 No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of...  The Wellingtonian - Сторінка 401автори: Wellington College - 1871Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | 1831 - 652 стор.
...broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage, it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves, joining with the struggling multitude, endeavour to sustain... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 стор.
...gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to...farthest edge of the height. There the French reserve mixed with the struggling multitude and endeavoured to sustain the fight, but the effort only increased... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 740 стор.
...foes, while the horsemen hovering on the flank threatened to charge the advancing line. Nothingcould stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of...farthest edge of the height. There the French reserve mixed with the struggling multitude and endeavoured to sustain the fight, but the effort only increased... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1840 - 918 стор.
...broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage, it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves, joining with the struggling • multitude, endeavour to sustain... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 894 стор.
...broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot, and with a horrid carnage, it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves, joining with the struggling multitude, endeavour to sustain... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - 452 стор.
...Ellis, Blakeney, and Hawkshawe, fell wounded ; and the fusilier battalions, struck by the iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships. But suddenly...effort only increased the irremediable confusion, the.migt)ty mass gave way and like a loosened cliff went headlong down the steep. The rain- flowed... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 стор.
...broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot and with a horrid carnage it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack, to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves, joining with the struggling multitnde, endeavour to sustain... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - 1846 - 402 стор.
...friends and foes, while the horsemen, hovering on the flank, threatened to charge the advancing lines. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden...the farthest edge of the height. There the French reserves, mixing with the struggling multitude, endeavoured to sustain the fight, but the effort only... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1867 - 470 стор.
...gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to...incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves mix with the struggling multitude to sustain the fight, their... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1851 - 478 стор.
...gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to...incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves mix with the struggling multitude to sustain the fight, their... | |
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