Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 · London ; New York : Cassell, Petter and Galpin · leaf 172
BARON MUNCHAUSEN. l^g Spain), with the breech of an iron eight-and-forty pounder, and so set fire to the whole pile. I forgot to inform you that I threw all their ammunition wagons upon the top. Before I applied the lighted match, I had laid the com- bustibles at the bottom so judiciously that the… … first to give the alarm. The whole camp was, as you may imagine, panic-stricken ; the general conclusion was that their sentinels had been bribed, and that seven or eight regiments of the garrison had made a sortie, and so succeeded in destroying the artillery. Mr. Drinkwater, in his account of…
Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction · German wit and humor
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