 It consisted of no more than 600 old decrepid soldiers, 200 seamen, 120 of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five Greeks, Turks, Moors, Jews, &c. The two armies were drawn up in two lines, the battalions fronting each other, forming a...  Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon: From the Accession of ... - Page 101by William Coxe - 1815Full view - About this book
 | Archibald Duncan - 1805 - 414 pages
...nor a more tragical scene was ever exhibited, than that of the march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than 600 old decrepid soldiers, 200 seamen, 120 of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 228 pages
...or a more tragical scene was never exhibited, than that of the march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than six hundred old decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans,... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - Great Britain - 1861 - 644 pages
...or a more tragical scene was never exhibited than that of the march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans,... | |
 | William Anderson - Heraldry - 1862 - 806 pages
...nor a more tragical scene was never exhibited than that of the march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted...seamen, one hundred and twenty of the royal artillery, forty-five Corsicans, Greeks, &c. The two armies were drawn up in two lines, the battalions fronting... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 pages
...or a more tragical scene was never exhibited than that of the' march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans,... | |
 | James Alexander Browne - Great Britain - 1865 - 372 pages
...or a more tragical scene was never exhibited than that of the march of the garrison of Port Phillip through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than 600 old, decrepit soldiers, 200 seamen, 125 of the Royal Artillery, 20 Corsicans, and 25 Greeks. The... | |
 | William Anderson - Heraldry - 1867 - 790 pages
...Philip's throngh the Spanish and French armies. It consisted ot no more than six hundred old deerepid soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty of the royal artillery, forty-five Corsicans, Greeks, &i:. The two armies were drawn up in two lines, the hattalions fronting... | |
 | William Wheater - 1870 - 312 pages
...more noble or more tragical scene was never exhibited than the march of the garrison of St. Phillip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty Eoyal artillerymen, twenty Corsicans,... | |
 | William Anderson - Scotland - 1877 - 810 pages
...of the march of the garrison of St. Philip's through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted ot no more than six hundred old decrepid soldiers, two...seamen, one hundred and twenty of the royal artillery, forty-five Corsicans, Greeks, &c. The two armies were drawn up in two fines, the battalions fronting... | |
 | Military art and science - 1881 - 642 pages
...more noble, or more tragical scene was never exhibited, than the march of the garrison of St. Philip through the Spanish and French armies. It consisted of no more than 600 old and decrepit soldiers, 200 seamen, 120 of the Royal Artillery, 20 Corsicans, and 25_ Greeks,... | |
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