 | 1843 - 778 pages
...soldier, (Marshal Saxe) "I saw two battalions cut to pieces in an instant. The afT.ur happened in thn following manner : A battalion of Lorraine, and one...on a height that we called the battery ; and just where a breeze of wind dispersed a fog which had impeded our view, I observed these troops on the brow... | |
 | 1843 - 826 pages
...utter 'confusion from the ground.' "At the battle of Belgrade, "says this great soldier, (Marshal Saxe) "I saw two battalions cut to pieces in an instant. The affair happened in thp following manner : A battalion of Lorraine, and one of Neuperg were posted on a height that we... | |
 | Philip St. George Cooke - History - 1859 - 446 pages
...confusion from the ground.' "'At the battle of Belgrade,' says this great soldier (Marshal Saxe), ' I saw two battalions cut to pieces in an instant....on a height that we called the battery ; and just where a breeze of wind dispersed a fog which had impeded our view, I observed these troops on the brow... | |
 | Philip St. George Cooke - History - 1859 - 444 pages
...great soldier (Marshal Saxe), ' I saw two battalions cut to pieces in an * Three thousand men at most. instant. The affair happened in the following manner...on a height that we called the battery ; and just where a breeze of wind dispersed a fog which had impeded our view, I observed these troops on the brow... | |
 | John Mitchell, Leonhard Schmitz - Military biography - 1865 - 406 pages
...regiments stationed there. Marshal Saxe, who was present, thus describes one of these onsets : — " At the battle of Belgrade," says this great soldier,...observed these troops on the brow of the hill, separated from the rest of the army. Prince Eugene asked me if my sight were good, and who were the cavaliers... | |
 | John Mitchell, Leonhard Schmitz - Military biography - 1865 - 384 pages
...regiments stationed there. Marshal Saxe, who was present, thus describes one of these onsets : — " At the battle of Belgrade," says this great soldier,...following manner : — A battalion of Lorraine and one of Xeuperg were posted on a height that we called the battery ; and just when a breeze of wind dispersed... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1841 - 650 pages
...regiments stationed there. Marshal Saxe, who was present, thus describes one of these onsets: — " At the battle of Belgrade," says this great soldier,...observed these troops on the brow of the hill, separated from the rest of the army. Prince Eugene asked me if my sight were good, and who were the cavaliers... | |
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At the battle of Belgrade," says this great soldier, " I saw two battalions cut to pieces in an instant : the affair happened in the following manner : — A battalion of Lorraine and one of Neuperg were posted on a height that we called the battery ;... 