 | Blackwood William and sons - 1883 - Страниц: 264
...process Wellington lost five thousand men. When the great extent of his loss was made known to him, " the firmness of his nature gave way for a moment,...burst of grief for the loss of his gallant soldiers !" 3. The French are driven out of Spain.—After another battle, the new king of Spain, Joseph, the... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - Страниц: 392
...saw : but no age, no nation ever sent forth braver troops to battle than those who stormed Badajoz. When the extent of the night's havoc was made known to Lord Wellington, the firmness of his natvire gave way for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1883 - Страниц: 282
...a terrible slaughter the town was at last taken. When Wellington heard of the number of the dead, ' the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his soldiers.' Sad to say, the soldiers who were living were raging madly about the streets in drunken... | |
 | 1884 - Страниц: 340
...fearful. It is said that when an account of it was told to Wellington, the " pride of conquest sank into a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his gallant soldiers." With these victories the two key fortresses of Spain were in the hands of the English, and the next... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886 - Страниц: 406
...the slaughter of the night was reported to him, failed to preserve his usual composure, and gave way to a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his gallant soldiers. Though deeply mortified by the capture of Badajoz, Soult showed no inclination to accept battle from... | |
 | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) - 1889 - Страниц: 852
...CATÓN WOODVILLE. " When Wellington saw the havoc of the night, the firmness of his nature gaTe w»7 for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for the los» of his gallant soldiers." — Napier's ' History of the Peninsular War.1 Among the ruined bastions,... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1890 - Страниц: 606
...saw ; but no age, no nation ever sent forth brnvcr troops to battle than those who stormed Badajos. When the extent of the night's havoc was made known...firmness of his nature gave way for a moment, and the pridu of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for tb« loss of his gallant soldiers. * Appeudix... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1891 - Страниц: 540
...a terrible slaughter the town was at last taken. When Wellington heard of the number of the dead, ' the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his soldiers.' Sad to say, the soldiers who were living were raging madly about the streets in drunken... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1891 - Страниц: 478
...siege, 'and no age, no nation, ever sent forth braver troops to battle than those who stormed Badajos. When the extent of the night's havoc was made known to Lord Wellington,' adds Napier, ' the firmness of his nature gave way for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1899 - Страниц: 492
...thousand men, of whom more than two-thirds fell in the assault. When he learnt the extent of his losses, ' the firmness of his nature gave way for a moment,...of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief (NAPIER, iv. 123; PORTER, i. 295-311). He wrote next day to Lord Liverpool begging that the British... | |
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When the extent of the night's havoc was made known to lord Wellington, the firmness of his nature gave way for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his gallant soldiers. 
