

John Fraser - 1890 - 410 Seiten
...to be found in Napier's account of the battle of Albuera :—" They closed on their terrible enemy, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights ! " may be fittingly applied to this desperate handto-hand struggle on Lundy's Lane. The thunders of...
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