 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1833 - 740 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard. The next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in...cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived the English soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage was won ere a shot had brought down an enemy ;... | |
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...between the hostile bands, showed that the river was impassable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, and, in another instant, the head...bridge. A drummer, and an officer in a splendid uniform, leapud forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first... | |
 | 1833 - 370 pages
...between the hostile bands showed that the river was impassable. The monotonous tones of a French dram were then heard, and in another instant the head of...the long narrow bridge. A drummer and an officer in splendid uniform leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries : the depth of the... | |
 | Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard: the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge ; a drummer, and an officer...cries. " The depth of the ravine at first deceived the English soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage was won ere a shot had brought down an enemy ;... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...impassable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard ; and in another second the head of a column was at the long narrow bridge. A drummer, and an officer in splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the... | |
 | Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 442 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard ; the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge ; a drummer, and an officer...cries. " The depth of the ravine at first deceived the English soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage was won ere a shot had brought down an enemy ;... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard. The next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in...cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived the English soldiers' aim, and two-thirds of the passage was won ere a shot had brought down an enemy ;... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, and the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform leaped together to the front, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 740 pages
...monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, and the next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform leaped together to the front, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, William Francis Patrick Napier - 1851 - 552 pages
...unfordable. The monotonous tones of a French drum were then heard, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform leaped together to the front, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. At first the depth of the ravine deceived... | |
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The next instant, the head of a noble column darkened the long narrow bridge, a drummer and an officer in a splendid uniform, leaped forward together, and the whole rushed on with loud cries. The depth of the ravine at first deceived the English soldiers... 
