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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... for the purpose of attaching their fortunes to that of the South American Independents ; and of those a great proportion have either ac- tually perished , or , unable to procure the A means of returning to their native land , are probably.
... for the purpose of attaching their fortunes to that of the South American Independents ; and of those a great proportion have either ac- tually perished , or , unable to procure the A means of returning to their native land , are probably.
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... probably at this moment wandering friend- less and destitute amongst the West India Islands , dependent upon the bounty of the humane and charitable . A few , indeed , not equally devoid of resources , or to whom sympathy for their ...
... probably at this moment wandering friend- less and destitute amongst the West India Islands , dependent upon the bounty of the humane and charitable . A few , indeed , not equally devoid of resources , or to whom sympathy for their ...
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... righting ; a good fortune , for which we were probably some , times indebted to the immense dead weight of ordnance - stores in her hold . Having , in pursuance of Colonel Gilmore's orders , gone to report 14 EXPEDITION TO.
... righting ; a good fortune , for which we were probably some , times indebted to the immense dead weight of ordnance - stores in her hold . Having , in pursuance of Colonel Gilmore's orders , gone to report 14 EXPEDITION TO.
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... probably , indebted for the honour of his society to the hope of procuring from on board something to gratify his ravenous appetite . He appeared about twenty feet long , and generally kept within fifty yards of the vessel , sometimes ...
... probably , indebted for the honour of his society to the hope of procuring from on board something to gratify his ravenous appetite . He appeared about twenty feet long , and generally kept within fifty yards of the vessel , sometimes ...
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... probably in a considerable degree indebted to a very general belief , on the part of the inhabitants , that we were proceeding to the Main , with the approbation and consent of the British Government . How this idea originated , or by ...
... probably in a considerable degree indebted to a very general belief , on the part of the inhabitants , that we were proceeding to the Main , with the approbation and consent of the British Government . How this idea originated , or by ...
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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.