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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... carried on ; each side being so infuriated against the other by a long train of barbarities and cold - blooded slaughter , as to render it almost necessary for those who actually engage in the struggle to divest INTRODUCTION . ix.
... carried on ; each side being so infuriated against the other by a long train of barbarities and cold - blooded slaughter , as to render it almost necessary for those who actually engage in the struggle to divest INTRODUCTION . ix.
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... watches told off to their respective quarters . The breeze continued gradually to increase until about twelve o'clock , when it assumed a most serious aspect , and at one C it blew so hard as to render it expedient SOUTH AMERICA . 13.
... watches told off to their respective quarters . The breeze continued gradually to increase until about twelve o'clock , when it assumed a most serious aspect , and at one C it blew so hard as to render it expedient SOUTH AMERICA . 13.
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... render it expedient to call all hands upon deck and get the ship under close - reefed top - sails . From this hour the storm continued to blow with un- abated fury until four , when it became more moderate , and gradually died away . As ...
... render it expedient to call all hands upon deck and get the ship under close - reefed top - sails . From this hour the storm continued to blow with un- abated fury until four , when it became more moderate , and gradually died away . As ...
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... renders her crossing the Equator unnecessary , the ceremonies are per- formed immediately on entering the Torrid Zone . The night preceding this festive day amongst the sailors , a hollow voice was heard from the bows of the vessel ...
... renders her crossing the Equator unnecessary , the ceremonies are per- formed immediately on entering the Torrid Zone . The night preceding this festive day amongst the sailors , a hollow voice was heard from the bows of the vessel ...
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... rendered still more critical by the spirit of dissension and jealousy which now subsisted amongst the officers command- ing the different corps , who had become so perfectly disunited as scarcely to observe towards each other the common ...
... rendered still more critical by the spirit of dissension and jealousy which now subsisted amongst the officers command- ing the different corps , who had become so perfectly disunited as scarcely to observe towards each other the common ...
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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.