 ... and grenades ; and, supported by the warmest fire of musketry, they repulsed the assailants, the foremost of whom tottered upon a moving soil, which gave way under their feet A shower of case-shot poured upon the head of the column. For a moment fortune...  Memoirs of the War in Spain, from 1808 to 1814 - Page 95by Louis-Gabriel Suchet (duc d'Albufera) - 1829Full view - About this book
 | James Smith (of Jordanhill.) - Bible - 1853 - 438 pages
...up, lining the breach with the most valiant of their officers and men, armed with muskets, halbcrts, and grenades ; and, supported by the warmest fire...ordered a reserve to be brought up, all his aides de-camp rushed forward ; a battalion of officers hastened up. General Habert, Colonel Florestan P6p6,... | |
 | James Smith - Bible - 1853 - 406 pages
...up, lining the breach with tho most valiant of their officers and men, armed with muskets, halbei-ts, and grenades ; and, supported by the warmest fire...column. For a moment fortune seemed to waver. The commandcr-in-chief ordered a reserve to be brought up, all his aides-de-camp rushed forward ; a battalion... | |
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