... then to retreat; and confusion was spreading among the ranks; when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened, with a select band, to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action; the English were obliged... The visitor's guide to the watering places - Page 239by Visitor - 1841Full view - About this book
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett - England - 1825 - 480 pages
...the ranks, when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened, with a select band, to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action; the English were obliged to retire with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance, renewed... | |
| 1836 - 884 pages
...the ranks, when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened, with a select band, to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retreat with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| J William Green - 1849 - 250 pages
...beyond the infantry, and flanked each wing of the army. D He ordered the signal of battle to sound, and the whole army moved at once, singing the hymn or song of Roland, the famous peer of Charlemagne, and advanced in order and with alacrity towards the enemy.... | |
| David Hume - 1854 - 556 pages
...the ranks, when William^ who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened with a select band to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retire with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1855 - 446 pages
...the ranks, when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened with a select band to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retreat with loss; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| David Hume - Great Britain - 1856 - 542 pages
...the ranks; when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened, with a select band, to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retire with loss; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| David Hume - 1859 - 232 pages
...the ranks, when William who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened with a select band to the relief of his dismayed forces : his presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retire with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| David Hume - 1864 - 654 pages
...the ranks, when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened with a select band to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retire with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...the ranks, when William, who found himself on the brink of destruction, hastened, with a select band, to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action ; the English were obliged to retire with loss ; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
| George Walter De Lisle - French language - 1872 - 280 pages
...(lacher pied) in the greatest disorder. William seeing the danger, hastened with a body of picked troops to the relief of his dismayed forces. His presence restored the action : the Anglo-Saxons were obliged to retire with loss, and the Duke, ordering his second line to advance,... | |
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