Memoirs of a sergeant, late in the forty-third light infantry regiment ... during the Peninsular war1835 |
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... covered with the dead and dying - l's- grateful conduct of certain Spaniards - Remarkable affair at the fort of Matagorda , and intrepidity of a woman - Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo by the French Extensive preparations for the defence of ...
... covered with the dead and dying - l's- grateful conduct of certain Spaniards - Remarkable affair at the fort of Matagorda , and intrepidity of a woman - Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo by the French Extensive preparations for the defence of ...
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... covered with blood , and notched like a saw from the muzzle to the lock . Jackson escaped death in his retreat , and finally recovered of his wounds . On the 27th , the cavalry being all over the river , preparations were made to ...
... covered with blood , and notched like a saw from the muzzle to the lock . Jackson escaped death in his retreat , and finally recovered of his wounds . On the 27th , the cavalry being all over the river , preparations were made to ...
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... covered with stragglers , and baggage - mules , and followers of the army ; the town was filled with tumult ; the distant piquets and videttes were seen galloping in from the right and left ; the French were pressing forward boldly ...
... covered with stragglers , and baggage - mules , and followers of the army ; the town was filled with tumult ; the distant piquets and videttes were seen galloping in from the right and left ; the French were pressing forward boldly ...
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... covered the retreat of their helpless comrades for four miles , when they were re- lieved from their perilous situation by the rear - guard of the British cavalry . It is pleasing to add , that the intrepid Serjeant who led this ...
... covered the retreat of their helpless comrades for four miles , when they were re- lieved from their perilous situation by the rear - guard of the British cavalry . It is pleasing to add , that the intrepid Serjeant who led this ...
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... covered the retreat , during which time they had traversed eighty miles of road in two marches , passed several nights under arms in the snow of the mountains , were seven times . engaged with the enemy ; and they now assembled at the ...
... covered the retreat , during which time they had traversed eighty miles of road in two marches , passed several nights under arms in the snow of the mountains , were seven times . engaged with the enemy ; and they now assembled at the ...
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arms army artillery attack Azotus battalions batteries battle Beaumont blood breach breast bridge British British army brow cavalry Christ Christian Church Ciudad Rodrigo close Colonel column command Corunna Crauford dark deep dread E'en earth enemy enemy's English faith falchion fear fell fight fire flank force French friends front Fuentes d'Onoro garrison grace ground guns hand heard heart heaven hill holy honour hour hundred infantry Jesus killed King light division Lord Wellington Mamelukes Massena mercy mighty miles mind morning mountain musket musketry ne'er never night o'er observed officers Oswy passed plain purgatory rear regiment religion retreat round shot Sabugal Saladin Saxon scarcely Scriptures shot shout side sigh Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir John Moore skirmishers smile soldiers soon soul spirit sword Tagus tears thee thing thou thought thousand tion town troops wave whole wounded
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Página 267 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Página 241 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Página 223 - And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Página 200 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Página 260 - Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Página 189 - So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might.
Página 243 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Página 258 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another, and the Lord hearkened and heard it. and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon His name.
Página 190 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Página 193 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.