 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1846 - 636 pagina’s
...degree of military array ; but now the tumult was such, that no command could be heard distinctly, except by those close at hand, and the mutilated carcasses...upon, broke the formations ; order was impossible! Officers of all stations, followed more or less numerously by the men, were seen to start out, as if... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pagina’s
...that no command could be heard distinctly, except by those close at hand ; and the mutilated bodies, heaped on each other, and the wounded, struggling...being trampled upon, broke the formations. Order was unattainable : yet officers of all stations, followed more or less numerously by the men, were seen... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 pagina’s
...degree of military array ; but now the tumult was such, that no command could be heard distinctly, except by those close at hand, and the mutilated carcasses...sudden madness, and rush into the breach, which yawning <ind glittering with steel, seemed like the mouth of some huge dragon belching forth smoke and flame.... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pagina’s
...some degree of military array ; bat now the tumult was such that no command could be heard distinctly, except by those close at hand, and the mutilated carcasses...the men, were seen to start Out, as if struck by a sndden madness, and rush into the breach, which yawning and glittering with steel, seemed like the... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...such, no command could be heard distinctly except by those close at hand, while the mutilated carcases heaped on each other, and the wounded, struggling...trampled upon, broke the formations: order was impossible ! Nevertheless officers of all.stations, followed more or less numerously by the men, were seen to... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1864 - 178 pagina’s
...those close at hand, and the mutilated carcases, heaped on each other, and the wounded, straggling to avoid being trampled upon, broke the formations...by the men, were seen to start out, as if struck by sudden madness, and rush Into the breach which, yawning and glittering with steel, seemed like the... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1864 - 578 pagina’s
...in his narrative of the storming of Badajoz, in the following words : — " Officers of all ranks, followed more or less numerously by the men, were seen to start out as if struck by sudden madness and rush into the breach, which, yawning and glittering with steel, seemed like the... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1865 - 184 pagina’s
...that no command could be heard distinctly, except by those close at hand, and the mutilated carcases, heaped on each other, and the wounded, struggling...by the men, were seen to start out, as if struck by sudden madness, and rush into the breach which, yawning and glittering with steel, seemed like the... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 598 pagina’s
...horrible and loathly. " Nevertheless, officers of all stations, followed more or less numerously by their men, were seen to start out, as if struck by a sudden madness, and rush into the breaches, which, yawning and glittering with steel, seemed like the mouth of some huge dragon, belching... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pagina’s
...such, no command could be heard distinctly except by those close at hand, while the mutilated carcases usic sweet as love, which overflows her bower : Like...a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial h ! Nevertheless, officers of all stations, followed more or less numerously by the men, were seen to... | |
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Andrew Barnard had with prodigious efforts separated his division from the other, and preserved some degree of military array ; but now the tumult was such... 
