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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... returned to the charge , and forced the sallyport ; the enemy being confounded by the fury of the onset omitted to let down the portcullis . Having gained the streets the pikemen drew up , and a division of musketeers formed on cach ...
... returned to the charge , and forced the sallyport ; the enemy being confounded by the fury of the onset omitted to let down the portcullis . Having gained the streets the pikemen drew up , and a division of musketeers formed on cach ...
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... returned to France , and shared in several campaigns against Holland , from 1672 to 1678. In the latter year the slothful and eminently unpatriotic ministers of Charles II . arrived at the conclusion that England could no longer calmly ...
... returned to France , and shared in several campaigns against Holland , from 1672 to 1678. In the latter year the slothful and eminently unpatriotic ministers of Charles II . arrived at the conclusion that England could no longer calmly ...
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... returned the fire , which gradually extended along the whole moor , and was maintained in the dark for nearly an hour ; the rebels be- haved well , but were no match for James's veteran troops in the precision of their aim . " And now ...
... returned the fire , which gradually extended along the whole moor , and was maintained in the dark for nearly an hour ; the rebels be- haved well , but were no match for James's veteran troops in the precision of their aim . " And now ...
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... returned to its original position , unpursued , and in unbroken array . The loss of the French in this great battle was not inferior to that of the allies , but they reaped all the glory of it , and the news of the victory was received ...
... returned to its original position , unpursued , and in unbroken array . The loss of the French in this great battle was not inferior to that of the allies , but they reaped all the glory of it , and the news of the victory was received ...
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... returned to the attack , and stood firm to the very last , covering the flight of the rest of the army , and checking the pursuit by their resolute attitude . The Royalists revenged themselves for Falkirk's shame at Culloden Moor on ...
... returned to the attack , and stood firm to the very last , covering the flight of the rest of the army , and checking the pursuit by their resolute attitude . The Royalists revenged themselves for Falkirk's shame at Culloden Moor on ...
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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...
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.