The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . *»^^ •«U4>MWrM4MMVr^rMMAV>«*r^ EG III XE OvSBOKNK ??• •??-y -- ? ? PEREGRINE OSBORNE, SECOND UUKE OF LEEDSFrom an engraving in the Sutherland Collection, after a painting by Petitot ^44^^ lIlsrORY OK ENGLAND CHAI. XX lie was so(Mi uii(lccci\ c(l. A U-nihlc fire mowed down his troops fasterthan the_\- coiiUl i^et on shore. \\v had himself scarcely sprung ondryground when he received a wound in the thigh from a cannon ball, andwas carried back to his skiff His men rccmbarked in confusion. Shipsand boats made
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . *»^^ •«U4>MWrM4MMVr^rMMAV>«*r^ EG III XE OvSBOKNK ??• •??-y -- ? ? PEREGRINE OSBORNE, SECOND UUKE OF LEEDSFrom an engraving in the Sutherland Collection, after a painting by Petitot ^44^^ lIlsrORY OK ENGLAND CHAI. XX lie was so(Mi uii(lccci\ c(l. A U-nihlc fire mowed down his troops fasterthan the_\- coiiUl i^et on shore. \\v had himself scarcely sprung ondryground when he received a wound in the thigh from a cannon ball, andwas carried back to his skiff His men rccmbarked in confusion. Shipsand boats made haste to get out of the bay, but did not succeed till fourhundred sailors and seven hundred soldiers had fallen. During manydays the waves continued to throw up pierced and shattered corpses ontlie beach of Britann\. The battery from udiich Talmash received hiswound is called, to this day, the Englishmans Death. The unhappy general was laid on his couch ; and a council of warwas held in his cabin. He was for going straight into the harbour.
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