 Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot ; the shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no...  The Naval and Military Magazine - Page 4841828Full view - About this book
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...hills. Sir John Moore, while earnestly watching the result of the battle about the village of Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon shot. The...violence. He rose again in a sitting posture. His eye was still fixed on the regiments engaged in his front ; and in a few moments, when he was satisfied... | |
 | 1853 - 704 pages
...was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot. The shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed on the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of pain.... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1839 - 866 pages
...hills. Sir John Moore, while earnestly watching the result of the fight about the village of Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon shot; the shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...Highlanders neu the village of Elvina, Sir John . Moore was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot. The shock threw him from his horse with violence: he rose again in a silting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his stedfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - France - 1841 - 668 pages
...was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot; the shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance...fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of pain. In a few moments, when he was satisfied that the troops were gaining... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1842 - 542 pages
...struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot ; the shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of... | |
 | Europe - 1847 - 568 pages
...Redfield, New York, " while earnestly watching the result of the fight about the village of Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon shot ; the...sitting posture ; his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front ; no sigh betrayed a sensation of... | |
 | Charles Dibdin, George Hogarth - Songs with piano - 1848 - 468 pages
...Moore, while earnestly watching the result of the light about the village of Flvina, was struck on ihe left breast by a cannon .shot ; the shock threw him from his horse with violence ; he rose again in а sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiment... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1853 - 702 pages
...was struck on the left breast by a cannon-shot. The shock threw him from his horse with violence, but he rose again in a sitting posture, his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed on the regiments engaged in his front, no sigh betraying a sensation of pain.... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...says Colonel Napier, " while earnestly watching the result of the fight about the village of Elvina, was struck on the left breast by a cannon shot ; the...sitting posture ; his countenance unchanged, and his steadfast eye still fixed upon the regiments engaged in his front ; no sigh betrayed a sensation of... | |
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