| 1848 - 120 páginas
...The enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. — The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine, without the certainty of blowing up friend...ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits first... | |
| John Frost - 1848 - 356 páginas
...without the certainty of blowing up friend and foe. Those who at a distance attempted to apply the matches to the long trains, were shot down by our...length the ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; th« scaling-ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits... | |
| John Frost - 1848 - 376 páginas
...impended. The enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine, without the certainty of blowing up friend...and foe. Those who at a distance attempted to apply the matches to the long trains, were shot down by our men. There was death below as well as above ground.... | |
| Nathan Covington Brooks - 1849 - 696 páginas
...impended. The enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine, without the certainty of blowing up friend...scaling-ladders were brought up and planted by the storming-parties ; some • of the daring spirits first in the assault were cast down — killed or... | |
| Edward Deering Mansfield - 1849 - 408 páginas
...impended. The enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine, without the certainty of blowing up friend...ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits first... | |
| Richard McSherry - 1850 - 314 páginas
...impended. The enemy was steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine without the certainty of blowing up friend...ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits, first... | |
| Richard McSherry - 1850 - 336 páginas
...impended. The enemy was steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mine without the certainty of blowing up friend...ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits, first... | |
| 1850 - 592 páginas
...enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mme, without the certainty of blowing up friend and foe....ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits first... | |
| 1850 - 598 páginas
...enemy were steadily driven from shelter to shelter. The retreat allowed not time to fire a single mme, without the certainty of blowing up friend and foe....ditch and wall of the main work were reached ; the scaling ladders were brought up and planted by the storming parties ; some of the daring spirits first... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1850 - 928 páginas
...to fire a single mine without the certainty of blowing up friend and foe. Those at the distance, who attempted to apply matches to the long trains, were shot down by the Americans. There was death to those below, as well as to those above ground. At length, the ditch... | |
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