 | Soldier - 1824 - 518 pàgines
...They were executing their noble purpose, when they met with Lieutenant Cuppage, of their own corps, who, while he bestowed the warmest encomiums upon...admiration and applause of the whole, till they reached the garrisonhospital, where they deposited the Baron. On such an instance of humanity the mind dwells with... | |
 | 1846 - 336 pàgines
...arrive at the barriers till full two hours after the whole detachment had retired. They were, moreover exposed, to the fire of the enemy's lines, and had been reported in the garrison as lost. But when they presentedthemselves at the barrier, and the cause of their delay became known, they were... | |
 | 1836 - 480 pàgines
...They were executing their noble purpose, when they met with Lieutenant Cuppage, of their own corps, who, while he bestowed the warmest encomiums upon...admiration and applause of the whole, till they reached the garrison-hospital, where they deposited the Baron. On such an instance of humanity, the mind dwells... | |
 | 1836 - 884 pàgines
...corps, who, while he bestowed the wurmest encomiums upon his men for their humanity, himself »ssisted in the generous office which it suggested. With every...admitted, they passed through the different guards, amirlst the mingled admiration and applause of the whole, till they reached ihe garrison-hospital,... | |
 | James Alexander Browne - 1865 - 372 pàgines
...conveyed 'the wounded prisoner to the barriers, where they did not arrive till two hours after the detachment had retired. During this time they had been exposed to the enemy's fire from their lines, and had been reported in the garrison as lost. Having presented themselves... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1871 - 394 pàgines
...They were executing their noble purpose, when they met with Lieutenant Cuppage, of their own Corps, who, while he bestowed the warmest encomiums upon...enemy's lines, and had been reported in the garrison аз lost. Having presented themselves at the Barrier, and being admitted, they passed through the... | |
| |
... and carried him out of the battery, where he must soon have perished in the flames. Unwilling to leave him upon the sands in his helpless state, they determined upon carrying him into the garrison. They were executing their noble purpose, when they... 