. Carlyle's complete works. so that DAuteroche, responding moreor less, cannot stand it; but has at once to rustle into dis-continuity, he and his, and roll rapidly out of the way. Andthe British Column advances, steadily, terribly, hurling backall opposition from it; deeper and deeper into the interior ^ Ath, May y« 20th, (to John, Fourth Marquis of Tweedflale, last Secretary of State for Scotland, and a man of figure iu his day): Letter isat Yester House, East Lothian; Excerpt ponies me. 440 SECOND SILESIAN WAR. Book May, 1745. mysteries of the French Host; blasting its way with
. Carlyle's complete works. so that DAuteroche, responding moreor less, cannot stand it; but has at once to rustle into dis-continuity, he and his, and roll rapidly out of the way. Andthe British Column advances, steadily, terribly, hurling backall opposition from it; deeper and deeper into the interior ^ Ath, May y« 20th, (to John, Fourth Marquis of Tweedflale, last Secretary of State for Scotland, and a man of figure iu his day): Letter isat Yester House, East Lothian; Excerpt ponies me. 440 SECOND SILESIAN WAR. Book May, 1745. mysteries of the French Host; blasting its way with gun-powder ; — in a niagniiicent manner. A compact Cohxmn,slowly advancing, — apparently of some 16,000 foot. Pauses,readjusts itself a little, when not meddled with; when med-dled with, has cannon, has rolling fire, — delivers from it, infact, on both hands such a torrent of deadly continuous fireas was rarely seen before or since. ^ Feu infernal, the Frenchcall it. The French make vehement resistance. Battalions,. a ft. French Infantry, h b. French Horse. c. Ecdoubt tV Eu. iL SubsUiary Erencb Bat-tery, which takes theDutch in flank. t. Gallows-Hill, where KinpLouis and the hauphiuwere. /. English Foot. g, English Horse. h h. Dutch and Austrian Poot. } i, Dutch and Austrian Horse.*. Ingoldsby, starting Qxx vain) to attack Bc- floubt dEu. squadrons, regiment after regiment, charge madly on this ter-rible Column; but rush only on destruction thereby. Eegi-ment This storms in from the right, regiment That from theleft; have their colonels shot, lose the half of their people;and hastily draw back again, in a wrecked condition. Thecavalry-horses cannot stand such smoke and blazing; norindeed, I think, can the cavaliers. Begiment du Boi rushingon, full gallop, to charge this Column, got one volley fromit [says EspagnacJ which brought to the ground 460 enough that horses take the bit between their teeth; Chap. VIII. BATTLE OF FONTENOY. 441 lith May, 1745. likewise
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