 | 1768 - 694 pages
...ikge of Tortona the commander of the army which lay t&'fore the town, ordered Carew, en IriA orficer in the fervice of Naples, to .advance with a detachment to a particular poft. Having givcu his orders, he whifpered to Careir. ' Sir, I know you w be a gallant man. ' ef Baoks—ivitb... | |
 | 1781 - 754 pages
...anecdote. From Bo/iuell'i Tour to Corßca. AT the fiege of Torten?, (during th« Iuft war in Italy), the commander of the army which lay before the town, ordered Carew, an Irifli officer in the fervice of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular poft. Having... | |
 | James Boswell - 1768 - 426 pages
...me a very remarkable anecdote, which happened during the laft war in Italy. At the fiege of Tortona, the commander of the army which lay before the town,...Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular poff. * I mention this on the authority of an excellent fcholar, and one of our beft writers, Mr. Jofcph... | |
 | 1787 - 752 pages
...OiUot In IVis, 'bctou!d obtain annther. •\ See I'ngr »5. Carew, an Irilh officer in the ferviee of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular poft. Having given his orders, he whifpered to Carcw,. "Sir, I know you to. be a gallant man, I have therefore put you On ihis duty, which I tell... | |
 | John Ferrar - 1787 - 524 pages
...befo.re ht, PoultK obtain flitoibaff"LIMERICK, rnandef of the army ordered captain Carew, an Irilh officer in -the fervice of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular port. Having given his orders, he whifpered1 to Care'w* ** Sir *' 1 know you to be a gallant man. I... | |
 | 1808 - 874 pages
...fiege ot Tortona.the commander of the army ordered captain Carew, an Irifli officer in the army cf Naples, to advance with a detachment to 'a particular poft. Having given his orders, he whilpered to Carew, " Sir, I know you to be a gallant man, I have therefore put y«u on this duly,... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 448 pages
...very prudently withdrew from Vienna. SIEGE OF TORTONA. AT the siege of Tortona, the last war in Italy, the commander of the army which lay before the town, ordered Carew, an Irish officer in the service of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular post. Having given... | |
 | 1823 - 450 pages
...the 3rd early in the ensuing year. SINGULAR ANECDOTE OF INTREPIDITY. — At the seige of Tortona, tbe commander of the army which lay before the town, ordered Carew, an irish otlicer in tbe service of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular post. Having given... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 380 pages
...prudently withdrew from Vienna. HIBERNIAN COURAGE. At the siege of Tortona, the last war in Italy, the commander of the army, which lay before the town, ordered Carew, an Irish officer in the service of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular post. Having given... | |
 | 1825 - 840 pages
...innocence will not protect those who have once set their foot here. CAPTAIN CAREW. At the siege of Tortona, the commander of the army which lay before the town ordered Carew, an Irish officer in the service of Naples, to advance with a detachment to a particular spot. Having given... | |
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On this subject he told me a very remarkable anecdote, which happened during the last war in Italy. At the siege of Tortona, the commander of the army which lay before the town, ordered Carew an Irish officer in the service of Naples, to advance with... 
