 | Charles Cadell - 1835 - 312 pages
...L 3 place. The French were soon afterwards driven by the division from the whole of the suburbs 40 the shelter of the old walls of the town, where we...killed within the French lines. The officer to whom L 4 the dogs belonged, bowing to the French officer, called off the dogs ; but the Frenchman politely... | |
 | Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - 1847 - 560 pages
...said, in tolerably good English, " Your good news is very soon damped ! ' ' — Batty. * * * * * * " During the campaign, we had often experienced the...day or two before the battle, when we were upon our alarm-post, at break of day, a fine hare was seen playing in a corn-field between the outposts ; a... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 558 pages
...quietly said, in tolerably good English, "Your good news is very soon damped I"— Baity. * * * * * * " During the campaign, we had often experienced the...day or two before the battle, when we were upon our alarm-post, at break of day, a fine hare was seen playing in a corn-field between the outposts ; a... | |
 | Edward Fraser - 1913 - 478 pages
...good English : ' Your good news is very soon damped !' " This is another story of a similar type : " During the campaign we had often experienced the most gentleman-like conduct from the French officers. Once, when we were upon our alarm-post at break of day, a fine hare was seen playing in a cornfield... | |
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During the campaign, we had often experienced the most gentlemanlike conduct from the French officers. A day or two before the battle, when we were upon our alarm-post, at break of day, a fine hare was seen playing in a corn-field between the outposts... 