 British instantly charged, but with a shout the gallant fellows soused down upon the squadron, and the latter turning, galloped through the guns ; then the whole mass, friends and enemies, went like a whirlwind to the bottom, carrying away Lord Wellington,...  Lusitanian Sketches of the Pen and Pencil - Pagina 269door William Henry Giles Kingston - 1845Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1890 - 564 pagina’s
...They seemed lost men, for the British instantly charged, but with a shout the gallant fellows soused down upon the squadron, and the latter turning, galloped...hewing at him on each side for a quarter of a mile. While this charge was being executed, Marmont, who had ascertained that a. part only of Wellington's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 1474 pagina’s
...swordsmen, and the latter were destroyed almost to a man ; but ' their invincible leader,' says Napier, ' assaulted by three enemies at once, struck one dead...with surprising exertions, saved himself from the other two, though they rode hewing at him from each side for a quarter of a mile.' Meanwhile Marmont,... | |
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