The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... Island • 45 CHAPTER V. The Siege of Calvi - Corsica won and lost . 71 CHAPTER VI . Moore repels an accusation - Is advanced to the rank of Brigadier General - Sails to the West Indies— St. Lucia CHAPTER VII . Moore Governor of St. Lucia ...
... Island • 45 CHAPTER V. The Siege of Calvi - Corsica won and lost . 71 CHAPTER VI . Moore repels an accusation - Is advanced to the rank of Brigadier General - Sails to the West Indies— St. Lucia CHAPTER VII . Moore Governor of St. Lucia ...
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... island , and expressed surprise that some officers should think it dull ; which irksome feeling , his cheerful temper , and the studies prosecuted by his father's admonitions , entirely prevented . In a letter to his mother , he ...
... island , and expressed surprise that some officers should think it dull ; which irksome feeling , his cheerful temper , and the studies prosecuted by his father's admonitions , entirely prevented . In a letter to his mother , he ...
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... Island , while eventful public occurrences were proceeding . For Lord Cornwallis's army , which I had just left , was invested by the com- bined forces of France and America : every attempt to relieve him was frustrated ; and the ...
... Island , while eventful public occurrences were proceeding . For Lord Cornwallis's army , which I had just left , was invested by the com- bined forces of France and America : every attempt to relieve him was frustrated ; and the ...
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... ISLAND . To attain eminence in any profession , the mind must be intensely fixed upon its prin- ciples , and the individual experienced in its practice . For military improvement , Gibraltar is a less favourable school than a camp , yet ...
... ISLAND . To attain eminence in any profession , the mind must be intensely fixed upon its prin- ciples , and the individual experienced in its practice . For military improvement , Gibraltar is a less favourable school than a camp , yet ...
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... island had revolted from France , and the aged and patriotic chief , Paoli , placed at the head of their affairs , had applied for succours to Eng- land . It was at length resolved , that Colonel Moore and Major Koehler , an excellent ...
... island had revolted from France , and the aged and patriotic chief , Paoli , placed at the head of their affairs , had applied for succours to Eng- land . It was at length resolved , that Colonel Moore and Major Koehler , an excellent ...
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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