 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1834 - 642 páginas
...had been amongst the foremost at the lesser breach, received the governor's sword. VOL. 1v. 2 c BOOK The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters, for O'Toole's attack was also successful, January and at t^ie otner sl^e of the town Pack's Portuguese, meeting no resistance, had entered the... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1846 - 636 páginas
...entered amongst the foremost at the lesser breach, received the governor's sword. VOL. iv. 2 c BOOK The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters, for O'Toole's attack was also successful, Jonuiaty and at tne o tni31 ' sitle o f tlle tOWn guese and the reserves, meeting no resistance, entered... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - 348 páginas
...scenes of this night, its terrors hardly could be surpassed. ' Throwing off,' says colonel Napier, ' the restraints of discipline, the troops committed...soldiers menaced their officers, and shot each other; intoxication soon increased the tumult ; and at last, the fury rising to absolute madness, a fire was... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 páginas
...quarters ; after which, thro wing off the restraints of discipline, frightful excesses were committed. The town was fired in three or four places ; the soldiers...officers, and shot each other ; many were killed in the market-place ; intoxication soon increased the disorder ; and at last, the fury rising to an absolute... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - 1836 - 530 páginas
...scenes of this night, its terrors could hardly be surpassed. •' Throwing off,' says colonel Napier, ' the restraints of discipline, the troops committed...soldiers menaced their officers, and shot each other ; intoxication soon increased the tumult ; and at last, the fury rising to absolute madness, a fire... | |
 | Henry Southern, George William Frederick Villiers Earl of Clarendon - 1837 - 220 páginas
...that truth concealed. After the glorious assault of Ciudad Rodrigo in in 1813, says Colonel Napier, " The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters,...officers, and shot each other — many were killed in the market-place — intoxication soon increased the tumult — disorder every where prevailed, and at... | |
 | Henry Southern, George William Frederick Villiers Earl of Clarendon - 1837 - 220 páginas
...that truth concealed. After the glorious assault of Ciudad Rodrigo in in 1813, says Colonel Napier, " The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters,...frightful excesses. The town was fired in three or four places—the soldiers menaced their officers, and shot each other—many were killed in the market-place—... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 páginas
...though wounded, had been amongst the foremost at the lesser breach, received the governor's sword. The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters,...officers, and shot each other ; many were killed in the market-place, intoxication soon increased the tumult, disorder everywhere prevailed, and at last, the... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 890 páginas
...though wounded, had been amongst the foremost at the lesser breach, received the governor's sword. The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters,...officers, and shot each other ; many were killed in the market-place, intoxication soon increased the tumult, disorder everywhere prevailed, and at last, the... | |
 | 1840 - 440 páginas
...drunkards." The following extract is to the same purport. It relates to the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo. " Throwing off the restraints of discipline, the troops...officers, and shot each other ; many were killed in the market-place, intoxication soon increased the tumult, disorder every where prevailed ; and at last,... | |
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... prevailed, and at last, the fury rising to an absolute madness, a fire was wilfully lighted in the middle of the great magazine, when the town and all in it would have been blown to atoms, but for the energetic courage of some... 
