Memoirs of Adj. Gen. Ramel: Containing Certain Facts Relative to the Eighteenth Fructidor, His Exile to Cayenne, and Escape from Thence with Pichegru, Barthelemy, Willot, Aubry, Dossonville, Larue, and Le Tellier ...S. Kitton, 1805 - 243 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 165
... canoe , which was used for the purpose of relieving guard at the point of the redoubt . This canoe was rigged , and under charge of the sentry placed at the angle of the bastion , in the inside of which was the guard - house . We had ...
... canoe , which was used for the purpose of relieving guard at the point of the redoubt . This canoe was rigged , and under charge of the sentry placed at the angle of the bastion , in the inside of which was the guard - house . We had ...
עמוד 169
... in my eye that small canoe , it appeared to me much too small to contain them . Nevertheless , although we were al- ready too many , we made another attempt to prevail upon Marbois to follow us , but he was GENERAL RAMEL . 169.
... in my eye that small canoe , it appeared to me much too small to contain them . Nevertheless , although we were al- ready too many , we made another attempt to prevail upon Marbois to follow us , but he was GENERAL RAMEL . 169.
עמוד 174
... canoe . He shuddered at the sight of it .. " No , no , Gentlemen , " said he to us , " do not run such a perilous risque : you must ❝inevitably perish if you do . That canoe can- " not contain you all , nor carry you to Suri- " nam ...
... canoe . He shuddered at the sight of it .. " No , no , Gentlemen , " said he to us , " do not run such a perilous risque : you must ❝inevitably perish if you do . That canoe can- " not contain you all , nor carry you to Suri- " nam ...
עמוד 175
... canoe myself , and take with me my " undaunted Barrick , trusting to Providence for " protection and favourable weather . " He From that moment , Captain Tilly became as eager as ourselves to forward our escape . acquainted the gallant ...
... canoe myself , and take with me my " undaunted Barrick , trusting to Providence for " protection and favourable weather . " He From that moment , Captain Tilly became as eager as ourselves to forward our escape . acquainted the gallant ...
עמוד 176
... canoe , then , stealing out of the fort , to carry off the little bark , and at last to reach the main sea before the alarm could be given to the gar- rison . If my readers will recollect what I have before said respecting the services ...
... canoe , then , stealing out of the fort , to carry off the little bark , and at last to reach the main sea before the alarm could be given to the gar- rison . If my readers will recollect what I have before said respecting the services ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
MEMOIRS OF ADJ GEN RAMEL <span dir=ltr>Jean Piere 1768-1815 Ramel</span>,<span dir=ltr>C. L. Tr Pelichet</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
MEMOIRS OF ADJ GEN RAMEL <span dir=ltr>Jean Piere 1768-1815 Ramel</span>,<span dir=ltr>C. L. Tr Pelichet</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
18th Fructidor Aberdeenshire-Militia adieus Aimé already Alsace anchor arms arrived Aubry Augereau Barrick Barthelemy Berbice Billaud Varennes Blanchard boat Buckinghamshire Burnham-Market canoe Captain Laporte Captain Tilly carriages Cayenne coast command companions confined copies Council crew deck Desvieux Directory Dominique Dossonville dreadful Dutertre English escape Escort exiles Fakenham favour fort Orange France French friends gave Gentlemen give Governor Grenadiers guard Guillet heard Hertfordshire hundred inhabitants Jeannet John Kitton Lafond land Larue leagues leave Legislative Body lemy liberty Lieutenant London Louis XVI manner Marbois ment misfortunes Monte Krick morning Murinais negroes never night Norfolk Miss Norfolk Rev North Creak Norwich o'clock officer ourselves Paramaribo passed Pichegru prison Ramel received river sailors Sedgeford sent sentries September ship shore Sinamary situation Skyrack soldiers Sotin suffered Surinam Tellier thing Thursford tion took Tronçon du Coudray Vaillante vessel voyage William Willot wished wretched Yorkshire
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 71 - These men had formerly been selected from among the revolutionary bands of the committee of Nantes, so famous in the annals of terror by the...
עמוד 38 - We passed the remainder of the day and the following night in incessant and interesting conversation.
עמוד 61 - At last, contrary to our expectation, we all met again on. board the corvette la Vaillante, commanded by Captain Julien, who, as he received us on board...
עמוד 40 - Captain Gauthier, who commanded the cavalry of the Escort, repulsed the wretches who were the ringleaders of the Mob. We could plainly observe very different impressions upon the minds of this assembly : " There they are," exclaimed some of them, " these are the villains " who killed our King, they have loaded us *e with taxes, they eat our bread, and are the
עמוד 208 - ... myself in particular, are at your command." The speech was worthy of Amadis de Gaul himself. But wherever the honest Dutchman learned the tone, it had the better distinction of being followed up by active good-nature. The colonists went hand in hand with their honest governor in hospitality, the town was illuminated, the garrison and the colonial militia were under arms, and the fugitives landed under the universal discharge of musketry and cannon from the town and the ships. All was huzzaing,...
עמוד 4 - Directory, an order to repair to Paris, to take the command of the guard of the Legislative Body ; to which I had been appointed by the choice of the two Councils.
עמוד 209 - ... of the inhabitants of Surinam, the flourishing state of that colony, the smiling...
עמוד 66 - " you will not only destroy us in a very few " days, but you will create an infection in your " ship, and lose your crew." " Well," said the Captain as he turned away, " I shall see " what I can do, when we are out of sight of
עמוד 65 - To observe to you, that the bis" cuit which has been given us is a kind of food " to which none of us are accustomed...
עמוד 156 - Lafond, who messed together, were both taken ill almost at the same time : a few hours after, they began to vomit violently, and the most alarming symptoms appeared in both. They were in excruciating and incessant pain. We immediately wrote to Jeannet, to request a favour that was never denied even to the vilest criminals ; but he refused to have our friends removed to the hospital.