What shall I answer ?" The girl indignantly replied, "War to the knife!" Her exclamation was echoed by the populace, and Palafox made her words his reply to Lefevre. Nothing in the history of war has ever been recorded, to resemble the consequence of... Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours - Page 341878Full view - About this book
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...city. Lefevre thought his hour of triumph had now certainly arrived — he sent to the commandant, Palafox, to demand a capitulation. Palafox received...history of war has ever been recorded, to resemble the consequence of this refusal to capitulate. One row of houses in a street would be occupied by the Spanish,... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1857 - 1030 pages
...city. Lefevre thought his hour of triumph had now certainly arrived — he sent to the commandant, Palafox, to demand a capitulation. Palafox received...history of war has ever been recorded, to resemble the consequence of this refusal to capitulate. One row of houses in a street would be occupied by the Spanish,... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1857 - 810 pages
...city. Lefevre thought his hour of triumph had now certainly arrived — he sent to the commandant, Palafox, to demand a capitulation. Palafox received...answer?" The girl indignantly replied, "War to the knife 1" Her exclamation was echoed by the populace, and Palafox made her words his reply to Lefevre. Nothing... | |
| Frank Boott Goodrich - 1891 - 508 pages
..."HeadQuarters, Zaragoza : War to the knife." Nothing in the history of war, says the writer whom we have quoted, has ever been recorded to resemble the consequences of this refusal to surrender. One row of houses in a street would be occupied by the Spanish, the opposite row by the... | |
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