 The contest which was now carried on is unexampled in history. One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pall-mall, was possessed by the French; and, in the centre of it, their general, Verdier, gave his orders from the Franciscan convent. The opposite...  History of the Peninsular War ... - Page 25by Robert Southey - 1828Full view - About this book
 | 1810 - 602 pages
...Spaniards immediately returned this reply : " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. War at the knife's point !" t The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled...from the Franciscan convent. The opposite side was maintained by the Aragonese, who threw up batteries at the openings of the streets, within a few paces... | |
 | 1810 - 600 pages
...reply : " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. War at the knife's point !" f The contest, which was now carried oa, is unexampled in history. — One side of the Cozo,...from the Franciscan convent. The opposite side was maintained by the Aragonese, who threw up batteries at the openings of the streets, within a few paces... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 602 pages
...Spaniards immediately returned this reply : " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. War at the knife's point !" t The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled...— One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pali-Mall, was possessed by the French ; and, in the centre of it, their general, Verdier, gave his... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 pages
...Spaniard immediately returned this reply, " Headquarters, Saragossa. — War at the knife's point." The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled in history. One side of the street Cozo, the breadth of which is about equal to that of Pall-mall, was now occupied by the French... | |
 | 1823 - 616 pages
...immediately returned this reply: — " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. — War at the knife's point l"^ ' The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled...the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pall-Mall, was pos-. sessed by the French; and in the centre of it, their general, Verdier, guve his orders from the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1823 - 636 pages
...immediately returned this reply: — " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. — War at the knife's point !"-(• ' The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled...— One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pal I -Mai I, was possessed by the French; and in the centre of it, their general, Verdiei\ gave his... | |
 | 1823 - 616 pages
...Spaniard immediately returned this reply: — " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. — War at the knife's point!"^ ' The contest, which was now carried on, is unexampled...• One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pall-Mail, was possessed by the French ; and in the centre of it, their general, Verdier, gave his... | |
 | 1823 - 610 pages
...Spaniard immediately returned this reply : — " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. War at the knife's point!" ' The contest which was now carried on, is unexampled...history. One side of the Cozo, a street about as wide as Pail-Mall, was possessed by the French ; and in the centre of it, their general, Vernier, gave his... | |
 | 1823 - 614 pages
...Spaniard immediately returned this reply ; — " Head-quarters, Zaragoza. War at the knife's point!" ' The contest which was now carried on, is unexampled in history. One side of ihe Cozo, a street about as wide as Pall-Mali, was possessed by the French ; and in the centre of it,... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 462 pages
...Spaniard immediately returned this reply:— ' Head-quarters, Zaragoza. — War at the knife's point !' " The contest which was now carried on is unexampled...the French ; and in the centre of it, their general, Veudier, gave his orders from the Franciscan convent. The opposite side was maintained by the Arragonese,... | |
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