Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunners, and not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision which astonished... Making a Soldier - Página 22por William Andrews Pew - 1917 - 220 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| George Robert Gleig - 1821 - 420 páginas
...was broken within half an hour after it was seriously engaged. Of the sailors, however, it wouH be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct...stood till some of them were actually bayoneted, with fusees in their hands ; nor was it till their leader was wounded and taken, and they saw themselves... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1821 - 450 páginas
...broken within half an hour after it was ,„ seriously engaged. Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct...guns with a quickness and precision which astonished R their assailants, but they stood till some of them were actually bayonetted, with fuses in their... | |
| Mary Barney - 1832 - 356 páginas
...was broken within half an hour after it was seriously engaged". Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct...assailants, but they stood till some of them were actually bayonetted, with fusees in their hands ; nor was it till their leader was wounded, and they saw themselves... | |
| Mary Barney - 1832 - 360 páginas
...was broken within half an hour after it was seriously engaged. Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunnery, and not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision which astonished their... | |
| Edward Duncan Ingraham - 1849 - 86 páginas
...(') Gleig, Camp, at Wash., 125. sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the highest terms which their conduct merits; they were employed...actually bayoneted, with fuses in their hands, nor was it until their leader was wounded and taken, and they saw themselves deserted on all sides by the soldiers,... | |
| John Thomas Scharf - 1879 - 878 páginas
...was broken within half an hour after it was seriously engaged. Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct merits. They were employed as gunners, and 1 General Winder at the head of the 5th Regiment. THE SITUATION OF BLADENSRURG. 81 not only did they... | |
| Willis John Abbot - 1887 - 436 páginas
...themselves. Mr. Gleig, a subaltern in the attacking army, writes, "Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct...assailants, but they stood till some of them were actually bayonneted with fuses in their hands ; nor was it till their leader was wounded and taken, and they... | |
| Henry Adams - 1890 - 454 páginas
...fired down upon the sailors. The British themselves were most outspoken in praise of Barney's men. " Not only did they serve their guns with a quickness and precision that astonished their assailants," said the Subaltern, " but they stood till some of them were actually... | |
| Clayton Colman Hall - 1912 - 766 páginas
...Commodore Barney, no troops could behave worse than they did ... Of the sailors, however, it would be injustice not to speak in the terms which their conduct...which astonished their assailants, but they stood till * Gleig, British in America, pp. 125, 152. * Gleig, British in America, pp. 125, 152. some of them... | |
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