 | Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - Québec (Québec) - 1834 - 534 pages
...Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his troops, he folded a handkerchief round his arm, and putting himself at the head of the grenadiers, led...were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast, and fell mortally wounded. Dear, indeed, was the price of a victory purchased by the death... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1834 - 548 pages
...Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his troops, he folded a handkerchief round his arm, and putting himself at the head of the grenadiers, led...were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast, and fell mortally wounded. Dear, indeed, was the price of a. victory purchased by the death... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Birds - 1863 - 504 pages
...Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his troops, he folded a handkerchief round his arm, and putting himself at the head of the grenadiers, led...were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast, and fell mortally wounded. Dear, indeed, was the price of a victory purchased by the death... | |
 | William Fraser - Canada - 1867 - 82 pages
...grenadiers, led them on to the charge. He was then struck with a second ball, but still pressed on, when, just as the enemy were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast and groin, and sank. When they raised him from the ground, he tried, with a faint hand,... | |
 | Henry Beaumont Small - Canada - 1868 - 238 pages
...forward with the grenadiers, received a second wound from a musket ball in the groin ; he, however, still pressed on, and just as the enemy were about to give way and the fortune of the day was decided, a third ball struck him in the breast and inflicted a mortal... | |
 | Michigan - 1873 - 756 pages
...grenadiers, led them on to the charge. He was then struck with a second ball, but still pressed on, when, just as the enemy were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast and groin, and sank. When they raised him from the ground he tried, with a faint hand, to... | |
 | Michigan - 1874 - 740 pages
...grenadiers, led them on to the charge. He was then struck with a second ball, but still pressed on, when, just as the enemy were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast and groin, and sank. When they raised him from the ground he tried, with a faint hand, to... | |
 | Michigan - 1874 - 740 pages
...grenadiers, led them on to the charge. He was then struck with a second ball, but still pressed on, when, just as the enemy were about to give way, he received a third ball in the breast and groin, and sank. "When they raised him from the ground he tried, with a faint hand,... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Québec (Québec) - 1876 - 502 pages
...Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his troops, he folded a handkerchief round his arm, and putting himself at the head of the grenadiers, led...pressed on, and just as the enemy were about to give away, he received a third ball in the breast, and fell mortally wounded. Dear, indeed, was the price... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Québec (Québec) - 1876 - 532 pages
...Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his troops, he folded a handkerchief round his arm, and putting himself at the head of the grenadiers, led them on to the charge, which was completely suc. cessful. It was bought, however, with the life of their heroic leader. He was struck with a second... | |
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... charge with the bayonet. WOLFE exposing himself at the head of the battalions, was singled out by some Canadian marksmen, on the enemy's left, and had already received a slight wound in the wrist. Regardless of this, and unwilling to dispirit his... 