. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year nt, the allied squadrons, fearing to be sur-rounded by the French, who had completely turnedtheir right, galloped away, and took refuge withthe Portuguese regiment, which was farthest in re-treat. Then the fifth and seventy-seventh, twoweak battalions formed in one square, were quiteexposed, and in an instant the whole of the Frenchcavalry came thundering down upon them. Buthow vain, how fruitless to match the sword withthe musket! To send the charging horseman againstthe steadfast veteran!
. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year nt, the allied squadrons, fearing to be sur-rounded by the French, who had completely turnedtheir right, galloped away, and took refuge withthe Portuguese regiment, which was farthest in re-treat. Then the fifth and seventy-seventh, twoweak battalions formed in one square, were quiteexposed, and in an instant the whole of the Frenchcavalry came thundering down upon them. Buthow vain, how fruitless to match the sword withthe musket! To send the charging horseman againstthe steadfast veteran! The multitudinous squad-rons, rending the skies with their shouts, andclosing upon the glowing squares, like the fallingedges of a burning crater, were as instantly re-jected, scorched, and scattered abroad ; and therolling peal of musketry had scarcely ceased toecho in the hills, when bayonets glittered at theedge of the smoke, and with firm and even step,the British regiments came forth like the holy menfrom the Assyrians furnace. Picton now effected his junction and the whole Salcuna/uxi. EXPLASATORY SKETCH of the OPERATIONS AND Combat of mi \m ¥^m mByt,.,,
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