Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817, to Join the South American Patriots: Comprising Every Particular Connected with Its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information Elucidating the Real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &cJ. Murray, 1818 - 144 páginas |
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... passage , have returned to Europe , —warn- ing examples to those who may at this mo- ment be preparing , under a similar delu- sion , to engage in the same hopeless specu- lation . Of the few thus rescued from impend- ing misery , it ...
... passage , have returned to Europe , —warn- ing examples to those who may at this mo- ment be preparing , under a similar delu- sion , to engage in the same hopeless specu- lation . Of the few thus rescued from impend- ing misery , it ...
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... passage to the Spanish Main ) should be , in the first instance , borne by myself ; but , 4thly . That I should , immediately on arriving in South America , receive the sum of two hundred dollars , towards defraying these expenses ...
... passage to the Spanish Main ) should be , in the first instance , borne by myself ; but , 4thly . That I should , immediately on arriving in South America , receive the sum of two hundred dollars , towards defraying these expenses ...
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... to Colonel Hippesley's corps , were likewise lost on this disastrous occasion . During our passage from Gravesend to Falmouth , the weather had been almost uniformly severe , and the wind in general SOUTH AMERICA . 9.
... to Colonel Hippesley's corps , were likewise lost on this disastrous occasion . During our passage from Gravesend to Falmouth , the weather had been almost uniformly severe , and the wind in general SOUTH AMERICA . 9.
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... passage , caused every individual , under his com- mand , to take an oath of allegiance to the Independent Government . This usurpa- tion of rank was ill calculated to restore amity or concord ; and the general spirit of dissension ...
... passage , caused every individual , under his com- mand , to take an oath of allegiance to the Independent Government . This usurpa- tion of rank was ill calculated to restore amity or concord ; and the general spirit of dissension ...
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... Queen's regiment ( at this time garrisoned in Grenada ) ; whilst a few determined on endeavouring to work their passage to the United States . E The various artificers were put ashore at the same period SOUTH AMERICA . 49.
... Queen's regiment ( at this time garrisoned in Grenada ) ; whilst a few determined on endeavouring to work their passage to the United States . E The various artificers were put ashore at the same period SOUTH AMERICA . 49.
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afternoon amongst anchor anxiety appeared armies arrival at Saint ashore Azores Bassterre Bay of Biscay board the Britannia boat Bolivar brigade Brion British officers Captain Sharpe ceeded character circumstance Colonel Campbell's Colonel Gilmore Colonel Hippesley's Colonel Wilson consequence considered continued corps Cromoni DAVID BREWSTER departure destitute Don Mendez Dowson embarked on board Emerald engage England enterprise excited experienced favour Fayal feelings fortune Gravesend Grenada Gustavia harbour hazard honour hopes Hornby hostility Hudson immediately Independent induced inhabitants likewise lomew's Marygott ment morning native nature nearly night non-commissioned officers o'clock observed Oroonoco particular parties point of sailing portmanteaus possess proceeded to Saint procure R. B. SHERIDAN received regiment rendered respect Ritchie Royalists sailed Saint Bartho Saint Bartholomew's Saint Kitt's Saint Thomas's schooner ship shore shortly similar situation South American Spanish Main spect Supercargo tion Ushant vessel weather West Indies whilst wind
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Página 53 - ... they found most readily procurable. In clothing they were still more destitute and deficient, in most instances merely consisting of fragments of coarse cloth wrapt round their bodies, and pieces of the raw buffalo hide laced over their feet as a substitute for shoes, which when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by immersion in the first stream at which they chance to arrive.
Página 55 - The exterminating principle upon which the war is carried on between the contending parties, render their campaigns bloody and destructive; desolation marks the progress of those hostile bands, to whose inveterate enmities the innocent and unoffending inhabitants are equally the victims, with those actually opposed to them in military strife. In action the Independents display much bravery and determination, and frequently prove successful, notwithstanding their want of discipline, deficiency of...
Página 55 - Avhich immediately succeed those sanguinary struggles are such as must cast an indelible stain upon the Spanish American Revolution. • The engagement is scarcely ended, when an indiscriminate massacre of the prisoners takes place ; nor is the slaughter only confined to the captives, the field also undergoes an inspection, when the helpless wounded are in like manner put to the sword.
Página 53 - ... when hardened by the sun's heat, they again render pliant by immersion in the first stream at which they chance to arrive. A blanket, with a hole cut in the middle, let over the head, and tightened round the body by a buffalo thong, has been frequently the dress of the officers ; and one of them who witnessed the fact, assured me, that suchwas actually the uniform of a British colonel (R ) who was at that time in the Independent service.