 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - 516 pagina’s
...fourth division, the troops then rushed up, and in the darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the battle went. On the side of the British a sheet of flame was seen, sometimes advancing with nn even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear heads, now falling back in waving lines, and anon... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1867 - 534 pagina’s
...fourth division the troops then rushed up, but in the darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the battle went. On the side of the British a...yet never gained the actual summit of the mountain, — the French musketry in opposition, rapid as lightning, sparkled along the brow of the height with... | |
 | 1849 - 114 pagina’s
..." division, the troops then rushed up, and in the dark" ness of the night the fire showed from afar how the " battle went. On the side of the British..." falling back- in waving lines, and anon darting up" wards in one vast pyramid, the apex of which often " approached, yet never gained, the actual summit... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 pagina’s
...troops then rushed up, and in the darkness of the night tiie fire shewing how the battle went. Oil the side of the British a sheet of flame was seen,...advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in fcpeai heads, now lulling back in waving lines, and anun darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...and in the darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the battle went. On the English side a sheet of flame was seen, sometimes advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear-heads, now falling back in waving lines and anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1853 - 384 pagina’s
...intrepidity. Darkness had fallen, but in a stream of fire the movements of the combatants could be traced. " On the side of the British a sheet of flame was seen,...advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear-heads, — now falling back in waving lines, and anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, —... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 pagina’s
...hill-slopes. In the darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the battle .went. On the English side a sheet of flame was seen, sometimes advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear-heads, now falling back in waving lines, anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex of... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1862 - 560 pagina’s
...fourth division, the troops then rushed up, and in the darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the battle went. On the side of the British a...advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear-heads, now falling back in waving lines, and anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex... | |
 | James Grant - 1873 - 598 pagina’s
...darkness of the night the fire showed from afar how the tide of battle went. " On the British side a sheet of flame was seen, sometimes advancing with an even front, sometimes pricking forth in spear-heads ; now falling back in wavy lines ; anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - 406 pagina’s
...sometimes ' pricked forth in spear heads,' — now it receded in ebbing and surging waves, and again sprang upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex of which often...yet never gained the actual summit of the mountain;' while all along the brow of the hill rapidly rolled the French fire, with unchanging fulness, and with... | |
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... anon darting upwards in one vast pyramid, the apex of which often approached, yet never gained the actual summit of the mountain ; but the French musketry, rapid as lightning, sparkled along the brow of the height, with unvarying fulness, and with... 
