The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.J. Murray, 1834 |
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... prevent surprises , and secure the garrison . Murray was a man of high character , and a strict disciplinarian , but of a violent temper . Moore , however , acquired his good opinion by the exact performance of his duty . He was ...
... prevent surprises , and secure the garrison . Murray was a man of high character , and a strict disciplinarian , but of a violent temper . Moore , however , acquired his good opinion by the exact performance of his duty . He was ...
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... prevented . In a letter to his mother , he observes , I am very ' intimate with two or three of the officers , ́ and I am upon a bad footing with none of ' them . I never have had the misfortune to ' have a quarrel with anybody since I ...
... prevented . In a letter to his mother , he observes , I am very ' intimate with two or three of the officers , ́ and I am upon a bad footing with none of ' them . I never have had the misfortune to ' have a quarrel with anybody since I ...
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... prevent being surrounded . He therefore ordered Moore to form in the rear of the column the remains of his party , for seven out of the twenty had fallen ; and the detachment marched back to the fort in good order . In a letter to his ...
... prevent being surrounded . He therefore ordered Moore to form in the rear of the column the remains of his party , for seven out of the twenty had fallen ; and the detachment marched back to the fort in good order . In a letter to his ...
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... prevented his becoming a violent party - man . He was acquainted with persons of opposite political opinions , and being in the heyday of youth lived gaily and in good company . He even had the felicity of becoming acquainted with the ...
... prevented his becoming a violent party - man . He was acquainted with persons of opposite political opinions , and being in the heyday of youth lived gaily and in good company . He even had the felicity of becoming acquainted with the ...
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... prevented from entering the bay by the Mar- tello tower . Lord Hood conceiving that this might soon be silenced , ordered a line - of- battle ship and a frigate to attack it . These ships anchored within point blank shot , and ...
... prevented from entering the bay by the Mar- tello tower . Lord Hood conceiving that this might soon be silenced , ordered a line - of- battle ship and a frigate to attack it . These ships anchored within point blank shot , and ...
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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