 | 1868 - 710 pages
...were the only three that headed him on the return list. The Laureate thus sings of his doings : — " Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, On still ho thundered ; Men yet the story tell, Boldly he rode, end well, All that four hundred. In... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1868 - 724 pages
...were the only three that headed him on the return list. The Laureate thus sings of his doings : — " Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, On still he thundered ; Men yet the story tell, Coldly he rode, and well, All that four hundred. In... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 pages
...When the word was given, "Forward the right brigade !" no man was there afraid, although there was the cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them. But, while he united with the world in admiring heroism, he wondered that the world had nothing better... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...there. There will be described in glowing language the charge of the "Light Brigade." When " Cannon to right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with «hot and shell Boldly they rode, and well, Into the mouth of death, I860.] Florence... | |
 | George Francis Train - United States - 1862 - 92 pages
...Gentlemen, we have at last turned our ploughshares into weapons of defence, and the traitors, when they find cannon to the right of them — cannon to the left of them, cannon behind them, thundering the death-song of parricides, will cower into obscurity at the mere sight of... | |
 | Markinfield Addey - Soldiers - 1863 - 262 pages
...; to a plunging fire from the batteries on the lower range ; and to a double enfilading fire from " Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them." The distance to be traversed was short, but how many obstacles there were in the way of its being passed... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1865 - 838 pages
...thrown np afforded them very efficient protection. Gradually the little redoubt became nearly cncir«led by the rebels. Still no one thought of yielding. Colonel...Flag they fought and bled. The battle raged, with nnabnted fury on both sides, for four hours. At last the enemy retreated, leaving his dead on the field.... | |
 | George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 536 pages
...Theirs, but to do and die ; Into the valley of death Bode the the six hundred. "Cannon to the right ef them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they charged, and well — Into the jaws of death Bode the... | |
 | George Whitfield Pepper - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1866 - 538 pages
...Theirs, but to do and die ; Into the valley of death Kode the the six hundred. "Cannon to the right ef them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered ; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they charged, and well — ^ Into the jaws of death Eode the... | |
 | Arabella M. Willson - New York (State) - 1870 - 654 pages
...arms that all felt were now useless ; and most true it was that "they bitterly thought of the morrow." "Cannon to the right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of them," aye, and -cannon in their rear; every height crowned with guns, and all pointed toward the fatal hill... | |
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Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered. 
