Dalmatia and Montenegro: With a Journey to Mostar in Herzegovia, and Remarks on the Slavonic Nations; the History of Dalmatia and Ragusa; the Uscocs; &c. &c, Volume 1John Murray, 1848 |
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Adriatic afterwards ancient appear Appendini arches Austrians Avars Bosnia built called Castel Nuovo castle Cattaro century Cettina church Circolo Clissa coast columns convent Count Zuane court Curzola Dalmatia Dernis dialects Diocletian Doge ducats early emperor enemy Europe Farlati feet fleet Fortis French Greek Herzegovina hills History History of Dalmatia houses Hungarians Illyrian Illyric inhabitants inscription interior island Isle Istria Kerka King of Hungary Knin Krasinski land Latin Liburnia Lucio matia mentioned miles modern Monte Montenegrins Morlacchi mountains neighbouring nobles palace pass Petter Pliny Pola Pope port Porta Aurea possession principal province Provveditore Ragusa remarkable Republic river road rock Roman Russian Salona says Scardona Scirocco Sebenico sent Servia side Slavonians Slavonic Spalato steamer stone Strabo style supposed taken temple territory tion tower town Träù trees Turkish Turks Tzetinie Uscocs Veglia Venetians Venice village Vladika walls whole wine Zara
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Page 300 - John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy, and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou...
Page 436 - Montenegrines dispersed, and deliberately firing from a lying position on the closed rank of the enemy, are not afraid to attack columns composed of 1000 men with numbers not exceeding 100 or 150. In a pitched battle their movements can be ascertained only by the direction of their standards. They have certain signal-cries which are uttered when they are to join in a compact body for attacking the weaker points of the enemy. As soon as such a signal is given, they rush furiously onwards, break into...
Page 509 - On a rock, immediately above the convent, is a round tower, pierced with embrasures, but without cannon; on which I counted the heads of twenty Turks, fixed upon stakes, round the parapet, the trophies of Montenegrin victory; and below, scattered upon the rock, were the fragments of other skulls, which had fallen to pieces by time; a strange spectacle in a Christian country, in Europe, and in the immediate vicinity of a convent and a bishop's palace.
Page 432 - The officer horrified at the proposition made an effort to rise, and rejoined his comrades with the assistance of the friendly Montenegrin. " They consider all those taken by the enemy as killed. They carry out of the battle their wounded comrades on their shoulders ; and be it said to their honour they acted in the same manner by our officers and soldiers.
Page 38 - Turkey, and another runs nearly parallel with the coast, close to which it approaches in the vicinity of Spalato, and extends thence to Montenegro and Albania. The highest peaks are Orien, 6332 feet; Dinara, 6040 feet; and Pastovo, 5929 feet; and the largest and loftiest part of the northern range is that of Velebich, to the north-east of Zara, which measures 5439 feet. The inland parts of Dalmatia are diversified by undulatory ground, hills, and high mountains; many of the latter having the same...
Page 510 - Turkish physiognomy, in these heads, many of which have been exposed for years in this position, but the face of one young man was remarkable ; and the contraction of the upper lip, exposing a row of white teeth, conveyed an expression of horror, which seemed to show that he had suffered much, either from fright or pain, at the moment of death.
Page 435 - ... of their courage in assisting our troops, and the fruits of victory, were lost by their want of order. During the siege of Ragusa, it was never possible to know how many of them were actually under arms, because they were constantly going to their homes with spoil, whilst others joined the army in their places, and after a few days of indefatigable exertion, returned to the mountains, to carry away some insignificant trifle.19 Short-lived though they were, the joint operations with the Russians...
Page 432 - The property they take from the enemy is considered by them as their own, and as a reward of courage. They literally defend themselves to the last extremity: a Montenegrin never craves for mercy; and whenever one of them is severely wounded, and it is impossible to save him from the enemy, his own comrades cut off his head.
Page 435 - Their extraordinary boldness frequently triumphed over the skill of the experienced bands of the French. Attacking the columns of the enemy in front and flank, and acting separately without any other system than the inspirations of personal courage, they were not afraid of the terrible battalion fire of the French infantry.
Page 6 - On the north side of the Carpathian mountains their settlements extended from Luneburg, over Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony, Lusatia, Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Poland, and Russia; and beyond those mountains, where already, at an early period, they were settled in Moldavia and "Wallachia, they continued spreading further and further, until they were admitted into Dalmatia. The kingdoms of Slavonia, Bosnia, Servia, and Dalmatia were gradually formed by them; and at last their possessions...