 We still advanced, silent as before, except the groaning of our wounded comrades, until we reached a sort of moat about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river ; here we had to pass, rank entire, the passage being only capable of admitting...  The Eventful Life of a Soldier, During the Late War in Portugal, Spain, and ... - Стр. 161авторы: Portugal. [Appendix.], Joseph Donaldson - 1827 - Страниц: 369Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1836 - Страниц: 884
...a sort of moat about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river ; here we had to pass, rank entire, the passage being only capable of admitting...to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry on it, that it was a miracle any of us escaped. When we reached the other side we formed again,... | |
 | 1836 - Страниц: 480
...a sort of moat about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river ; here we had to pass, rank entire, the passage being only capable of admitting...to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry on it, that it was a miracle any of us escaped. When we reached the other side we formed again,... | |
 | Joseph Donaldson - 1845 - Страниц: 254
...a sort of moat about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river ; here we had to pass, rank entire, the passage being only capable of admitting...to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry on it, that it was a miracle any of us escaped. When we reached the other side we formed again,... | |
 | Joseph Donaldson - 1845 - Страниц: 252
...place the enemy had brought their guns to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry on it, that it was a miracle any of us escaped. When...advanced up the glacis, forcing our way through the palisades, and got down into the ditch. The ladders by which we had to escalade the castle were not... | |
 | Book - 1867 - Страниц: 662
...about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river, whore they had to рам in single file, the passage being only capable of admitting one at...to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry that it was a miracle how any escaped. When they reached the other side they formed again,... | |
 | 1849 - Страниц: 750
...sort of moat of about fifty feet wide, formed by the inundation of the river; here we had to pass, rank entire, the passage being only capable of admitting...to bear, and they kept up such a fire of grape and musketry on it, that it was a miracle any of us escaped. When we reached the other side we formed again,... | |
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