 | Nathaniel Ward - 1647 - 120 pages
...and divers considerable Officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword. And indeed, being in the heat...of action, I forbade them to spare any that were in armes in the Town, and I think, that night, they put to the sword about 2000 men : — divers of the... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1829 - 352 pages
...and diverse considerable officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword : And indeed, being in the heat...were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword about two thousand men. Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled over the bridge... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 pages
...and diverse considerable officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword : And indeed, being in the heat...were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword about two thousand men. Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled over the bridge... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1838 - 394 pages
...and diverse considerable officers being there, our men, getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword : and indeed, being in the heat...were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword about two thousand men. Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled over the bridge... | |
 | 1838 - 380 pages
...and diverse considerable officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword ; and indeed, being in the heat...were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword about two thousand men. Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled over the bridge... | |
 | 1840 - 764 pages
...these places, his own despatch coolly assures us that 'in the ' heat of action I forbade my soldiers to spare any that were in ' arms in the town, and I think that night, they put to the sword ' about two thousand men !' After the submission of one of the 2 u 2 fortresses, '... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1844 - 524 pages
...and diverse considerable officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword ; and indeed, being in the heat...any that were in arms in the town, and I think that niaht they put to the sword about two thousand men. Diverse of the officers and soldiers being fled... | |
 | John D'Alton - 1844 - 502 pages
...Aston and divers considerable officers being there, our men getting at them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword; and indeed, being in the heat of action, I forbad them to spare any that were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - 1845 - 588 pages
...and divers considerable Officers being there, our men getting up to them, were ordered by me to put them all to the sword. And indeed, being in the heat...in arms in the Town : and, I think, that night they put to the sword about 2,000 men;— divers of the officers and soldiers being fled over the Bridge... | |
 | 1851 - 650 pages
...getting up to them were ordered by me to put them all to the sword; and indeed, being in the height of action, I forbade them to spare any that were in arms in the town, and I think that night they put to the sword about 2000 men." At a further stage of the same assault, he coolly observes, " When... | |
| |
I forbade them to spare any that were in arms in the Town : and, I think, that night they put to the sword about 2,000 men... 
