The most singular and extraordinary combat immediately followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them with their dirks;... Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746 - الصفحة 90بواسطة James Johnstone Johnstone (chevalier de) - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 348عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...every thing before them. A very singular and ex~. traordinary combat ensued: The sprawling Highlanders thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses...their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them ; others used their pistols, but few had sufficient space to handle their swords.*. The resistance... | |
| Alexander Stewart - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...Highlanders, broke part of their ranks. A fierce and extraordinary struggle ensued. The Highlanders, sprawling on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by the clothes, and, pulling them down, despatched them with their dirks ; others used their pistols ;... | |
| John Struthers - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 676
...bravery than this one was, and fewer still resisted with the same obstinacy. " The cavalry," says he, " closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge,...them had sufficient space to handle their swords." — Memoirs of the Rebellion, p. l22. whole front rank into disorder. So suddenly and so completely... | |
| John Struthers - 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 660
...he, " closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge, put spurs to their horses, anil mshed upon the Highlanders at a hard trot, breaking their...them had sufficient space to handle their swords." — Memoirs of the Rebellion, p. 122. whole front rank into disorder. So suddenly and so completely... | |
| 1828 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...extraordinary combat immediately followed. Such of the Highlanders as were thrown down and not quite disabled, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses;...dragged them down, and stabbed them with their dirks ; ••,.. il agatn used their pistols; but few of them h*4 lufficient space Of men that are their... | |
| James Logan - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...cavalry had rushed on the rebels, broken their ranks, and were trampling them under the horses' feet. " The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their...their clothes, dragged them down and stabbed them ; several, again, used their pistols ; but few had sufficient space to handle their swords." The cavalry... | |
| 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...hard trot, breaking their ranks, and throwing down everything before them. A most extraordinary combat followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground,...down, and stabbed them with their dirks ; several of them again used pistols ; but few of them had sufficient space to handle their swords." With the... | |
| 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 592
...hard trot, breaking their ranks, and throwing down everything before them. A most extraordinary combat followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground,...their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them wiih their dirks ; several of them again used pistols ; but few of them had sufficient space to handle... | |
| James Logan - 1833 - عدد الصفحات: 556
...cavalry had rushed on the rebcls, broken their ranks, and were trampling them under the horses' feet. " The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their...their clothes, dragged them down and stabbed them; several, again, used their pistols; but few had sufficient space to handle their swords." The cavalry... | |
| Walter Scott - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...The cavalry closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge," says the Chevalier Johnstone, " put spurs to their horses, and rushed upon the Highlanders...the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by About 400 fell, either man or horse being killed or wounded. The greater part went to the right in... | |
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