 Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured...  The Theory of War ... - Page 246by P. L. Macdougall - 1856 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1833 - 740 pages
...fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon friends and foes while the horsemen hovering on the...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 900 pages
...burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order. Iheir flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful \olleys swept away the head of every formalion, their deafening shouts over-powered the dissonant cries... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 pages
...fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon friends and foes, while the horsemen hovering on the...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1840 - 740 pages
...foes, while the horsemen hovering on the flank threatened to charge the advancing line. Nothingcould stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1840 - 918 pages
...could stop that astonishing infantry — No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no ner- 1811. vous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 894 pages
...undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order : their llashin« eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front;...their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...um'' plined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weako the stability of their order : their flashing c 4 were bent on the dark columns in their front ; their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleya swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...on friends and foes, while the horsemen hovering on the flanks, threatened to charge the advaneing line. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry....their measured tread shook the ground; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant eries... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1846 - 400 pages
...friends and foes, while the horsemen, hovering on the flank, threatened to charge the advancing lines. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden...their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 pages
...threatened 'to charge the advancing line. Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry ; no sndden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm,...their measured tread shook the ground ; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation ; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries... | |
| |
