 For across the ravine on the left, a loose stone wall, sixteen feet thick and forty feet high, was raised ; and across the great valley of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown...  Historical Geography on a Regional Basis - Stran 126avtor: Ernest Walter Dann - 1908Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1833 - 740 strani
...raised ; and across the great valley of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | Memoirs - 1835 - 460 strani
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of fullgrown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summit of the mountain, for the space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 strani
...raised ; and across the great valley of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | sir William Francis P. Napier - 1840 - 798 strani
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...convenient distances to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles including the... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 740 strani
...abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chesnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged...convenient distances to defend this line of trees, were then cast up; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles including the... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - 458 strani
...of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but full-grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1842 - 454 strani
...composed, as is usual, of the ttmbs of trees, but full-grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all thetr roots and branches, dragged, by main force, for several...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | Hector Straith - 1852 - 278 strani
...double line of abattis was drawn, not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were cast up, &c." A striking illustration of their value and importance in retarding the advance of troops,... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 562 strani
...limbs of trees, but of fullgrown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, and dragged by main force for several hundred yards, and...convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were then cast up ; and along the summits of the mountain, for a space of nearly three miles, including... | |
 | John Thomas Hyde - 1860 - 320 strani
...but of full grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged by main force several hundred yards, and then re-set and crossed...Breast-works, at convenient distances, to defend this lino of trees, were cast up, &c." A striking illustration of their value and importance in retarding... | |
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