 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 410 pàgines
...«ays Colonel Napier, in strains of sublime military eloquence, " they closed on their terrible enemy ; and then was seen with what a strength and majesty...In vain did Soult by voice and gesture animate his ftenchmen ; in vaiu did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded column, sacrifice... | |
 | P. L. Macdougall - 1856 - 404 pàgines
...reserve in rear, in column ; and its fate is thus described by Napier : — "In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, breaking from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 434 pàgines
...disastrous confusion at Albuera for want of a guiding mind in any quarter, that Napier exclaims : ' And then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights.' And the same sight may have been seen over and over again during the present century under nearly similar... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pàgines
...compelled to return to Seville. So much for the battle of Albuera, where, in the words of Napier, " it was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights" — a battle of giants, memorable, says Alison, as being the most desperate and bloody of any that... | |
 | Patrick Leonard Macdougall - 1858 - 422 pàgines
...strong reserve in rear, in column; and its fate is thus described by Napier: — "In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen; in Vain did the hardiest veterans, breaking from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1858 - 516 pàgines
...compelled to return to Seville. So much for the battle of Albuera, where, in the words of Napier, " it was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights"— a battle of giants, memorable, says Alison, as being the most desperate and bloody of any that occurred,... | |
 | W M. Maxwell - 1859 - 186 pàgines
...staggered like sinking ships.' Suddenly recovering, however, they closed on their terrible enemy ; and then was seen with what a strength and majesty...veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded column, sacrifice their lives to gain time and space for the mass to open out on such a fair field... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1860 - 742 pàgines
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1914 - 872 pàgines
...iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. Suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...a strength and majesty the British soldier fights. . . . Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. Their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1861 - 232 pàgines
...tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with...crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving,... | |
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In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass... 
