 | Edward Yates - Military art and science - 1853 - 290 pages
...by the iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering they closed on their terrible enemies, and then, was...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1854 - 404 pages
...says Colonel Napier, in strains of sublime military eloquence, " they closed on their terrible enemy; and then was seen with what a strength and majesty...veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded column, sacrifice their lives to gain time and space for the mass to open out on such a fair field;... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 410 pages
...«ays Colonel Napier, in strains of sublime military eloquence, " they closed on their terrible enemy ; and then was seen with what a strength and majesty...In vain did Soult by voice and gesture animate his ftenchmen ; in vaiu did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded column, sacrifice... | |
 | P. L. Macdougall - Military art and science - 1856 - 404 pages
...reserve in rear, in column ; and its fate is thus described by Napier : — "In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, breaking from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 434 pages
...disastrous confusion at Albuera for want of a guiding mind in any quarter, that Napier exclaims : ' And then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights.' And the same sight may have been seen over and over again during the present century under nearly similar... | |
 | Patrick Leonard Macdougall - Military art and science - 1858 - 422 pages
...strong reserve in rear, in column; and its fate is thus described by Napier: — "In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen; in Vain did the hardiest veterans, breaking from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pages
...compelled to return to Seville. So much for the battle of Albuera, where, in the words of Napier, " it was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights" — a battle of giants, memorable, says Alison, as being the most desperate and bloody of any that... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1858 - 516 pages
...compelled to return to Seville. So much for the battle of Albuera, where, in the words of Napier, " it was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights"— a battle of giants, memorable, says Alison, as being the most desperate and bloody of any that occurred,... | |
 | W M. Maxwell - 1859 - 186 pages
...staggered like sinking ships.' Suddenly recovering, however, they closed on their terrible enemy ; and then was seen with what a strength and majesty...veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded column, sacrifice their lives to gain time and space for the mass to open out on such a fair field... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1860 - 742 pages
...by the iron tempest, reeled and staggered like sinking ships ; but suddenly and sternly recovering they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was...majesty the British soldier fights. In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen, in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded... | |
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In vain did Soult with voice and 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 open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up,... 
