 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 442 pages
...could be immediately given. - The column, in filing out of the right of the trenches, was as before exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour of the troops in... | |
 | 1813 - 592 pages
...could be imme* dlately given. The column, in filing out of the right of the trenches, was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the ronntencarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour of the troops in... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1814 - 830 pages
...could be irnmedir ately given. The column, in filing out of the right of the trenches, was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine w?s exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 888 pages
...description of this awful business. " The column, in filing out of the right of the trenches, was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot ; and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which, did great damage, but did not check the ardor of the troops-... | |
 | Europe - 1815 - 772 pages
...circumstances, could be immediately given. The column, in firing out of the right trenches, was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the hornwork, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour of the troops in... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1815 - 770 pages
...circumstances, could be immediately given. The column, in firing out of the right trenches, was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the leftangle of the counterscarp of the hornwork, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour... | |
 | John Philippart - Great Britain - 1820 - 480 pages
...be immediately given. .. .. " The column in filing out of the right of the trenches was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did not check the ardor of the troops in... | |
 | Thomas Hamilton - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 316 pages
...hundred and fifty men of the light division, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Hunt of the VOL. in. 20 As the column filed out of the trenches, it became...fallacious than the external appearance of the breach. Notwithstanding its great extent, there was but one point where it was possible to enter, and there... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 pages
...rushed forward to the breaches. " The column, in filing out of the right of the trenches was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grapeshot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the hornwork, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour of the troops in... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1858 - 310 pages
...feat of arms, that I shall give it to you. " The column in filing out of the trenches was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did not check the ardour of the troops in... | |
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The column in filing out of the right of the trenches was, as before, exposed to a heavy fire of shells and grape-shot, and a mine was exploded in the left angle of the counterscarp of the horn-work, which did great damage, but did not check the ardor... 