The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... loss which they had sus- tained , they took up a position out of the reach of the guns of the fort , and remained tranquil . For some days they were busied in landing artillery and stores , for a regular siege , and 24 [ 1779 . LIFE OF ...
... loss which they had sus- tained , they took up a position out of the reach of the guns of the fort , and remained tranquil . For some days they were busied in landing artillery and stores , for a regular siege , and 24 [ 1779 . LIFE OF ...
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... loss of lives , has converted this Herculean pillar into a stupendous monument of British prowess . That terrible catastrophe was so fresh in re- membrance , that Buonaparte never assailed this citadel , which is deemed impregnable ...
... loss of lives , has converted this Herculean pillar into a stupendous monument of British prowess . That terrible catastrophe was so fresh in re- membrance , that Buonaparte never assailed this citadel , which is deemed impregnable ...
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... - bour and was taken . This was a severe loss to both officers and men ; for Moore had or- dered every thing to be procured and put on VOL . I. E board that could contribute to their conveni- ency , and 1793. ] 49 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
... - bour and was taken . This was a severe loss to both officers and men ; for Moore had or- dered every thing to be procured and put on VOL . I. E board that could contribute to their conveni- ency , and 1793. ] 49 LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE .
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... loss of his brother ; a man so much beloved and vene- rated by the Corsicans , that they believed him a saint , and were convinced that by his intercession in heaven they would gain their independence . The principal business being ...
... loss of his brother ; a man so much beloved and vene- rated by the Corsicans , that they believed him a saint , and were convinced that by his intercession in heaven they would gain their independence . The principal business being ...
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... loss how to act ; for the Corsicans , who had joined , could be of no use in attacking works . Moore , however , with Koehler , examined every place , and especially a steep , rocky hill , about seven hundred yards from the Convention ...
... loss how to act ; for the Corsicans , who had joined , could be of no use in attacking works . Moore , however , with Koehler , examined every place , and especially a steep , rocky hill , about seven hundred yards from the Convention ...
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afterwards alarm Anderson arms army arrived artillery assembled attack Bastia batteries bayonets besieged boats Brigands British camp cannon Captain Castlebar cavalry coast Colonel Moore column command commenced corps Corsicans detachment diers dragoons Duke of Hamilton Duke of York Dundas Egypt embarked enemy enemy's entrenchments escaped father favourable fire flank fleet force Fornelli forward France French frigates front garrison gave Gibraltar grenadiers ground guard guns hill horse hundred infantry inhabitants intelligence Ireland Irish island Lake landed letter Lord Cornwallis Lord Hood Lucia manded ment military Minorca Moore's Morne Fortuné negroes neral night officers orders Paoli party pickets reached rear rebels received redoubt regiment reinforcement repulsed reserve resolved sailed sent ship shore shot siege Sir Charles Stuart Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wish wounded