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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... similar delu- sion , to engage in the same hopeless specu- lation . Of the few thus rescued from impend- ing misery , it was my good fortune to be one ; and I now submit the following Nar- rative to the Public , in the sincere hope ...
... similar delu- sion , to engage in the same hopeless specu- lation . Of the few thus rescued from impend- ing misery , it was my good fortune to be one ; and I now submit the following Nar- rative to the Public , in the sincere hope ...
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... South America I should retain the rank to which he had thus appointed me . 2dly . That I should from thence re- ceive the full pay and allowances enjoyed by officers of similar rank in the British service . vi INTRODUCTION .
... South America I should retain the rank to which he had thus appointed me . 2dly . That I should from thence re- ceive the full pay and allowances enjoyed by officers of similar rank in the British service . vi INTRODUCTION .
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... similar rank in the British service . 3dly . That the expenses of outfit ( with the exception of the passage to the Spanish Main ) should be , in the first instance , borne by myself ; but , 4thly . That I should , immediately on ...
... similar rank in the British service . 3dly . That the expenses of outfit ( with the exception of the passage to the Spanish Main ) should be , in the first instance , borne by myself ; but , 4thly . That I should , immediately on ...
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... were extremely rich , very similar to those of the British Artillery , and pro- vided altogether at the expense of the indi- viduals who had accepted commissions in The equipments this ill - fated expedition . of the xii PRELIMINARY.
... were extremely rich , very similar to those of the British Artillery , and pro- vided altogether at the expense of the indi- viduals who had accepted commissions in The equipments this ill - fated expedition . of the xii PRELIMINARY.
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... similar to that of the Rifle Brigade in the British service . This corps embarked on board the Dowson , Captain Dormor , a fine ship about the size of the Britannia . 5th . A corps of Lancers , under the command of Colonel Skeene ...
... similar to that of the Rifle Brigade in the British service . This corps embarked on board the Dowson , Captain Dormor , a fine ship about the size of the Britannia . 5th . A corps of Lancers , under the command of Colonel Skeene ...
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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.