 | Walter Scott - Scotland - 1842 - 672 pages
...fifty men, against two troops of horse, who fled without fighting. Observing the stand made by the two regiments already mentioned, he galloped towards the...more complete than that gained by the Highlanders at Killiecrankic. The cannon, baggage, and stores of MacKay's army, fell into their handsThe two regiments... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1844 - 308 pages
...struck by a bullet beneath the armpit, where he was unprotected by the cuirass. He tried to ride on, hut being unable to keep the saddle, fell mortally wounded, and died in the course of that night. Such was the general opinion of his talents and courage, and the general sense of the peculiar... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1846 - 434 pages
...victory, when he was struck by a bullet beneath the arm-pit, where he was unprotected by his cuirass.1 He tried to ride on, but being unable to keep the...Killiecrankie. The cannon, baggage, and stores of Mac Kay's army, fell into their hands. The two regiments which kept their ground suffered so much in... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...armpit, where he was unprotected by his cuirass. He tried to ride on, but being unable to keep hie saddle, fell, mortally wounded, and died in the course of the night." After receiving his wound he was carried to the house of Blair- Athole, about two and a half miles... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 708 pages
...clansmen fired their pieces, each column thus pouring in a well-aimed though irregular volley, then throwing down their fusees, without waiting to reload,...Highlanders at Killiecrankie. The cannon, baggage, the stores of MacKay's army, fell into their hands. The two regiments which kept their ground suffered... | |
 | John Richard Green - Great Britain - 1879 - 238 pages
...conspicuous. By a desperate attack he possessed himself of MacKay's artillery, and then led his handful o^ cavalry, about fifty men, against two troops of horse,...Highlanders at Killiecrankie. The cannon, baggage, the stores of MacKay's army, fell into their hands. The two regiments which kept their ground suffered... | |
 | Sir James Sibbald David Scott - Great Britain - 1880 - 670 pages
...armpit, where he was unprotected by his cuirass. He tried to ride on, but, being unable to keep his saddle, fell, mortally wounded, and died in the course of the night." After receiving his wound he was carried to the house of BlairAthole, about two miles and a half from... | |
 | English history - 1881 - 888 pages
...in the act of bringing them to the charge, with his right arm elevated, as if pointing to the way of victory, when he was struck by a bullet beneath the...for a victory to be more complete than that gained l>y the highlanders at Killiecrankie. The cannon, baggage, and stores of MacKay's anuy fell into their... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - History - 1899 - 446 pages
...in the act of bringing them to the charge with his right arm elevated, as if pointing to the way of victory, when he was struck by a bullet beneath the...attempt to retreat through the pass, now occupied by the Athole men in their rear, that they might be considered as destroyed. Two thousand of MacKay's array... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 426 pages
...elevated, as if pointing to the way of victory, when he was struck by a bullet beneath the arm-pit, XT— 6 where he was unprotected by his cuirass. He tried...attempt to retreat through the pass, now occupied by the Athole men in their rear, that they might be considered as destroyed. Two thousand of MacKay's army... | |
| |
Observing the stand made by the two English regiments already mentioned, he galloped towards the clan of MacDonald, and was in the act of bringing them to the charge, with his right arm elevated, as if pointing the way to victory, when he was struck by... 