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 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 66
Seite 5
... never been defeated . The army of no other nation has had an experience so varied , or a his- tory so remarkable ; nor has the army of any other nation enjoyed a career of such uninterrupted success . Its stan- dards have waved ...
... never been defeated . The army of no other nation has had an experience so varied , or a his- tory so remarkable ; nor has the army of any other nation enjoyed a career of such uninterrupted success . Its stan- dards have waved ...
Seite 11
... never fire first ) . It is almost a pity to disturb an elegant historical passage of this kind , circulating round the world , in some glory , for a century past ; but there has been a small irrefragable document come to me which ...
... never fire first ) . It is almost a pity to disturb an elegant historical passage of this kind , circulating round the world , in some glory , for a century past ; but there has been a small irrefragable document come to me which ...
Seite 17
... never shoot well except they be brought up in it ; it is a worthy game , a wholesome kind of exercise , and much commended in physic . ' # So Drayton sings of Robin Hood's famous bowmen : - All made of Spanish yew , their bows were wond ...
... never shoot well except they be brought up in it ; it is a worthy game , a wholesome kind of exercise , and much commended in physic . ' # So Drayton sings of Robin Hood's famous bowmen : - All made of Spanish yew , their bows were wond ...
Seite 23
... never wasted , and the more we improve the condition of our soldiers , the fuller service , the more zealous duty , will they accord us ; and in the hour of peril they will be the true and loyal sons of England - faithful unto death ...
... never wasted , and the more we improve the condition of our soldiers , the fuller service , the more zealous duty , will they accord us ; and in the hour of peril they will be the true and loyal sons of England - faithful unto death ...
Seite 24
... never forgot their devotion to their fatherland . And both were as brave as they were true ; foremost in the battle- charge and last in the retreat . " The 1st bear on their colours the Royal cipher , the Sphinx , and the inscriptions ...
... never forgot their devotion to their fatherland . And both were as brave as they were true ; foremost in the battle- charge and last in the retreat . " The 1st bear on their colours the Royal cipher , the Sphinx , and the inscriptions ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
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...
Seite 73 - For dearly must we prize thee ; we who find In thee a bulwark for the cause of men ; And I by my affection was beguiled : What wonder if a Poet now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a lover or a child ! OCTOBER, 1803.
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!
Seite 221 - Strevan about six in the morning yesterday, and resolving to convey them to this, I thought that we might make a little tour to see if we could fall upon a conventicle...
Seite 56 - It is in and through Symbols that man, consciously or unconsciously, lives, works, and has his being : those ages, moreover, are accounted the noblest which can the best recognise symbolical worth, and prize it the highest.
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.