XXXIII. “The advancing Chief * *
Their treasure-trove, their gold without alloy!”
Longas, ô utinam, dux bone, ferias
Præstes Hesperiæ!
Horat. Carm. iv. 5.
“The shout that ne’er was heard unmoved by Britain’s foes.”
“That stern and appalling shout which the British soldier is wont to give upon the edge of battle, and which no enemy ever heard unmoved.” Napier, Hist. book xxi. c. 5.
XXXIV. “Soult was now so near, &c.”
“Lord Wellington suddenly stopped in a conspicuous place, he desired that both armies should know he was there, and a double spy who was present pointed out Soult, then so near that his features could be plainly distinguished. The English general, it is said, fixed his eyes attentively upon this formidable man, and, speaking as if to himself, said: ‘Yonder is a great commander, but he is a cautious one and will delay his attack to ascertain the cause of these cheers; that will give time for the sixth division to arrive and I shall beat him.’ And certain it is that the French general made no serious attack that day.” Napier, ibid.
XXXVI. “But vain its poise ’gainst that enormous height.”