Famous regiments of the British army: their origin and services. With a sketch of the rise and progress of the military establishment of England, and brief memoirs of eminent British generals |
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... arms- Musketeers and Pikemen - Cuirassiers and Dragoons - Improvements effected by Gustavus Adolphus - The English Militia in the Reign of Charles II . — Dryden's Satire - Formation of a Standing Army - The Guards - Formation of a ...
... arms- Musketeers and Pikemen - Cuirassiers and Dragoons - Improvements effected by Gustavus Adolphus - The English Militia in the Reign of Charles II . — Dryden's Satire - Formation of a Standing Army - The Guards - Formation of a ...
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... arms . From all which one has to infer , that the mutual salu- tation by hat was probably a fact ; that , for certain , there was some slight pre- liminary talk and gesticulation , but in the Homeric style , by no means in the Espagnac ...
... arms . From all which one has to infer , that the mutual salu- tation by hat was probably a fact ; that , for certain , there was some slight pre- liminary talk and gesticulation , but in the Homeric style , by no means in the Espagnac ...
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... arms by a special officer . The head of a family was the leader of the capable males in that family . The families formed a tything , whose commander was named a borsholder : ten tythings composed a hundred , whose captain was termed a ...
... arms by a special officer . The head of a family was the leader of the capable males in that family . The families formed a tything , whose commander was named a borsholder : ten tythings composed a hundred , whose captain was termed a ...
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... arms maintained at their own expense , for a period of forty days in each year . This obligation of course fell most heavily upon the largest landholder ; the baron of fifty knights ' fees was bound to enter the field with fifty men ...
... arms maintained at their own expense , for a period of forty days in each year . This obligation of course fell most heavily upon the largest landholder ; the baron of fifty knights ' fees was bound to enter the field with fifty men ...
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... arms , and hobilers . The former went into battle clothed in hauberks or habergeons of plate mail , with hoods , breeches , and hose of the same material . The hands were protected by gauntlets ; the thighs by cuisses , the head by a ...
... arms , and hobilers . The former went into battle clothed in hauberks or habergeons of plate mail , with hoods , breeches , and hose of the same material . The hands were protected by gauntlets ; the thighs by cuisses , the head by a ...
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Abercromby afterwards allies appointed arms arrived artillery assault attack Badajoz battalion battle Battle of Minden bayonets Black Watch brave brigade brilliant British army Buffs campaign captain capture cavalry charge Charles Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel colours column command Connaught Rangers corps Coruña courage defence despatched division Dragoons Duke Dutch Earl embarked enemy enemy's England English Enniskilleners expedition famous fell field fight fire flank Foot force forward fought France French Fusiliers gallant gallantly garrison George Guards guns Highlanders honour horse infantry Irish July June King Lord Major-General marched Marlborough Marshal ment military Moore musketeers musketry Napoleon numbers officers ordered Peninsula Peninsular War Prince Ralph Abercromby rank redoubts regiment reinforcement retired retreat returned to England river Royal Royal Welsh Fusiliers Russian sabres Scots Greys siege Sir John Sir John Moore soldiers soon Spain Spaniards Spanish squadrons storm success sword town troops valour veteran victory Waterloo Wellington William
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Seite 133 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr ; the most awful that of the martyred patriot ; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory : and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Seite 20 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Seite 186 - I called it forth, and drew it into your service, a hardy and intrepid race of men ! men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last.
Seite 17 - Their baldrics set with studs, athwart their shoulders cast, To which under their arms their sheafs were buckled fast, A short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee, not counted then a man : All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous strong ; They not an arrow drew but was a cloth-yard long. Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft...
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Seite 180 - ... conquest or death, When the banners are blazing on mountain and heath: They call to the dirk, the claymore, and the targe, To the march and the muster, the line and the charge. Be the brand of each chieftain like Fin's in his ire! May the blood through his veins flow like currents of fire!
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Seite 222 - Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 'twas natural to please : His motions all accompanied with grace ; And paradise was open'd in his face.