 | 1811 - 724 pages
...in the late war he irresJBtibly attacked every opposing squadron in the field. Terror preceded hit charge, and in vain discipline endeavoured to present...the Cuirassiers made their desperate charge on the Russiuu centre, and passed through an interval, the Cossaques instantly bore down on them, speared... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 562 pages
...we wish we could bring before the eyes of Buonaparte the following passage : ' Terror preceded the charge, and in vain discipline endeavoured to present...and the skill of the Cossaque : but in the battle of Preuss Eylau, when the Cuirassiers made their desperate charge on the Russian centre, and passed through... | |
 | Military art and science - 1812 - 640 pages
...every opposing squadron in the field. Nothing could i mi"': against their charge. The Cuirassiers aloue preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle the arm and the skill of the Cossack ; but in the battle of Eylau, when the cuirassiers made their desperate charge upon the Russian... | |
 | Alexis Eustaphieve - Cossacks - 1813 - 204 pages
...his wrist (as he wears no spur) — armed with the lance, a pistol in his girdle, and a sword, lie never fears a competitor in single combat ; but in...and appeared to baffle the arm and the skill of the Cozak ; but in the battle of Pruc » Eylau, when the Cuirassiers made their desperate chai'ge on the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1843 - 1154 pages
...his girdle, and a sword, the Cossack never fears a competitor in single combat ; but in the Polish war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron...preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle If the whole disposable Russian forces had been CHAP. united upon the Vistula, they would have presented... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...his girdle, and a sword, the Cossack never fears a competitor in single combat ; but in the Polish war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron...preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle the arms and skill of the Cossack ; but in the battle of PreussischБу1аи, when the cuirassiers made... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...his girdle, and a eword, the Cossack never fears a competitor in single combat ; but in the Polish war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron...preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle the arms and skill of the Cossack ; but in the battle of PreussischEylau, when the cuirassiers made their... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 412 pages
...his girdle, and a sword, the Cossack never fears a competitor in single combat ; but in tha Polish war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron...preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle the arms and skill of the Cossack ; but In the battle of PreussischEylau, when the cuirassiers made their... | |
 | Louis Cohen - 1925 - 334 pages
...in his girdle, and a sword, the Cossack never fears a competitor in single combat, but in the Polish war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron...preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle the arms and skill of the Cossack ; but in the battle of Preuss-Eylau, when the Cuirassiers made their... | |
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... war he irresistibly attacked every opposing squadron in the field. Terror preceded his charge, and in vain discipline endeavoured to present an impediment to the protruding pikes. The Cuirassiers alone preserved some confidence, and appeared to baffle... 