The Life of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, K.B.John Murray, 1833 - 328 страници |
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Страница 53 - The General was so much affected whilst he spoke, that tears gushed into his eyes. The conference was conducted amicably, Sir Gilbert giving assurances of assistance for the expulsion of the French. Next morning, Moore and Major Koehler rode out to reconnoitre St. Fiorenza and the neighbouring country. The Signor Pozzo di Borgo accompanied them, and an escort of above forty volunteers. They fell in with a French party and a slight skirmish ensued, in which the Corsicans acted well. When the French...
Страница 302 - Sir Ralph received a shot in the ' thigh, but remained in the field, until the ' action was over, and was then conveyed to ' the Foudroyant. Amongst the last shots ' which were fired, a ball killed the horse ' Major Honeyman had lent me. The wound ' in my leg, which I received in the bee ginning of the action, had become painful ' and stiff towards nine o'clock when the
Страница 303 - Sir Ralph had always been accused of exposing his person too much ; I never knew him carry this so far as in this action. When it was so dark that I could scarcely distinguish, I saw him close to the rear of the 42d, without any of his family.
Страница 3 - ... chamber, who screamed aloud. The doctor, alarmed, ran in, but found his son safe, and the servant's hurt very slight. John was deeply affected at having so nearly killed this poor girl ; and his father observed, that he was thenceforth less heedless. Not long after this, the Duke of Hamilton, though five years older, played a similar prank. It was the custom of the times to wear swords, and the duke happened to have on a small hanger. In an idle humour he drew it, and began to amuse himself by...
Страница 126 - General, because another is requi' site for the numerous duties. I ventured to ' propose General Knox, because he is a man ' of good sense and an excellent officer : for it ' is of the utmost importance that the service ' should be well conducted, but of none which
Страница 6 - youth ; his face is of a manly beauty, his ' person is strong, and his figure very elegant ; ' he dances, fences, and rides with uncommon ' address ; his mind begins to expand, and ' he shows a great deal of vivacity, tempered ' with good sense and benevolence ; he is of ' a daring and intrepid temper, and of an ' obliging disposition. He draws tolerably; ' he speaks, reads, and writes French admi' rably well ; he has a very good notion of ' geography, arithmetic, and the easier parts
Страница 23 - He had had the advantage of woods which concealed his weakness, but he had lost seven of the twenty men. Dunlop decided to fall back with him upon the unfinished fort. Moore in a letter to his father thus describes his first experience of fire : — " I was upon picquet the morning the rebels landed. I got some little credit, by chance, for my behaviour during the engagement. To tell you the truth, not for anything that deserved it, but because I was the only officer who did not leave his post too...
Страница 301 - ... and distant musketry. Our artillery could not return a shot, and had their infantry again advanced, we must have repelled them with the bayonet. Our fellows would have done it — I never saw men more determined to do their duty ; but the French had suffered so severely, that they could not get their men to make another attempt.
Страница 81 - In the government dispatches relative to the surrender of Calvi, the list of killed and wounded given in by the superintending surgeon was subjoined; but Captain Nelson's name was accidentally left out, as he had gone aboard his ship to be treated for his hurt by his own surgeon. Some weeks afterwards, when he read the printed gazette, he was highly offended at this trivial omission, but consoled himself by saying that 'one day he would have a gazette of his own.
Страница 22 - ... morning three ships of war, arranged with their broadsides toward the shore, opened a heavy fire of round and double-headed shot upon the wood. The roaring of the guns, the falling of the trees, and the crashing of their branches astounded the young soldiers, when suddenly the cannonading ceased, and boats full of troops were rowed off to the beach. It happened on that day that a company of the Hamilton regiment formed the picket to oppose the landing, and Lieutenant Moore was posted on the left...