The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... given to Brigadier - general MacLean , who for some years had held high rank in the Portuguese service . He was an officer of rare merit . As soon as six companies were raised and trained , they were embarked for Halifax in Nova Scotia ...
... given to Brigadier - general MacLean , who for some years had held high rank in the Portuguese service . He was an officer of rare merit . As soon as six companies were raised and trained , they were embarked for Halifax in Nova Scotia ...
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... given to the officers on every event . The General gave Moore the command of fifty men , posted in reserve , with orders , • that ' should the enemy rush forward , as soon as they got into the ditch of the fort , he should ' sally out ...
... given to the officers on every event . The General gave Moore the command of fifty men , posted in reserve , with orders , • that ' should the enemy rush forward , as soon as they got into the ditch of the fort , he should ' sally out ...
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... given , and he was directed to go into the rear ; when , finding himself in safety , he exclaimed , Quel malheur pour un gallant · homme qui voudroit se distinguer et s'élever , ' d'etre flanqué dans une fichue batterie com- ' me celle ...
... given , and he was directed to go into the rear ; when , finding himself in safety , he exclaimed , Quel malheur pour un gallant · homme qui voudroit se distinguer et s'élever , ' d'etre flanqué dans une fichue batterie com- ' me celle ...
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... given to Lieutenant - Colonel Villette . On the 2nd of April they sailed , and were landed on the north side of the town . These troops , together with a body of seamen under Captain Nelson , * took post on a hill at a considerable ...
... given to Lieutenant - Colonel Villette . On the 2nd of April they sailed , and were landed on the north side of the town . These troops , together with a body of seamen under Captain Nelson , * took post on a hill at a considerable ...
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... given to Moore ; and the army , amounting only to about two thousand men , sailed in transports , and were one corps , landed , on the 29th of June , near Calvi .1794.J 71 . CHAPTER V The Siege of Calvi-Corsica won and lost.
... given to Moore ; and the army , amounting only to about two thousand men , sailed in transports , and were one corps , landed , on the 29th of June , near Calvi .1794.J 71 . CHAPTER V The Siege of Calvi-Corsica won and lost.
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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