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" Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless, seized an ensign and bore him and his colours, by main force, to the front ; yet the troops would not follow, and the man went back again on being released. In this crisis, the weather, which had... "
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the ... - Page 328
by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...Spanish line continued to fire without cessation, although the British were before them ; whereupon Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless,...and he still kept his heavy columns together. His cavalry, indeed, began to hem in that of the Allies, but the fire of the horse-artillery enabled Lumley,...
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Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc

William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1831 - 906 pages
...them ; whereupon Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless, seized an ensign, and )>ore him and his colours, by main force, to the front ; yet the troops would not follow, and the man went hack again on being released. In this crisis, the weather, which had ruined Colborne's brigade, also...
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Memoirs of a sergeant, late in the forty-third light infantry regiment ...

Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...confusion, that the Spanish line continued to fire, although the British were before them ; on which, Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless,...follow, and the man went back again on being released. At this juncture, Sir William Stewart once more advanced : and the weather having cleared, he poured...
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France ..., Volume 2

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 900 pages
...also directed to charge, and galloped forward, but when within a few yards wheeled round and fled.1 During this first unhappy .effort of the second division,...and he still kept his heavy columns together. His сата!гу, indeed, began to hem in that of the allies, but the iirc of the horse-artillery enabled...
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History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France ..., Volume 3

William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1840 - 740 pages
...Spaniards to advance, and finding his exhortations useless seized an ensign by the M» y .' breast bearing him and his colours by main force to the front, yet the troops would not follow and the coward run back when he was released from the marshal's grasp. In this crisis the weather which had...
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History of the war in the Peninsula, and in the south of France ..., Volume 3

sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 pages
...Spaniards to advance, and finding his exhortations useless seized an ensign by the »»y. breast bearing him and his colours by main force to the front, yet the troops would not follow and the coward run back when he was released from the marshal's grasp. In this crisis the weather which had...
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Life of ... the duke of Wellington

Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...Spanish line continued to fire without cessation, although the British were before them ; whereupon Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless,...and he still kept his heavy columns together. His cavalry, indeed, began to hem in that of the allies ; but the fire of the horse artillery enabled Lumley,...
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Life of ... the duke of Wellington

Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 pages
...whereupon Beresford, finding his exhortations to advance fruitless, seized an ensign, and horo him ami his colours by main force to the front ; yet the troops would not follow, and the- man went hack again on being released. In this crisis the weatln-r, whloh had ruined Colborno's brigade, aUo...
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History of the War in the Peninsula: And in the South of France ..., Volume 3

William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1851 - 478 pages
...Beresford, finding the main body of the Spaniards would not advance, seized an ensign by the breast and bore him and his colours by main force to the front, yet the troops did not follow, and the coward ran back when released from the marshal's iron grasp. In this crisis...
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English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula: Extracted from His Peninsula War

William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1852 - 570 pages
...Beresford urged the main body of the Spaniards to advance and in his heat seizing an ensign by the breast bore him and his colours by main force to the front, yet the troops did not follow, and the coward run back when released from the marshal's iron grasp. In this crisis,...
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