The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... escaping from London and all its allurements , he flew to Chatham where the recruits were assembling . His spirits , which from lack of employment had become languid , were now stirred up by the drum and fife ; and the drill became his ...
... escaping from London and all its allurements , he flew to Chatham where the recruits were assembling . His spirits , which from lack of employment had become languid , were now stirred up by the drum and fife ; and the drill became his ...
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... escaped . The capture of the Convention fort alarmed the French commander so much , that next day he evacuated the town of St. Fio- renzo , and all the neighbouring entrenched posts , and retreated towards Bastia . Paoli , with his ...
... escaped . The capture of the Convention fort alarmed the French commander so much , that next day he evacuated the town of St. Fio- renzo , and all the neighbouring entrenched posts , and retreated towards Bastia . Paoli , with his ...
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... escaped and joined them . The French agents , who had been sent forth to the West Indies during the frenzy of the revolution , were sanguinary men from Paris , a city then resembling Rome in the 6 K 2 1796. ] 131 CHAPTER VII Moore ...
... escaped and joined them . The French agents , who had been sent forth to the West Indies during the frenzy of the revolution , were sanguinary men from Paris , a city then resembling Rome in the 6 K 2 1796. ] 131 CHAPTER VII Moore ...
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... escaped with their lives . When a few of his men were next day col- lecting cattle , they were assailed by a party of Brigands who rushed out upon them from a neighbouring wood . The soldiers fell back ; but when the Brigands had swept ...
... escaped with their lives . When a few of his men were next day col- lecting cattle , they were assailed by a party of Brigands who rushed out upon them from a neighbouring wood . The soldiers fell back ; but when the Brigands had swept ...
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... escaped ; and though now the sickness at this place is perfectly alarming , I have ' not once had a headache . Many of the " · Blacks , previous to the surrender , escaped ' with their arms into the woods and interior ' of this island ...
... escaped ; and though now the sickness at this place is perfectly alarming , I have ' not once had a headache . Many of the " · Blacks , previous to the surrender , escaped ' with their arms into the woods and interior ' of this island ...
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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