The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... battery at about twelve hundred yards from the fort : this opened early in the morning , and the new levies , of which the garrison was composed , were much alarmed . The General , hearing this , came forth from his tent , and observing ...
... battery at about twelve hundred yards from the fort : this opened early in the morning , and the new levies , of which the garrison was composed , were much alarmed . The General , hearing this , came forth from his tent , and observing ...
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... seven years , against the fleets and armies of France and Spain , aided by formid- able floating batteries ; which last were de- stroyed by 1792. ] 45 CHAPTER IV Arrival at Gibraltar-Sails to Corsica-Operations that Island •
... seven years , against the fleets and armies of France and Spain , aided by formid- able floating batteries ; which last were de- stroyed by 1792. ] 45 CHAPTER IV Arrival at Gibraltar-Sails to Corsica-Operations that Island •
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James Carrick Moore. able floating batteries ; which last were de- stroyed by red - hot balls , with a piteous loss of lives , has converted this Herculean pillar into a stupendous monument of British prowess . That terrible catastrophe ...
James Carrick Moore. able floating batteries ; which last were de- stroyed by red - hot balls , with a piteous loss of lives , has converted this Herculean pillar into a stupendous monument of British prowess . That terrible catastrophe ...
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... batteries , and in front , a strong enclosed work , named the Convention Re- doubt , had been erected , and also planted with guns . On viewing these formidable entrenchments , Moore paused : for he per- ceived that if he proceeded as ...
... batteries , and in front , a strong enclosed work , named the Convention Re- doubt , had been erected , and also planted with guns . On viewing these formidable entrenchments , Moore paused : for he per- ceived that if he proceeded as ...
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... battery was erected ; but the guns , being six - pounders , had no effect . An eighteen - pounder was then pro- cured from the Victory , which battered the walls , and the infantry firing continually into the embrasure , the garrison ...
... battery was erected ; but the guns , being six - pounders , had no effect . An eighteen - pounder was then pro- cured from the Victory , which battered the walls , and the infantry firing continually into the embrasure , the garrison ...
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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 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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Sir James Sir Ralph Abercrombie soldiers soon storm tained thousand tion took town troops Viceroy Vizir Wexford wounded