Narrative of a Residence in Ireland During the Summer of 1814, And That of 1815
Narrative of a Residence in Ireland During the Summer of 1814, And That of 1815
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A part of Smyth's brigade, also reforming and advanc- ing after their first repulse, gained the intrenchments, but the failure of Owen* to bring up his brigade left Smyth's shattered command unsupported.
Scarcely twenty-two minutes after the signal had been given, the repulse of the corps was complete.
Three thousand had fallen. Among officers, the losses had been portentous. Six full colonels — namely, McKeen, Byrnes, Haskell, O. H. Morris, Mc- Mahon, and Porter — had been killed. Generals Ty-... ler and Brooke had been severely wounded. When the losses of the preceding month are remembered, it * See page 244.
COLD HARBOR. 223 will be seen how extraordinary was the proportion of officers of high rank killed in this brief contest.
And in every case those named were well worthy of the positions they held. They were, in truth, the very flower of the corps — men who were to be terri- bly missed in the subsequent severe trials through which their troops were so soon to be called to pass — men who never could be replaced.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A part of Smyth's brigade, also reforming and advanc- ing after their first repulse, gained the intrenchments, but the failure of Owen* to bring up his brigade left Smyth's shattered command unsupported.
Scarcely twenty-two minutes after the signal had been given, the repulse of the corps was complete.
Three thousand had fallen. Among officers, the losses had been portentous. Six full colonels — namely, McKeen, Byrnes, Haskell, O. H. Morris, Mc- Mahon, and Porter — had been killed. Generals Ty-... ler and Brooke had been severely wounded. When the losses of the preceding month are remembered, it * See page 244.
COLD HARBOR. 223 will be seen how extraordinary was the proportion of officers of high rank killed in this brief contest.
And in every case those named were well worthy of the positions they held. They were, in truth, the very flower of the corps — men who were to be terri- bly missed in the subsequent severe trials through which their troops were so soon to be called to pass — men who never could be replaced.
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