 | William Broadfoot - Afghan Wars - 1888 - 518 pages
...went headlong down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood ; and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill.' 2 Col. Hardinge was again severely wounded at Vittoria, and was present in nearly every battle and... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English language - 1888 - 666 pages
...went headlong down the ascent. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal bill Biography: Its Divisions; Diaries, Letters. 30. This branch of literature opens with autobiographies,... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1890 - 606 pages
...cliff went headlong down the steep. The rain flowed after in streams discolored with blood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triunmphant on the fatal hill ! CHAPTER VII. Continuation of the battle of Albaera— Dreadful state... | |
 | Thomas Carter, William Henry Long - Medals - 1893 - 796 pages
...went headlong down the steep. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." close of the action, by Corporal Thomas Robinson. The enemy was pursued by the Allies to a considerable... | |
 | Coins - 1904 - 394 pages
...went headlong iown the steep. The rain flowed after in streams discoloured with y\ood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill. " Carter gives the following account of the action at Chrystler's Farm in which Col. Pearson, Inspecting... | |
 | Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts - Generals - 1895 - 232 pages
...the mighty mass, breaking off like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep ; the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." Soult's loss had been so heavy that the next day he remained inactive, and the day following he withdrew... | |
 | William Mathews - English language - 1896 - 522 pages
...went headlong down the ascent. The rain poured after in streams discolored with blood, and fifteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand...unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal field." It is true, as we have already said, that the Saxon has the advantage of being the aboriginal... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1899 - 300 pages
...and the mighty mass, giving way like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep : the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill ! ' Familiar as this glowing piece of rhetoric is, it cannot be made commonplace. And if it is said... | |
 | Annie Barnett - English prose literature - 1900 - 1060 pages
...and the mighty mass, giving way like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep ; the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822) DANTE DANTE and Milton were both deeply penetrated with the ancient... | |
 | Lewis William George Butler - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1904 - 464 pages
...the mighty mass, breaking off like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep ; the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen...British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill." * A remarkable testimony to the superiority of the line over the column formation. AA tl. l.,,i...,... | |
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... like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the steep ; the rain flowed after in streams discoloured with blood, and eighteen hundred unwounded men, the remnant of six thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill. 
