 | 1846 - 486 頁
...Less than a thousand survivors laid down their arms to 14,000 besiegers, as their commander wrote, "declaring they had surrendered them to God alone, having the consolation to know that their victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital." The French commander treated them... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 644 頁
...of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five...them to God alone, having the consolation to know that the victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital. Such were the distresses of our men... | |
 | John Frederick Smith - 1861 - 650 頁
...consisted of fourteen thousand men, and reached from the glacis to George Town, where our battalions hud down their arms, declaring they had surrendered them to God alone, having the consolation to know that the victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital. Such were the distresses of our men... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 662 頁
...of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five...them to God alone, having the consolation to know that the victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital. Such were the distresses of our men... | |
 | William Wheater - 1870 - 312 頁
...twenty Corsicans, twentyfive Greeks, Turks, Moors, Jews, &c. The two armies were drawn up in line, the battalions fronting each other, forming a way...laid down their arms, declaring they had surrendered to God alone, having the consolation to know the victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital.... | |
 | Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 610 頁
...fronting each other, forming a way for us to march through : they consisted of 14,000 men, and reach'd from the Glacis to George Town, Where our Battalions laid down their Arms, declaring they had surrender'd th'Tii to God alone, having the consolation to know the Victors could not plume themselves... | |
 | William Kingsford - 1892 - 538 頁
...and reached from the glacis to Georgetown, where our battalions laid down their arms, declaring that they had surrendered them to God alone, having the consolation to know the victors would not plume themselves in taking an hospital."* Many of the French and Spanish soldiers were affected... | |
 | Robert Theodore Gunther, Amy Neville Rolfe Günther - 1914 - 508 頁
...march through : they consisted of fourteen thousand men, and. reached from the glacis to Georgetown, where our battalions laid down their arms, declaring...consolation to know, the victors could not plume themselves on taking a hospital" (Ann. Reg., 1782). Amid this heroic desolation did Charles Neville begin his... | |
 | 1782 - 774 頁
...the battalions fronting each other, forming a hay for us to march through. They confided of 14,000 men, and reached from the glacis to George Town, where...battalions laid down their arms, declaring they had furrendered them to God alone, having the confolation to know, the victors could not plume themfelves... | |
 | 1782 - 706 頁
...hay for us to march through : they confifted of fourteen thoufard men, and reached from the Cl.'cii to George- Town, where our battalions laid down their arms, declaring they had furrendered them to God alone, having Be confutation to know the victors c<~u'd •K plume themfelves... | |
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It consisted of no more than six hundred old, decrepit soldiers, two hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty-five of the royal artillery, twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five Greeks, Turks, Moors, Jews, &c. The two armies were drawn up in two lines ; the... 