The life of lieutenant-general sir John Moore, Volumen1

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John Murray, 1834

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Página 289 - Sir Ralph had always been accused of exposing his person too much ; I never knew him carry this so far as in this action. When it was so dark that I could scarcely distinguish, I saw him close to the rear of the 42d, without any of his family.
Página 26 - This behavior of their general inspired the garrison with so much courage that there was no risk afterward of their shrinking from their duty. The approaches of the Bostonians were much retarded by the skill of General MacLean ; yet a train of heavy artillery and superior numbers might at last have prevailed. But after a siege of three weeks, Commodore Sir George Collier, apprized of the danger, arrived off Penobscot bay with a line-of-battle ship and a few frigates. Before this squadron could be...
Página 3 - The connection with the Duke of Hamilton had very nearly cost Moore his life. The Duke, though only sixteen, was allowed to wear a sword. One day, ' in an idle humour, he drew it, and began to amuse himself by fencing at young Moore, and laughed as he forced mm to skip from side to side to shun false thrusts.
Página 43 - ... new sergeant-major I had been obliged to appoint not being conversant with the business. But I have been much pleased with the behaviour of the regiment. Their orderly conduct upon leaving a town like Cork, in which they had formed many acquaintances, was more than I could have expected. Upon the parade, the evening before we marched, I told them they might enjoy themselves, and be jolly with their friends till nine, when I expected every man to be in his quarters ; and that at seven next morning...
Página 126 - General, because another is requi' site for the numerous duties. I ventured to ' propose General Knox, because he is a man ' of good sense and an excellent officer : for it ' is of the utmost importance that the service ' should be well conducted, but of none which
Página 6 - youth ; his face is of a manly beauty, his ' person is strong, and his figure very elegant ; ' he dances, fences, and rides with uncommon ' address ; his mind begins to expand, and ' he shows a great deal of vivacity, tempered ' with good sense and benevolence ; he is of ' a daring and intrepid temper, and of an ' obliging disposition. He draws tolerably; ' he speaks, reads, and writes French admi' rably well ; he has a very good notion of ' geography, arithmetic, and the easier parts
Página 23 - He had had the advantage of woods which concealed his weakness, but he had lost seven of the twenty men. Dunlop decided to fall back with him upon the unfinished fort. Moore in a letter to his father thus describes his first experience of fire : — " I was upon picquet the morning the rebels landed. I got some little credit, by chance, for my behaviour during the engagement. To tell you the truth, not for anything that deserved it, but because I was the only officer who did not leave his post too...
Página 287 - ... and distant musketry. Our artillery could not return a shot, and had their infantry again advanced, we must have repelled them with the bayonet. Our fellows would have done it — I never saw men more determined to do their duty ; but the French had suffered so severely, that they could not get their men to make another attempt.
Página 200 - Commander-in-chief were also crowned with success. He formed a junction with General Johnstone, and stormed the rebel * This conduct of General Moore was duly appreciated by the Commander-in-chief, who stated in his despatches, ' That General ' Moore, with his usual enterprise and activity, pushed on to this ' town (Wexford), and entered it so opportunely, as to prevent it ' from being laid in ashes, and the massacre of the remaining pri• soners, which the rebels declared their resolution of carrying...
Página 22 - ... shipping. Similar ineffectual attempts to land were made on the two subsequent days. At length the Americans, instructed by these miscarriages, made preparations to overcome all opposition, and to disembark their whole force. Early in the morning three ships of war, arranged with their broadsides toward the shore, opened a heavy fire of round and double-headed shot upon the wood. The roaring of the guns, the falling of the trees, and the crashing of their branches astounded the young soldiers,...

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