 | 1834 - 614 pages
...aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by few, ascended the ruins, and во furious were the men themselves, that in one of these...charges, the rear strove to push the foremost on to these sword-blades, willing even to make a bridge of their writhing bodies, but the others frustrated... | |
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by few, ascended the ruins ; and so furious were the...dropping down ; and men fell so fast from the shot, that it was hard to know who went down voluntarily, who were stricken, and many stooped unhurt that... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1846 - 636 pages
...were dropping, but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and...dropping down ; and men fell so fast from the shot, that it was hard to know who went down voluntarily and who were stricken, and many stooped unhurt that... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1834 - 642 pages
...were dropping, but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and...dropping down ; and men fell so fast from the shot, that it was hard to know who went down voluntarily, who were stricken, and many stooped unhurt that... | |
 | 1834 - 426 pages
...were dropping ; but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and...dropping down ; and men fell so fast from the shot, that it was hard to know who went down voluntarily, who were stricken, and many stooped unhurt that... | |
 | 1834 - 604 pages
...still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by few, ascended the ruins, and so furious were the men...charges, the rear strove to push the foremost on to these sword-blades, willing even to make a bridge of their writhing bodies, but the others frustrated... | |
 | 1834 - 734 pages
...were dropping; but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and...men themselves, that in one of these charges, the rere strove to push the foremost on the sword-blades, willing even to make a bridge of their writhing... | |
 | 1834 - 764 pages
...were dropping; but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and...men themselves, that in one of these charges, the rere strove to push the foremost on the sword-blades, willing even to make a bridge of their writhing... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1836 - 348 pages
...these charges, the rear endeavored to precipitate the front ranks on the murderous weapons, in order to make a bridge of their writhing bodies ; but the others frustrated the attempt by dropping down. These scenes took place at the bastion of La Trinidad; and that of Santa Maria equally withstood all... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1836 - 530 pages
...these charges, the rear endeavored to precipitate the front ranks on the murderous weapons, in order to make a bridge of their writhing bodies ; but the others frustrated the attempt by dropping down. These scenes took place at the bastion of La Trinidad; and that of Santa Maria equally withstood all... | |
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Hundreds of men had fallen, and hundreds more were dropping, but still the heroic officers called aloud for new trials, and sometimes followed by many, sometimes by a few, ascended the ruins ; and so furious were the men themselves, that in one of these... 
