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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... respect governed by his directions . On learning these particulars , and being personally acquainted with several gentle- men who proposed engaging in the same enterprise , I readily accepted the offer of a friend to procure me an ...
... respect governed by his directions . On learning these particulars , and being personally acquainted with several gentle- men who proposed engaging in the same enterprise , I readily accepted the offer of a friend to procure me an ...
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... respect extensive and complete , and the uniforms remarkably rich and costly , more especially in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wilson , one of whose officers in- formed me that his outfit amounted to up- wards of two hundred ...
... respect extensive and complete , and the uniforms remarkably rich and costly , more especially in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wilson , one of whose officers in- formed me that his outfit amounted to up- wards of two hundred ...
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... respect prepared for sailing at an hour's notice . The Eme- rald , destined for the transport of Colonel Hippesley's corps , lay at anchor about half a mile lower down the river , and was likewise in momentary expectation of re- ceiving ...
... respect prepared for sailing at an hour's notice . The Eme- rald , destined for the transport of Colonel Hippesley's corps , lay at anchor about half a mile lower down the river , and was likewise in momentary expectation of re- ceiving ...
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... respect , with an anxiety for the comfort and ease of her passengers . She was com- manded by Captain Thomas Sharpe , who , on several trying occasions , evinced the most perfect knowledge of his hazardous profession . Her freight ...
... respect , with an anxiety for the comfort and ease of her passengers . She was com- manded by Captain Thomas Sharpe , who , on several trying occasions , evinced the most perfect knowledge of his hazardous profession . Her freight ...
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... a prejudice in favour of the military profession , until now my inclination in this respect had never been gratified . All these circumstances tended to produce thoughtfulness , and mental anxiety ; nor could 4 EXPEDITION TO.
... a prejudice in favour of the military profession , until now my inclination in this respect had never been gratified . All these circumstances tended to produce thoughtfulness , and mental anxiety ; nor could 4 EXPEDITION TO.
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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.