| 1819 - 504 pages
...that place. Towards evening, when the Prussians came, the continued roar of the cannon along limit's and the British line, growing louder and louder as they drew near me, was the finest thing I ever heard. It was dark, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both of... | |
| Robert Batty - 1820 - 192 pages
...was dusk when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, each of them two deep, came across the valley, and passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground...the clatter of their approach, and the apprehensions they excited, may be imagined : a gun taking that direction must have destroyed me. "The battle was... | |
| 1821 - 780 pages
...very thick in that place. Towards evening, when the Prussians came, the continued roar of the cannon along theirs and the British line growing louder and...cavalry, both of them two deep, passed over me in tail trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly; the clatter of their approach,... | |
| 1819 - 996 pages
...very thick in that place. Towards evening, when the Prussians came, the continued roar of the cannon along theirs and the British line, growing louder and louder as they drew nearer, was the finest thing I ever heard. It was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both... | |
| Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...very thick in that place. Towards evening, when the Prussians came, the continued roar of the cannon along theirs and the British line, growing louder and louder as they drew near, was the fmest thing I ever heaid. It was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both of them two deep,... | |
| 1845 - 480 pages
...dusk when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, each of them two deep, came across the valley, and passed me in full trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly. This •was horrid enough ; but a gun taking that direction, must have destroyed me. — The battle... | |
| George Robert Gleig - 1847 - 326 pages
...continues, " when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, each of them two deep, came across the valley, and passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground...The clatter of their approach, and the apprehensions they excited, may be imagined : a gun taking that direction must have destroyed me. " The battle wes... | |
| James Simpson - 1853 - 384 pages
...was dusk when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, each of them two deep, came across the valley, and passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground,...The clatter of their approach, and the apprehensions they excited, may be imagined ; a gun taking that direction must have crushed me. The battle was now... | |
| William Leeke - 1866 - 500 pages
...back. Good day, my friend ! ') " It was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry crossed the valley in full trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly. " The battle was now over, and the groans of the wounded all around mo became more and more audible. I thought... | |
| Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1879 - 434 pages
...adds, " when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, each of them two deep, came across the valley, and passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly. The clatter of of their approach, and the apprehensions they excited, may be imagined ; a gun taking that direction... | |
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