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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... Lord Lynedoch - Passage of the Douro - March of Craufurd's Brigade to Talavera - Retreat to Portugal - Sickness among the Troops - The Lines of Torres Vedras - Lord Wellington- Gallantry of a French Detachment - The Private Soldier ...
... Lord Lynedoch - Passage of the Douro - March of Craufurd's Brigade to Talavera - Retreat to Portugal - Sickness among the Troops - The Lines of Torres Vedras - Lord Wellington- Gallantry of a French Detachment - The Private Soldier ...
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... Lord March joins the Regiment - Decline a Staff Appointment - Character of Sir Edward Pakenham -His Death at New Orleans - Sir Samuel Gibbs - Battle of Orthez - Lord March wounded - Anecdote of Wellington- Tarbes - Colonel Sturgeon ...
... Lord March joins the Regiment - Decline a Staff Appointment - Character of Sir Edward Pakenham -His Death at New Orleans - Sir Samuel Gibbs - Battle of Orthez - Lord March wounded - Anecdote of Wellington- Tarbes - Colonel Sturgeon ...
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... Sir John Moore's own eye , and which afterwards was so distinguished in the Peninsular War as The Light Division of the Duke of Wellington's army under General Robert Crau- furd , and which gave commanding officers to many a regiment in ...
... Sir John Moore's own eye , and which afterwards was so distinguished in the Peninsular War as The Light Division of the Duke of Wellington's army under General Robert Crau- furd , and which gave commanding officers to many a regiment in ...
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... Sir John Moore and afterwards of the Duke of Wellington , and I believe both those generals found him of great use to them , and could always rely upon his word and conduct . After various difficulties , political as well as E military ...
... Sir John Moore and afterwards of the Duke of Wellington , and I believe both those generals found him of great use to them , and could always rely upon his word and conduct . After various difficulties , political as well as E military ...
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... Sir John Moore , the best general she had except the Duke of Wellington , who at that time had not the experi- ence and reputation of Sir John Moore . The first thing Sir John Moore did was to take up as good a position as the strength ...
... Sir John Moore , the best general she had except the Duke of Wellington , who at that time had not the experi- ence and reputation of Sir John Moore . The first thing Sir John Moore did was to take up as good a position as the strength ...
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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!
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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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