| 1845 - 546 pages
...at their head to the close of the day. " When the tremendous day was over," writes his biographer, " Lord Hill and his staff again re-occupied the little...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war, even to the winners. May a gracious God soon make it to cease in all the earth ! "—Pp. 307,... | |
| 1845 - 582 pages
...unknown to us for half an hour. We knew not what was become of him; we feared he had been killed." " When the tremendous day was over, Lord Hill and his...sufferers were the chief sounds that met their ears." Sir D. Mackworth, fatigued as he was, wrote a very graphic account of this last tremendous struggle,... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1845 - 824 pages
...their refreshment, after hours of desperate fighting without a morsel of food. Lord Hill himself wis bruised and full of pain. All night long, the groans...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war even to the winners. May a gracious God soon make it to cea--e in all the earth ! Sir Digby Mackworth,... | |
| 1845 - 608 pages
...servant from two fowls was all their refreshment alter hours ol desperate fighting without a moreel of food. Lord Hill himself was bruised and full of pain. All night long, the groans and shrieks ol sufferers were the chief sounds that met their ears. It was to them all a night of the greatest... | |
| 362 pages
...feared ha had been killed ; and none can tell you the heartfelt joy which we felt when he rejoined ns, not seriously hurt." When the tremendous day was over,...whom the nations of Europe were about to welcome with acclamation, and to entertain in palaces, could only exchange sigh for sigh with each other in a wretched... | |
| 1848 - 796 pages
...rolled ovi-r and severely bruised, but in the n,Sire this was unknown to us lor about half-aii-hour. We knew not what was become of him ; we feared he...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war, even to the winners. May a gracious God soon make it cease in all the earth ! .... In reading... | |
| Thomas Carter - 1861 - 232 pages
...Brigade was lying under the brow of the hill, and gave and received volleys within half-pistol-shot distance. Here Lord Hill's horse was shot under him,...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war even to the winners. May a gracious God soon make it to cease in all the earth!" The casualties... | |
| Thomas Carter - 1861 - 644 pages
...refreshment, after hours of desperate fighting without a morsel of food. Lord Hill himself was braised and full of pain. All night long, the groans and shrieks...misery. The men whom the nations of Europe were about to weleome with acclamations, and to entertain in palaces, could only exchange sigh for sigh with each... | |
| Thomas Carter, William Henry Long - 1893 - 796 pages
...Brigade was lying under the brow of the hill, and gave and received volleys within half-pistol-shot distance. Here Lord Hill's horse was shot under him,...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war even to JHE the winners. May a gracious God soon make it to cease in all the earth !" The casualties... | |
| United Service Institution of India - 1916 - 840 pages
...without a morsel of food. Lord Hill himself was bruised and full of pain. All night long, the groaus and shrieks of sufferers were the chief sounds that...sigh with each other in a wretched cottage. Such is war even to the winners. May a gracious God soon make it to cease in all the earth I The last remark... | |
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