Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments, Том 1A. Constable, 1822 - 445 страници |
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... fire of peace , the origin of which tradition ascribes to the Druids , or Daoni - Si , who assembled the people in ... fires were kindled in conspicuous places in every hamlet . The inhabitants at the same time assembled , and the night ...
... fire of peace , the origin of which tradition ascribes to the Druids , or Daoni - Si , who assembled the people in ... fires were kindled in conspicuous places in every hamlet . The inhabitants at the same time assembled , and the night ...
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... fire and animation of earlier years . - In autumn 1746 , a party , consisting of a corporal and eight soldiers , marching north to Inverness , after passing Tummel Bridge , days , the cearnachs were a select band , and 38 CEARNACHS .
... fire and animation of earlier years . - In autumn 1746 , a party , consisting of a corporal and eight soldiers , marching north to Inverness , after passing Tummel Bridge , days , the cearnachs were a select band , and 38 CEARNACHS .
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... fire and sword , and especially the Lennox was wholly overthrown . Traitors became so proud and insolent , that they burned and herried the country wherever they came , and spared neither old nor young , bairn or wife , but cruelly ...
... fire and sword , and especially the Lennox was wholly overthrown . Traitors became so proud and insolent , that they burned and herried the country wherever they came , and spared neither old nor young , bairn or wife , but cruelly ...
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... fire with their targets . At last they cast away their muskets , drew their broadswords , and advanced furiously upon us , broke us , and obliged us to retreat ; some fled to the water , some another way . " In short , the charge was ...
... fire with their targets . At last they cast away their muskets , drew their broadswords , and advanced furiously upon us , broke us , and obliged us to retreat ; some fled to the water , some another way . " In short , the charge was ...
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... fire of those corps , when they came within a few yards , and still more by Wolfe's , ( the 8th Foot , ) and Cobham's and Lord Mark Kerr's ( the 10th and 11th Light Dragoons , ) who had formed en potence on their right flank , and ...
... fire of those corps , when they came within a few yards , and still more by Wolfe's , ( the 8th Foot , ) and Cobham's and Lord Mark Kerr's ( the 10th and 11th Light Dragoons , ) who had formed en potence on their right flank , and ...
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