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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... brave English bowmen ( prisoners of war ) had been hanged there like dogs . As the king passed one of the divisions , he heard a brave officer , Walter Hungerford , expressing a wish that some of the gallant knights and stout archers ...
... brave English bowmen ( prisoners of war ) had been hanged there like dogs . As the king passed one of the divisions , he heard a brave officer , Walter Hungerford , expressing a wish that some of the gallant knights and stout archers ...
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... brave all rushed to the van , crowding the division that was over - crowded before in that narrow space . Mean- while , the English , removing their stakes , came on with still more tremendous huzzas ; the French made a slight retro ...
... brave all rushed to the van , crowding the division that was over - crowded before in that narrow space . Mean- while , the English , removing their stakes , came on with still more tremendous huzzas ; the French made a slight retro ...
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... brave men instantly closed round him , and killed every one of the eighteen knights . The Duke of Alençon then charged up , and cut his way to the royal standard of England . With a stroke of his battle - axe he beat the Duke of York to ...
... brave men instantly closed round him , and killed every one of the eighteen knights . The Duke of Alençon then charged up , and cut his way to the royal standard of England . With a stroke of his battle - axe he beat the Duke of York to ...
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... bravery , and probably su- perior in military skill , to the heroes who had followed Henry V. , or fought under Talbot . This invasion of France , however badly managed , obliged Francis I. to keep on foot an army of 200,000 men , and ...
... bravery , and probably su- perior in military skill , to the heroes who had followed Henry V. , or fought under Talbot . This invasion of France , however badly managed , obliged Francis I. to keep on foot an army of 200,000 men , and ...
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... brave land officers , went with the armament . But the troops had received hardly any previous training ; the expedition was badly planned , miserably supplied with money and ammuni- tion , and but lamely conducted after the ...
... brave land officers , went with the armament . But the troops had received hardly any previous training ; the expedition was badly planned , miserably supplied with money and ammuni- tion , and but lamely conducted after the ...
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