 But, as his plans were not matured, he had no fleet. The skill and resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that national experience in swimming...  Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 661912Full view - About this book
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1868 - 180 pages
...resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that...only of themselves but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack that the astonished enemy who were looking for a fleet, a naval armament,... | |
 | William Bodham Donne - 1873 - 230 pages
...resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that...only of themselves, but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack, that the astonished enemy, who were looking for a fleet, and an... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1877 - 276 pages
...resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that...only of themselves but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack that the astonished enemy who were looking for a fleet, a naval armament,... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1877 - 420 pages
...resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that...only of themselves, but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack, that the astonished enemy, who were looking for a fleet, and an... | |
 | Raymond Wilson Chambers - 1926 - 390 pages
...and resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that national experience of swimming which enables Britons to take care not only of themselves but of arms and horses, he delivered... | |
 | Ronald Mellor - 1998 - 548 pages
...resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that...only of themselves but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack that the astonished enemy who were looking for a fleet, a naval armament,... | |
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