Passages in the Early Military Life of General Sir George T. Napier, K. C. B.: Written by HimselfJ. Murray, 1884 - 295 pages |
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... - Majors Napier and Stanhope of the 50th Regiment - Sir David Baird - The Duke of York - Sir David Dundas - General Order on the Death of Moore - Despatch of the Battle of Coruña . a 40 CHAPTER III . THE PENINSULAR WAR . Lord Lynedoch -
... - Majors Napier and Stanhope of the 50th Regiment - Sir David Baird - The Duke of York - Sir David Dundas - General Order on the Death of Moore - Despatch of the Battle of Coruña . a 40 CHAPTER III . THE PENINSULAR WAR . Lord Lynedoch -
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... Duke of Clarence is placed at the head of that service , which is the safeguard and bulwark of England , and ought to be cherished beyond all others , I have no doubt that justice will be done to every member and branch of it . But I ...
... Duke of Clarence is placed at the head of that service , which is the safeguard and bulwark of England , and ought to be cherished beyond all others , I have no doubt that justice will be done to every member and branch of it . But I ...
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... Duke of Wellington's army under General Robert Crau- furd , and which gave commanding officers to many a regiment in that army , as well as numerous adjutants and subalterns chosen from the non - com- missioned officers of those three ...
... Duke of Wellington's army under General Robert Crau- furd , and which gave commanding officers to many a regiment in that army , as well as numerous adjutants and subalterns chosen from the non - com- missioned officers of those three ...
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... Duke of York - Sir David Dundas - General Order on the Death of Moore - Despatch of the Battle of Coruña . WE remained at anchor at Gottenburg for several weeks , while Sir John Moore , whose army was about 10,000 men , went to see the ...
... Duke of York - Sir David Dundas - General Order on the Death of Moore - Despatch of the Battle of Coruña . WE remained at anchor at Gottenburg for several weeks , while Sir John Moore , whose army was about 10,000 men , went to see the ...
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... Duke of Welling- ton , then Sir Arthur Wellesley , had fought the day before we arrived , and in which he had beaten the French army commanded by General Junot . The consequence of this battle was that the French entered into a treaty ...
... Duke of Welling- ton , then Sir Arthur Wellesley , had fought the day before we arrived , and in which he had beaten the French army commanded by General Junot . The consequence of this battle was that the French entered into a treaty ...
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Page 294 - But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow. We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!
Page 294 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 293 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried.
Page 293 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
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