 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1845 - 304 páginas
...horse ; for the infantry had time to form a square, and not all the efforts of our people could succeed in breaking it. The hussars rode bravely up to the...cavalry. When the last charge was made, the French square was without fire, every man having discharged his piece, and none having been able to load again; but... | |
 | Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - 1847 - 560 páginas
...horse ; for the infantry had time to form a square, and not all the efforts of our people could succeed in breaking it. The hussars rode bravely up to the...cavalry. When the last charge was made, the French square was without fire, every man having discharged his piece, and none having been able to load again ;... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 558 páginas
...horse ; for the infantry had time to form a square, and not all the efforts of our people could succeed in breaking it. The hussars rode bravely up to the...cavalry. When the last charge was made, the French square was without fire, every man having discharged his piece, and none having been able to load again ;... | |
 | Charles William Vane Marquis of Londonderry - 2002 - 420 páginas
...consequence was, that though the hussars, who led, formed up in succession as they got through, had charged their opponents with great gallantry, they...left, and, leaving the infantry uninjured, joined pursuit of the cavalry. When the last charge was made, the French square were without fire, every man... | |
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... in breaking it. The hussars rode bravely up to the bayonets, but were repulsed by a volley closely thrown in, which killed or wounded upwards of a dozen men. The remainder wheeled off, and pursuing the French cavalry, made way for a squadron of the... 