 | Sir John Thomas Jones (bart.) - 1827 - 560 pagina’s
...convent of Santa Cruz; they must have 12 axes to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered, at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th regiment are likewise to have 12 scaling ladders, 25 feet long, and immediately on entering the... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1846 - 636 pagina’s
...ca^adores which were posted in the houses beyond the bridge on the Agueda, were directed to cross that river and escalade an outwork in front of the castle,...and having the seventy-seventh in reserve, were to ~<ter the ditch at the extremity of the counterscarp; then to escalade the "fausse braye" and CHAP.... | |
 | Benjamin Homans - 1833 - 414 pagina’s
...Santa Cruz. They must have twelve axes, in order to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th regiment is likewise to have twelve scaling ladders, twenty-five feet long ; and immediately on... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 pagina’s
...caçadores which were posted in the houses beyond the bridge on the Águeda, were directed to cross that river and escalade an outwork in front of the castle,...enter the ditch at the extremity of the counterscarp; then to escalade the fausse brate, and scour it on their left as far as the great breach. 2°. The... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...organized in four parts. 1°. Right attack. On the extreme right, troops posted in some houses beyond the bridge were to cross the river and escalade an...two guns commanded the junction of the counterscarp. On their left, two regiments, assembled behind the convent of Santa Cruz with a third in reserve, were... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1860 - 666 pagina’s
...convent of Santa Cruz : they must have 12 axes to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered, at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th regiment are likewise to have 12 scaling ladders 25 feet long, and immediately on entering the... | |
 | sir Francis Bond Head (1st bart.) - 1869 - 452 pagina’s
...of Siinta Cruz ; they must have twelve axes to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered, at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th 374 LORD WELLINGTON'S ORDER FOR APP. A. Eegiment are likewise to have twelve scaling ladders, 25... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 598 pagina’s
...in four columns. " ist, Right Attack. — On the extreme right, troops posted in some houses beyond the bridge were to cross the river and escalade an...two guns commanded the junction of the counterscarp. On their left, two regiments, assembled behind the convent of Santa Cruz, with a third in reserve,... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1890 - 606 pagina’s
...cacadores, which were posted in the houses beyond the bridge on the Agueda, were directed to cross that river, and escalade an outwork in front of the castle,...enter the ditch at the extremity of the counterscarp, then to escalade the "fausse braye," and scour it on the left as far as the great breach. 2. The centre... | |
 | Miss H. M. Walker - 1919 - 582 pagina’s
...Santa Cruz. They must have twelve axes, in order to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th regiment is likewise to have twelve scaling ladders, 25 feet long : and immediately on entering... | |
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They must have twelve axes to cut down the gate by which the ditch is entered, at the junction of the counterscarp with the body of the place. The 5th regiment... 