 Keane being both borne off wounded at the same time, with many other commanding officers, and further, the preparations to aid in crossing the ditch not being so forward as they ought to have been, from, perhaps, the men being wounded who were carrying...  The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 3541815Full view - About this book
 | Henry Adams - 1986 - 1458 pages
...American line.1 "As I advanced with the reserve," said Lambert's report, "at about two hundred and fifty yards from the line, I had the mortification to observe...whole falling back upon me in the greatest confusion." Keane's column on the left moved along the road and between the river and the levee. Pressing rapidly... | |
 | Robert V. Remini - 2001 - 260 pages
...broken column. The destruction of the high command, said General Lambert in his report to Lord Bathurst, "caused a wavering in the column which in such a situation became irreparable."24 Without their leader and completely demoralized, Gibbs's men ran from the killing field... | |
 | Walter R. Borneman - 2004 - 384 pages
...superiors that this loss of general officers and the failure of the Forty-fourth to breach the ditch had "caused a wavering in the column, which in such a...irreparable; and as I advanced with the reserve, at about two hundred and fifty yards from the line, I had the mortification to observe the whole falling back... | |
 | 1815 - 668 pages
...flanking battery of the enemy on that side, which it had orders to carry. them, caused a wavering ¡n the column, which in such a situation became irreparable ; and as I advanced with the reserve, at about two hundred and fifty yards from the line, 1 had the mortification to observe the whole falling back... | |
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