The Great Battles of the British ArmyRoutledge, 1853 - 503 Seiten Bogen beskriver følgende slag, kampe, etc, hvor den Britiske Hær har udmærket sig: Crecy, 1346; Pointiers, 1355; Agincourt, 1415; Battle of the Spurs, 1513; Schellenberg, 1704; Blenheim, 1704; Ramilies, 1706; Oudenarde, 1708; Wynendale, 1708; Malplaquet, 1709; Almanza, 1707; Dettingen, 1743; Fontenoy, 1745; Clive and India, 1746-1752; Plassey, 1759; The Heights of Abraham and the Capture of Quebec, 1759; Alexandria, 1801; Maida, 1806; Assae, 1803; Delhi, 1803; Laswaree, 1803; Argaum, 1803; Peninsular War, 1808-1813; Vimeiro, 1808; Coruna, 1809; Talavera, 1809; Busaco, 1810; Fuentes de Onoro, 1811; Albuera, 1811; Salamanca, 1812; Vittoria, 1813; Battle of the Pyrenees, 1813; Orthez, 1814; Wellington and Sir John Moore's Campaigns in Spain; Toulouse, 1814; Quatre Bras, 1815; Waterloo, 1815; Nepaulese War, Battle of Mukwanpoor, 1816; Nagpoor, 1818; Corregaum, 1818; Burmese War, Rangoon, 1824; Battles of the Golden Dagon Pagoda, 1824; War in the Scinde, Meeanee, 1845; The Sikh War, Moodkee, 1845; Battle of Ferozshuhr, 1845; Aliwal and Sobraun, 1845. |
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... Massena , who now came to subdue the country , down the precipices of the Syla mountain , or have destroyed him and his army at the edge of the province , in the passes of Campotanese . With 30,000 men he might have swept Naples and the ...
... Massena , who now came to subdue the country , down the precipices of the Syla mountain , or have destroyed him and his army at the edge of the province , in the passes of Campotanese . With 30,000 men he might have swept Naples and the ...
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... Massena , who had much practice in mountain warfare , and who had obtained the name of the darling child of victory , was sent to take the * On the 4th of September , 1809 , almost as soon as the news of his last remarkable battles ...
... Massena , who had much practice in mountain warfare , and who had obtained the name of the darling child of victory , was sent to take the * On the 4th of September , 1809 , almost as soon as the news of his last remarkable battles ...
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... Massena was brim - full of confidence , for his army was mostly composed of old soldiers , flushed with recent success , and in a high state of training . Early in June the French marshal commenced operations in earnest , by investing ...
... Massena was brim - full of confidence , for his army was mostly composed of old soldiers , flushed with recent success , and in a high state of training . Early in June the French marshal commenced operations in earnest , by investing ...
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... Massena let nearly three weeks elapse after the reduction of Almeida before he seriously moved forward . This strange delay nearly brought on the rainy season , which the English general wanted , as the swelling rivers and streams , and ...
... Massena let nearly three weeks elapse after the reduction of Almeida before he seriously moved forward . This strange delay nearly brought on the rainy season , which the English general wanted , as the swelling rivers and streams , and ...
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... Massena seems to have committed another mistake . " There are certainly , " said Wellington , " many bad roads in Portugal , but the enemy has taken decidedly the worst in the whole kingdom . " His lordship , who had retired by the left ...
... Massena seems to have committed another mistake . " There are certainly , " said Wellington , " many bad roads in Portugal , but the enemy has taken decidedly the worst in the whole kingdom . " His lordship , who had retired by the left ...
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allied army arms artillery attack Azincourt bank battalions batteries battle battle of Maida bayonet Blücher body Bonaparte brave brigade British Burmese camp campaign cannon Captain cavalry centre charge Chinsura Ciudad Rodrigo Clive Colonel columns command corps crossed defended Despatches detached division Duke Duke of Wellington Dutch enemy enemy's English fell Ferozpoor field fighting fire flank foot force fought France French army front frontier gallant garrison ground guard guns heights Henry hill honour horse infantry intrenchments joined killed and wounded king land Lord Wellington loss Marlborough Marshal Marshal Soult Massena miles military Moodkee morning moved movement native nearly night officers passed plain Portugal Portuguese position Prince prisoners Rangoon rear regiment reinforcements retreat river road sent sepoys shot side siege Sikhs Sir Arthur Sir John soldiers soon Soult Spaniards Spanish squadrons stockades took Toulouse town troops Umballa victory village Wellesley whole wood