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Immediately pursued, and coming up to the fugitive, who, poor wretch, immediately threw himself on the ground and curling himself up like a ball, demanded quartel por Viergen | Immediately pursued, and coming up to the fugitive, who, poor wretch, immediately threw himself on the ground and curling himself up like a ball, demanded quartel por la Viergen - quartel. He raised his lance, saying recorde usted el quartel a Andoain, alluding to the massacre of the Legion at that place. He drove it through the body of the unfortunate faccioso, ‘till the lance flag was dyed in his blood. This same Serjeant Major was seen to cut down eight of the enemy during the action, and was promoted on the field by the General, to the rank of Officer. After the bodies had been stripped, (the invariable custom on both sides) and the Squadron got together and formed, the General with his staff rode up to thank us; as he was pleased to say, for saving his division, there might be some truth in his remark for the columns of Maroto were seen rapidly advancing, about | ||
He drove it through the body of the unfortunate faccioso, ‘till the lance flag was dyed in his blood. This same Serjeant Major was seen to cut down eight of the enemy during the action, and was promoted on the field by the General, to the rank of Officer. After the bodies had been stripped, (the invariable custom on both sides) and the Squadron got together and formed, the General with his staff rode up to thank us; as he was pleased to say, for saving his division, there might be some truth in his remark for the columns of Maroto were seen rapidly advancing, about | |||
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Immediately pursued, and coming up to the fugitive, who, poor wretch, immediately threw himself on the ground and curling himself up like a ball, demanded quartel por la Viergen - quartel. He raised his lance, saying recorde usted el quartel a Andoain, alluding to the massacre of the Legion at that place. He drove it through the body of the unfortunate faccioso, ‘till the lance flag was dyed in his blood. This same Serjeant Major was seen to cut down eight of the enemy during the action, and was promoted on the field by the General, to the rank of Officer. After the bodies had been stripped, (the invariable custom on both sides) and the Squadron got together and formed, the General with his staff rode up to thank us; as he was pleased to say, for saving his division, there might be some truth in his remark for the columns of Maroto were seen rapidly advancing, about