The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders, Band 1D. Douglas, 1901 |
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... close examination I found it to be a woman's petticoat ( which answers every end of that part of the Highland dress ) . sent him to the Sheriff - Substitute , who dismissed him . " Thus it seems probable that in some parts comparatively ...
... close examination I found it to be a woman's petticoat ( which answers every end of that part of the Highland dress ) . sent him to the Sheriff - Substitute , who dismissed him . " Thus it seems probable that in some parts comparatively ...
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... close upon the 25th Regiment , and enable the brigade to move forward at three o'clock . The same orders and directions as when the regiment last marched . At this date the 92nd had present and fit for duty 30 sergeants , 21 drummers ...
... close upon the 25th Regiment , and enable the brigade to move forward at three o'clock . The same orders and directions as when the regiment last marched . At this date the 92nd had present and fit for duty 30 sergeants , 21 drummers ...
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... close inshore as effectually to protect our landing . The situation of the country is very unfavourable to a landing if opposed by a spirited enemy . The beach , to be sure , is smooth and hard , but there is constantly a great swell ...
... close inshore as effectually to protect our landing . The situation of the country is very unfavourable to a landing if opposed by a spirited enemy . The beach , to be sure , is smooth and hard , but there is constantly a great swell ...
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... close to the works ) , by which many were killed , and which compelled us to retire as far as the heights the French quitted in the morning . During this retrograde movement , I observed a ball carry off both the feet of one poor fellow ...
... close to the works ) , by which many were killed , and which compelled us to retire as far as the heights the French quitted in the morning . During this retrograde movement , I observed a ball carry off both the feet of one poor fellow ...
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... close to the enemy , the army was constantly em- ployed in constructing batteries , bringing up the guns , pro- visions , and firewood , consisting of date palms , which would scarcely burn when it was obtained . The want of horses or ...
... close to the enemy , the army was constantly em- ployed in constructing batteries , bringing up the guns , pro- visions , and firewood , consisting of date palms , which would scarcely burn when it was obtained . The want of horses or ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 92nd Regiment Almendralejo arms army arrived artillery attack barracks battle bonnets Brigade British camp cantonments Captain cavalry charge Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Cameron column commanding officer conduct corps Corunna d'Erlon Division Donald Dragoons drummers Duke duty embarked enemy enemy's ensign Fencibles fight fire flank French front garrison Gordon Highlanders Grenadier ground Guards guns halted heights Highland dress Hill honour horses infantry Inverness joined killed Kilmallie kilt Kingussie landed Lieut.-General Lieutenant Lochaber Lord Huntly Lord Wellington M'Intosh MacDonald Major-General Marquis of Huntly Massena miles military morning Napier Napoleon night o'clock October officers and soldiers ordered parade pickets Portalegre Portugal Portuguese position prisoners Private quarters rank and file rear received recruits retired retreat road sent Sergeant Sergeant Robertson Sir John Moore Sir Ralph Sir Rowland Sir Rowland Hill skirmishers Soult Spain Spanish taken took town troops village Wellington wounded
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Seite 197 - During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the officer and soldier ; in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his country called him the post of honour; and, by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
Seite 196 - Commander-in-chief, amidst the deep and universal regret which the death of LieutenantGeneral Sir John Moore has occasioned, recalls to the troops the military career of that illustrious officer for their instruction and imitation. Sir John Moore from his youth embraced the profession with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier.
Seite 8 - I sought for merit wherever it was to be found. It is my boast, that I was the first minister who looked for it, and I found it in the mountains of the North.
Seite 207 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Seite 483 - August, to wear or put on the aforesaid garments, or any part of them, every such person so offending, being convicted thereof by the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses...
Seite 429 - Maitland and Byng, as they successively arrived. The troops of the 5th division and those of the Brunswick corps were long and severely engaged, and conducted themselves with the utmost gallantry. I must particularly mention the 28th, 42d, 79th, and 92d regiments, and the battalion of Hanoverians.
Seite 460 - Napoleon did not manoeuvre at all. He just moved forward in the old style, in columns, and was driven off in the old style. The only difference was, that he mixed cavalry with his infantry, and supported both with an enormous quantity of artillery. ' I had the infantry for some time in squares, and we had the French cavalry walking about us as if they had been our own. I never saw the British infantry behave so well.
Seite 184 - The inferior one blew up with a terrible noise and shook the houses in the town ; but when the train reached the great store, there ensued a crash like the bursting forth of a volcano, the earth trembled for miles, the rocks were torn from their bases, and the agitated waters rolled the vessels as in a storm; a vast column of smoke and dust, shooting out fiery sparks from its sides, arose perpendicularly and slowly to a great height, and then a shower of stones, and fragments of all kinds, bursting...
Seite 474 - That the British infantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other nation, can scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and notwithstanding his habitual excess in drinking, he sustains fatigue and wet, and the extremes of cold and heat, with incredible vigor.
Seite 380 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...