The Story of Early BritainG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890 - 382 pages |
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Page 14
... soldiers , heavily weighted as they were with their arms and armour , had to jump off into deep water , get what footing they could among the breakers , and so make their way to land . The enemy , on the other hand , either standing on ...
... soldiers , heavily weighted as they were with their arms and armour , had to jump off into deep water , get what footing they could among the breakers , and so make their way to land . The enemy , on the other hand , either standing on ...
Page 16
... soldiers were hesitating to jump , the officer who carried the eagle of the tenth legion set them the example . After a brief prayer that his act might turn out well for the legion , he cried with a loud voice , " Leap down , men ...
... soldiers were hesitating to jump , the officer who carried the eagle of the tenth legion set them the example . After a brief prayer that his act might turn out well for the legion , he cried with a loud voice , " Leap down , men ...
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... soldiers worked with so good a will that in a few days a sufficiently serviceable fleet was ready . Meanwhile the work of provisioning the camp had been busily carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked ...
... soldiers worked with so good a will that in a few days a sufficiently serviceable fleet was ready . Meanwhile the work of provisioning the camp had been busily carried on , and , as yet , without hind- rance . Everything indeed looked ...
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... soldiers on board the transports worked , we are told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable ...
... soldiers on board the transports worked , we are told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable ...
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... soldiers on board the transports worked , we are told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable ...
... soldiers on board the transports worked , we are told , so hard that their heavy vessels kept up with the ships of war . No attempt was made by the natives to oppose a landing . They seem to have been overawed by the formidable ...
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afterwards Alderman Alfred ANGLO-SAXON Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Archbishop army Athelstan attack battle Bede Bishop Bretwalda Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called camp Canute Carausius Caswallon cavalry chief Christian Church coast command conquest crown Danes Danish daughter death defeated died dominions Dunstan Earl earldom East Anglia Edmund Edric Edward Egbert Emperor enemy England English king Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwulf expedition fight fled fleet followed force fought Gaul Godwin hand Harold Harold Hardrada hear held Hengist invaders island Kent King's kingdom land legions London Mercia monastery monks native nobles Norman Normandy northern Northmen Northumbria Pagans peace Penda plunder prince probably ravaged reign Roman Rome sailed says the Chronicler seems sent ships shire slain soldiers story Suetonius Sussex Sweyn Tacitus Thames throne told took Tostig town tribes troops victory Vortigern Wales wall Welsh Wessex West Saxons William William of Malmesbury