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" No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared... "
Hamilton's Campaign with Moore and Wellington During the Peninsular War - Page 63
by Anthony Hamilton (of the 43rd Light Infantry.) - 1847 - 163 pages
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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain

James Carrick Moore - Military art and science - 1809 - 356 pages
...Colonel Graham, Major Colborne, and the Aides-de-Camp, and deposited in Colonel Graham's quarters. A grave was dug by a party of the 9th Regiment, the...by turns. No coffin could be procured, and the body was never undressed, but wrapt up by the Officers of his Staff in a military cloak and blankets. Towards...
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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain: Commanded by His ...

James Carrick Moore - History - 1809 - 558 pages
...Colonel Graham, Major Colborne, and the Aides-de-Camp, and deposited in Colone) Graham's quarters. A grave was dug by a party of the 9th Regiment, the...by turns. No coffin could be procured, and the body was never undressed, but wrapt up by the Officers of his Staff in a military cloak and blankets. Towards...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 1

Europe - 1810 - 600 pages
...coffin 12 458 459 could be procured ; and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 1

Walter Scott - Europe - 1810 - 602 pages
...turns. No cofim 18 could be procured; and the officers of his staft wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be...
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The Edinburgh annual register

1810 - 602 pages
...12 458 459 •ould be procured; and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some tiring was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be...
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An impartial history of the naval, military and political events ..., Volume 2

Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 pages
...turns. No coffin could be procured ; and the officers of his staff wrapt the body, dressed as it -was, in a military cloak .and blanke'ts. The interment was hastened ; for about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and the officers feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 27

England - 1830 - 990 pages
...turns. No coffin conld be procured ; and the body, without being undressed, waa wrapt by the officer* of his staff in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened, for, about eight in the mornlog, the sound of firing was heard, and they feared that, in the event of a scrums attack, they...
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History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking ..., Volume 2

Edward Baines - Europe - 1818 - 746 pages
...and the aides-de-camp, and deposited in Colonel Graham's quarters. A grave was dug on the ramparts by a party of the 9th regiment, the aides-de-camp...by turns. No coffin could be procured, and the body was never undressed, but wrapped up by the officers of his staff in a military cloak and blankets....
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 13

1823 - 496 pages
...turns. No coffin could be procured ; and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and they feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be ordered...
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History of the Peninsular War, Volume 1

Robert Southey - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1823 - 844 pages
...turns. No coffin could be procured ; and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened ; for, about eight in the morning, some firing was heard, and they feared that, if a serious attack were made, they should be ordered...
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