 | 1788 - 522 pages
...mounted, and returned with an account that the guard wa& retired to flecp. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a ropeladder to the battlements of the wall ; thij kind of ladder being the onlj one adapted to the parJwfc of fcaling the wall ma body, (the wooden... | |
 | William Hodges - 1794 - 202 pages
...to fleep. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlement of the wall ; this kind of ladder being the only one adapted to the purpofe of fcaling the wall in a body (the wooden ones only ferving to afcend the crag of the rock,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 pages
...mounted, »nd returned with an account that the guard was retired to deep. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope-ladder to...this kind of ladder being the only one adapted to the purpofe of fcaling the wall in a body (the wooden ones only ferving to afcend from crag to crag of... | |
 | 366 pages
...retired to deep. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlement of the wall ; this kind of ladder being the only one adapted to the puipofe of (baling the wall in a body (the wooden ones only ferving to afcend the crag of the rock,... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...guard was retired to sleep. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a горе-ladder to the battlements of the wall ; this kind of ladder...serving to ascend from crag to crag of the rock, and to assist in fixing the rope-ladders). When ail was ready, Captain Bruce with 2O sepoys, grenadiers, ascended... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 886 pages
...mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlements of the wall ; those ladders being the only ones adapted to the purpose of scaling the wall in a body, the wooden ones merely serving to ascend from crag to crag of the rock, and to assist in affixing those of rope. When... | |
 | Sir George Forrest - 1912 - 748 pages
...to sleep. " Lieutenant Cameron, our Engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope-ladder to the battlement of the wall, this kind of ladder being the only one...in a body (the wooden ones only serving to ascend the crag of the rock, and to assist in fixing the rope-ladder)." Captain Bruce and twenty sepoys scaled... | |
 | G. W. Forrest - 2000 - 568 pages
...to sleep. " Lieutenant Cameron, our Engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlement of the wall, this kind of ladder being the only one...in a body (the wooden ones only serving to ascend the crag of the rock, and to assist in fixing the rope ladder). " Captain Bruce and twenty sepoys scaled... | |
 | George William Forrest, Sir George Forrest - 2006 - 732 pages
...to sleep. " Lieutenant Cameron, our Engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope-ladder to the battlement of the wall, this kind of ladder being the only one...in a body (the wooden ones only serving to ascend the crag of the rock, and to assist in fixing the rope-ladder)." Captain Bruce and twenty sepoys scaled... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1793 - 608 pages
...retired to deep. Lieutenant Cameron, our engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlement of the wall; this kind of ladder being the only one adapted to the purpofe of fcaling the wall in a bo'dy (the wooden ones only ferving to aftend the crag pf the rock,... | |
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Lieutenant Cameron, our Engineer, next mounted, and tied a rope ladder to the battlements of the wall, this kind of ladder being the only one adapted to the purpose of scaling the wall in a body, the wooden ones only serving to ascend from crag to crag... 