Famous Battles by Land and SeaJohn Davis Long Hall and Locke Company, 1902 - 392 sider |
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action Admiral advance American Armada arms army artillery Athenians attack battalions batteries battle Bazeilles began Bernburg Boabdil Boers brave British Burgoyne Cæsar camp Captain cavalry Cavite centre close column command Commodore corps crest crew Culp's Hill dead deck defence duke enemy enemy's England English fell field fight fire flank fleet force forward fought French front galleasses galleons ground guns harbor Hardy hauberk hill horse Hougomont hour hundred infantry killed King La Haye Sainte Lady Hamilton Liegnitz Lieutenant Lord Loudon Manila Bay miles morning Nelson night Normans o'clock officers passed Persians PLEVNA port position rear rebel redoubt regiment retreat rush Russians sail Sangley Point sent Serapis shell ships shore shot side Sidonia signal smoke soldiers soon Spaniards Spanish squadron stood struck THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH took troops turned valley vessels victory Vizcaya wind woods wounded yards Ziethen's
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Side 232 - ten ships have struck, but five of the van have tacked, and show an intention to bear down upon the Victory. I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing." " I hope," said Nelson, " none of our ships have struck." Hardy answered,
Side 221 - May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory ; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ! and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me ; and may His blessing alight on my endeavors for serving my country faithfully ! To Him I resign myself, and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen, Amen, Amen.
Side 203 - Burgoyne to Great Britain, upon condition of not serving again in North America during the present contest...
Side 232 - you can do nothing for me." All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst. He was in great pain, and expressed much anxiety for the event of the action, which now began to declare itself. As often as a ship struck, the crew of the Victory hurraed, and at every hurra a visible expression of joy gleamed in the eyes and marked the countenance of the dying hero. But he became impatient to see Captain Hardy ; and as that officer, though...
Side 231 - Had he but concealed these badges of honour from the enemy, England, perhaps, would not have had cause to receive with sorrow the news of the battle of Trafalgar. The cockpit was crowded with wounded and dying men, over whose bodies he was with some difficulty conveyed, and laid upon a pallet in the midshipmen's berth.
Side 231 - Yet even now, not for a moment losing his presence of mind, he observed, as they were carrying him down the ladder, that the tiller ropes, which had been shot away, were not yet replaced, and ordered that new ones should be rove immediately : then, that he might not be seen by the crew, he took out his handkerchief, and covered his face and his stars.
Side 229 - Redoubtable, just as her tiller ropes were shot away. The French ship received her with a broadside; then instantly let down her lower-deck ports, for fear of being boarded through them, and never afterwards fired a great gun during the action. Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen. Nelson never placed musketry in his tops; he had a strong dislike to the practice, not merely because it endangers setting fire to the sails, but also because it is a murderous sort...
Side 74 - ... the bottom of the battle. The earl of Northampton and the earl of Arundel with the second battle were on a wing in good order, ready to comfort the prince's battle, if need were. The lords and knights of France came not to the assembly together in good order, for some came before and some came after in such haste and evil order, that one of them did trouble another. When the French king saw the Englishmen, his blood changed, and [he] said to his marshals: "Make the Genoways go on before and begin...
Side 224 - Ornaments which rendered him so conspicuous a mark for the enemy were beheld with ominous apprehension by his officers. It was known that there were riflemen on board the French ships, and it could not be doubted but that his life would be particularly aimed at. They communicated their fears to each other, and the surgeon, Mr...
Side 65 - England, having entirely lost his fine army, and a great number of his bravest nobles. The English never before or afterwards, whether in France or Scotland, lost so dreadful a battle as that of Bannockburn, nor did the Scots ever gain one of the same importance. Many of the best and...