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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Random Shots From a Rifleman - -Author: John Kincaid - -Release Date: February 19, 2014 [EBook #44965] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44965 ***</div> <div class="transnote covernote"> <p class="center">Cover created by Transcriber and placed into the Public Domain.</p> @@ -355,12 +317,12 @@ short."—<i>Monthly Magazine, April.</i></p> <p class="p1">"His book is one of the most lively histories of Soldiers' Adventures which have yet appeared; their entire freedom from affectation will sufficiently recommend them to a numerous -class of readers."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> +class of readers."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> <p class="p1">"<i>Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade</i> is written with all the frankness and freedom from study which bespeaks the gallant soldier, one to whom the sword is more adapted than the -pen, but who, as now <i>cedunt arma togæ</i>, has, in these 'piping +pen, but who, as now <i>cedunt arma togæ</i>, has, in these 'piping times' of peace, determined to 'fight all his battles over again,' and he fights them in a style interesting and graphic. The remarks on the decisive termination of the Battle of Waterloo @@ -381,16 +343,16 @@ cannot give us, and which, indeed, nothing can give but a wide personal acquaintance with military men, and lots of volumes like the present."—<i>Edinburgh Literary Journal.</i></p> -<p class="p1" xml:lang="fr" lang="fr">"Il est rare que les aventures arrivées à un seul personnage -et racontées par lui intéressent le public au point de faire -obtenir à ses mémoires un véritable succès; mais il en est +<p class="p1" xml:lang="fr" lang="fr">"Il est rare que les aventures arrivées à un seul personnage +et racontées par lui intéressent le public au point de faire +obtenir à ses mémoires un véritable succès; mais il en est autrement quand l'auteur a su habilement accompagner son -histoire du récit de faits et d'événemens qui ont déjá fixé +histoire du récit de faits et d'événemens qui ont déjá fixé l'attention publique. L'ouvrage du Capitaine Kincaid est -intéressant sous ces deux points de vue et sera favorablement -accueilli. En même tems qu'on suit avec plaisir la marche de -ses aventures, on recueille une foule de détails ignorés sur les -campagnes de 1809 à 1815."—<i>Furet de Londres.</i></p> +intéressant sous ces deux points de vue et sera favorablement +accueilli. En même tems qu'on suit avec plaisir la marche de +ses aventures, on recueille une foule de détails ignorés sur les +campagnes de 1809 à 1815."—<i>Furet de Londres.</i></p> </div> <h1 class="p4 vspace"> @@ -521,7 +483,7 @@ report of me in their orderly books.</p> <tr> <td class="tdc chap" colspan="2"><a href="#CHAP_VIIB">CHAP. VII.</a></td></tr> <tr> - <td class="tdl hang">The persecution of the guardian of two angels. A Caçadore and his mounted followers. A chief of hussars in his trousers. A chief of rifles in his glory, and a sub of ditto with two screws in the neck</td> + <td class="tdl hang">The persecution of the guardian of two angels. A Caçadore and his mounted followers. A chief of hussars in his trousers. A chief of rifles in his glory, and a sub of ditto with two screws in the neck</td> <td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_155">155</a><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">xi</a></span></td></tr> <tr> <td class="tdc chap" colspan="2"><a href="#CHAP_VIII">CHAP. VIII.</a></td></tr> @@ -1790,7 +1752,7 @@ neighbours on the opposite side of the river who had determined to beat up his quarters by way of ascertaining the fact.</p> -<p>The <i>Padrè</i> of the village, it appeared, was a +<p>The <i>Padrè</i> of the village, it appeared, was a sort of vicar of Bray, who gave information to both sides so long as accounts remained pretty equally balanced between them, but when the @@ -1799,18 +1761,18 @@ of Portugal became a matter of certainty, he immediately chose that which seemed to be the strongest, and it was not ours.</p> -<p>The <i>Padrè</i> was a famous hand over a glass +<p>The <i>Padrè</i> was a famous hand over a glass of grog, and where amusements were so scarce, it was good fun for our youngsters to make -a <i>Padrè</i> glorious, which they took every +a <i>Padrè</i> glorious, which they took every opportunity of doing; and as is not unusual with persons in that state, (laymen as well as -<i>Padrès</i>,) he invariably fancied himself the only +<i>Padrès</i>,) he invariably fancied himself the only sober man of the party, so that the report was conscientiously given when he went over to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">53</a></span> French General Ferey, who commanded the division opposite, and staked his reputation as -a <i>Padrè</i>, that the English officers in his village +a <i>Padrè</i>, that the English officers in his village were in the habit of getting blind drunk every night, and that he had only to march over at midnight to secure them almost without resistance.</p> @@ -1876,7 +1838,7 @@ happened that they were not wanted, so that there were but three companies actually engaged; and therefore with something less than half their numbers they had beaten off six -hundred of the <i>élite</i> of the French army. But +hundred of the <i>élite</i> of the French army. But our chief pride arose from its being the first and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">56</a></span> last night-attempt which the enemy ever made to surprise a British post in that army.</p> @@ -2189,14 +2151,14 @@ plain, to the utter astonishment of all who saw him. At length, when exhausted nature could not have carried him twenty yards further, he found himself among some skirmishers of the -3d Caçadores, and within a few yards of a rocky +3d Caçadores, and within a few yards of a rocky ridge, rising out of the ground, the rear of which seemed to offer him the long-hoped-for opportunity of recovering his wind, and he sheltered himself accordingly.</p> <p>This happened to be the first occasion in which -the Caçadores had been under fire; they had the +the Caçadores had been under fire; they had the highest respect for the bravery of their British officers, and had willingly followed where their colonel had led; but having followed him into<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">69</a></span> @@ -2597,13 +2559,13 @@ his pugnacious disposition. I know not what rank she held on his establishment, but conclude that she was his niece, for I have observed that in Spain the prettiest girl in every -gentleman's house is the niece. The Padrès +gentleman's house is the niece. The Padrès particularly are the luckiest fellows in the world in having the handsomest brothers and sisters of any men living,—not that I have seen the brother or the sister of any one of them, but then I have seen nine hundred and ninety-nine -Padrès, and each had his niece at the head +Padrès, and each had his niece at the head of his establishment, and I know not how it happened but she was always the prettiest girl in the parish.</p> @@ -3309,16 +3271,16 @@ very sprucely dressed, had just paid their money and were in the act of ascending, taking that opportunity, as gentlemen generally do, of arranging their hair and adjusting their frills to -make their <i>entré</i> the more bewitching, and it is +make their <i>entré</i> the more bewitching, and it is therefore unnecessary to say that the descent of -our aëronaut not only disturbed the economy of +our aëronaut not only disturbed the economy of their wigs but carried all three to the bottom with the impetus of three sacks of potatoes.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">115</a></span></p> <p>Paddy's temperament had somewhat exceeded -madman's heat before he commenced his aërial +madman's heat before he commenced his aërial flight, and, as may be imagined, it had not much cooled in its course, so that when he found himself safely landed, and, as luck @@ -3777,7 +3739,7 @@ enemy had withdrawn from the scene of the former day's skirmish, we moved in pursuit towards the town, which they still occupied as an advanced post. Two of our companies, with -some Caçadores and a squadron of the royal +some Caçadores and a squadron of the royal dragoons, made a dash into it, driving the enemy out, and along with a number of prisoners captured the baggage of young Soult.</p> @@ -4314,7 +4276,7 @@ the sole fruits of the day's work.</p> <h2><a name="CHAP_VIIB" id="CHAP_VIIB">CHAP. VII.</a><br /> -<span class="subhang">The persecution of the guardian of two angels. A Caçadore +<span class="subhang">The persecution of the guardian of two angels. A Caçadore and his mounted followers. A chief of hussars in his trousers. A chief of rifles in his glory, and a sub of ditto with two screws in the neck.</span></h2> @@ -4355,7 +4317,7 @@ reality for so long a period.</p> <p>The only addition to them which our division<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_157" id="Page_157">157</a></span> could boast, were two smart substantial looking -Portuguese angels, who followed our two Caçadore +Portuguese angels, who followed our two Caçadore regiments, and rode on mule-back under the especial protection of their regimental chaplain. These two were a continual source of @@ -4378,7 +4340,7 @@ starting on his erratic expedition.</p> <p>It was our daily amusement whenever we could steal away from our regiment a short time, for two or three of us to start with some design<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_158" id="Page_158">158</a></span> -against the Padré and his dark-eyed wards. +against the Padré and his dark-eyed wards. One of us would ride quietly up alongside of him and another on that of the ladies as if we wished to pass, but in wishing them the compliments @@ -4388,7 +4350,7 @@ a third officer of our party rode some distance in the rear in readiness to take advantage of circumstances.</p> -<p>The Padré was a good-natured old fellow, +<p>The Padré was a good-natured old fellow, fond of spinning a yarn, and as soon as one of us had got him fairly embarked in his story, the other began gradually to detach one or both of @@ -4411,7 +4373,7 @@ experiment with various success.</p> <p>It is amusing to think to what absurdities people will have recourse by way of amusement when subjects for it are scarce. It was long a -favourite one with us to hunt a Caçadore as we +favourite one with us to hunt a Caçadore as we called it. Their officers as well as our own were always mounted, and when their corps happened to be marching in our front, any officer @@ -5181,7 +5143,7 @@ the information to head quarters. I was soon after ordered to join my battalion, which I found lodged in a stubble field about half way between Gallegos and Alameda, on a piece of -rising ground which we had christened Kraüchenberg's +rising ground which we had christened Kraüchenberg's hill, in compliment to that gallant captain of German hussars, who, with his single troop, had made a brilliant and successful charge @@ -6201,7 +6163,7 @@ besides performing the usual services in sundry chapels in that and the adjoining villages. He was so constantly at a gallop on horseback in pursuit of his avocations that we dubbed him -the <i>Padrè volante</i> (the flying parson.) We did +the <i>Padrè volante</i> (the flying parson.) We did there, as in all the Spanish villages the moment we took possession, levelled the ground at the end of the church, and with wooden bats cut @@ -6210,7 +6172,7 @@ like an apology for that active and delightful game.</p> <p>Our greatest enjoyment there was to catch -the Padrè in one of his leisure moments and to +the Padrè in one of his leisure moments and to get him to join in the amusement, of which he was remarkably fond, and he was no sooner enlisted, than it became the malicious aim of @@ -6221,7 +6183,7 @@ bat at the offender; but he was a good-natured<span class="pagenum"><a name="Pag soul, as were also his tormentors, so that every thing passed off as was intended.</p> -<p>The Padrè in addition to his other accomplishments +<p>The Padrè in addition to his other accomplishments was a sportsman, and as he was possessed of a pointer dog (a companion which, as we had more mouths than food, we were @@ -6231,16 +6193,16 @@ his feats might have been there however, he generally came off but second best. I remember that two of our gentlemen accompanied him the first day, and when they sprung the first -covey, the Padrè's bird, out of the three shots, +covey, the Padrè's bird, out of the three shots, was the only one that came to the ground; but notwithstanding, one of the officers immediately ran up and very coolly placed it in his own bag. -The Padrè ran up too, and stood gaping open-mouthed +The Padrè ran up too, and stood gaping open-mouthed thinking he had pocketed the bird in joke; however, the other went on deliberately loading as if all had been right. Meanwhile, the other officer coming up, said, "Why, S. -that was not your bird, it is the Padrè's!" +that was not your bird, it is the Padrè's!" "My dear sir," he replied, "I know it is not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">235</a></span> my bird, but do you suppose that I would allow a fellow like that to think that he had killed a @@ -6939,7 +6901,7 @@ when he found the advantage taken.</p> <p>Ciudad, being a remote frontier fortress, could boast of few persons of any note within its walls—our worthy friends of Horquera, (the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">264</a></span> -Alcaldé, with his family,) were probably the +Alcaldé, with his family,) were probably the best, and he returned and resumed his official functions as soon as he found that the place had reverted to its legal owners—his house had been @@ -7021,7 +6983,7 @@ into the squeak of a penny trumpet.</p> with her usual serenade, and seemed as likely to live a dozen years longer as any one of the group around her; but on my return from a field-day -next forenoon, I met the Padré, the sexton, and +next forenoon, I met the Padré, the sexton, and their usual accompaniments, marching out of the house to the tune of that <i>grave</i> air of theirs; and I saw that further question was needless, @@ -7562,7 +7524,7 @@ as a model for Joe Hume himself, when he comes to cast up his last earthly accounts.</p> <p>Donald had but an old mare and a portmanteau, -with its contents, worth about £15, to +with its contents, worth about £15, to leave behind him. He took a double inventory of the latter, sending one to the regiment by post, and giving the other in charge of his servant—and @@ -8944,7 +8906,7 @@ AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE;</span><br /> From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.<br /> -With Plates. Four Volumes 8vo. price £4; or, sold separately, 20<i>s.</i> each. +With Plates. Four Volumes 8vo. price £4; or, sold separately, 20<i>s.</i> each. </p> </div> @@ -8971,7 +8933,7 @@ the navy throughout this campaign it is impossible too highly to extol."—< Magazine.</i></p> <p>"We like this sort of thing extremely, and we say unhesitatingly, that -the work before us makes its <i>entrée</i> in that easy off-hand manner, which +the work before us makes its <i>entrée</i> in that easy off-hand manner, which makes us friends with the author at once, and the volume will afford more amusement infinitely, and peradventure as much real instruction, as ten goodly tomes of the merely learned. We wish earnestly to call the attention @@ -9138,7 +9100,7 @@ compilation from newspapers and magazines. Major Beamish has left no source of information unexplored; and the access he obtained to manuscript journals has enabled him to intersperse his general narrative with interesting personal anecdotes, that render this volume as delightful for those who read -for amusement, as those who read for profit."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> +for amusement, as those who read for profit."—<i>Athenæum.</i></p> </div> <hr class="wide" /> @@ -9232,9 +9194,9 @@ Writers, respecting his Character and Conduct.</p> </div></div> </div> -<p>"Quelques parcelles de tant de gloire parviendront-elles aux siècles à -venir, ou, le mensonge, la calomnie, le crime, prévaudront-ils?"—<i>Napoleon -à Ste. Hélène.</i></p> +<p>"Quelques parcelles de tant de gloire parviendront-elles aux siècles à +venir, ou, le mensonge, la calomnie, le crime, prévaudront-ils?"—<i>Napoleon +à Ste. Hélène.</i></p> <p class="p1 center smaller"><i>Vol. I. with a Portrait of Napoleon, price 18s.</i></p> @@ -9261,9 +9223,9 @@ quotation marks retained.</p> <p>Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.</p> -<p>Text uses "Padré", "Padrè", and "Padre".</p> +<p>Text uses "Padré", "Padrè", and "Padre".</p> -<p>Advertisement at front: "déjá" was printed with those accent marks.</p> +<p>Advertisement at front: "déjá" was printed with those accent marks.</p> <p>There are two "CHAPTER VII"'s in the Contents and in the body.</p> @@ -9282,382 +9244,6 @@ incorrectly or transcribed incorrectly; the "t" was in the original.</p> <p>Page <a href="#Page_293">293</a>: "to day" was printed that way, with a space, without a hyphen.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's Random Shots From a Rifleman, by John Kincaid - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RANDOM SHOTS FROM A RIFLEMAN *** - -***** This file should be named 44965-h.htm or 44965-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/9/6/44965/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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