 Such a gallant line, issuing from the midst of the smoke and rapidly separating itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory ; they wavered, hesitated,...  The History of England - Page 219by Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836Full view - About this book
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1833 - 740 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory : they...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled... | |
 | English periodicals - 1833 - 610 pages
...startled the enemy's heavy masses, * Concluded from p, I'M. which were increasing and pressing forward as to an assured victory ; they wavered, hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape, from all thefr artillery, whistled... | |
 | Books - 1831 - 652 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory ; they...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1831 - 906 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory : they...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front ; while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory : they...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 890 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory : they...wavered, hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of lire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 900 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory : they...wavered, hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of tire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 pages
...they wavered, "~j^ — hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, M»y. hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge...through the British ranks. Myers was killed, Cole, the three colonels, Ellis, Blakeney, and Hawkshawe, fell wounded, and the fuzileer battalions, struck... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1840 - 740 pages
...and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing c v f p ' onwards as to an assured victory : they wavered, —^,-—...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, M »yhastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 pages
...itself from the confused and broken multitnde, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory ; they...hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery, whistled... | |
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