With Moore at Corunna by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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XXI. PORTUGAL FREED XXII. NEWS FROM HOME ILLUSTRATIONS TERENCE FINDS THAT THE _SEA-HORSE__ HAS BEEN BADLY MAULED BETWEEN-DECKS TWO FRENCH PRIVATEERS BEAR DOWN UPON THE _SEA-HORSE__ "I SHOULD NOT HAVE MINDED BEING HIT, FATHER, IF YOU HAD ESCAPED" "I AM TOLD THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ME, GENERAL" "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, TERENCE?... WE WOULD HAVE THRASHED THEM OUT OF THEIR BOOTS IN NO TIME" "POOR OLD JACK! HE HAS CARRIED ME WELL EVER SINCE I GOT HIM AT TORRES VEDRAS" TERENCE RECEIVES A PRESENT OF A HORSE FROM SIR JOHN CRADOCK "IN THE NAME OF THE JUNTA I DEMAND THAT AMMUNITION," SAID CORTINGOS "THE FRENCH CAVALRY RODE UP TOWARDS THE SQUARES, BUT WERE MET WITH HEAVY VOLLEYS" |
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