The Great Battles of the British Army |
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... Colonel Blood , who had just arrived with the artillery , to plant counter - batteries on the most advantageous spots , particularly on the high ground below Unterglauh . He himself visited each battery as it opened , to mark the effect ...
... Colonel Blood , who had just arrived with the artillery , to plant counter - batteries on the most advantageous spots , particularly on the high ground below Unterglauh . He himself visited each battery as it opened , to mark the effect ...
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... colonel and major were killed in attempting to remove the body , and the line , discouraged and broken , fell back on the Hessians , who were advancing . At this moment three squadrons of gens- d'armes charged the right flank of the ...
... colonel and major were killed in attempting to remove the body , and the line , discouraged and broken , fell back on the Hessians , who were advancing . At this moment three squadrons of gens- d'armes charged the right flank of the ...
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... Colonel Wertmuller , who commanded the detach- ment against Tavieres , dislodged the hostile parties of infantry lining the hedges near Franquinay ; and , as he advanced along the valley of the Mehaigne , the horse of the left wing ...
... Colonel Wertmuller , who commanded the detach- ment against Tavieres , dislodged the hostile parties of infantry lining the hedges near Franquinay ; and , as he advanced along the valley of the Mehaigne , the horse of the left wing ...
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... Colonel Bingfield , his equerry , who held the stirrup . He , however , succeeded in escaping , and regained his own lines in safety , though severely bruised . His danger redoubled the energy of his troops , and in full gallop they ...
... Colonel Bingfield , his equerry , who held the stirrup . He , however , succeeded in escaping , and regained his own lines in safety , though severely bruised . His danger redoubled the energy of his troops , and in full gallop they ...
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... colonel of the regiment of La Breteche was made prisoner . The Electoral Prince of Hanover , after- wards George the Second , with General Schulemburg , Count Lusky , and several volunteers of distinction , animated the troops by ...
... colonel of the regiment of La Breteche was made prisoner . The Electoral Prince of Hanover , after- wards George the Second , with General Schulemburg , Count Lusky , and several volunteers of distinction , animated the troops by ...
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Seite 367 - ... He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Seite 43 - Small time, but in that small most greatly lived This star of England. Fortune made his sword By which the world's best garden he achieved, And of it left his son imperial lord.
Seite 313 - Such a gallant line, issuing from the midst of the smoke, and rapidly separating itself from the confused and broken multitude, startled the enemy's heavy masses, which were increasing and pressing onwards as to an assured victory ; they wavered, hesitated, and then vomiting forth a storm of fire, hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front, while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled through the British ranks. Myers was killed ; Cole...
Seite 277 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice!
Seite 278 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, - And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Seite 397 - Macdonald, and afterwards of Colonel Home ; and I am happy to add, that it was maintained throughout the day with the utmost gallantry by these brave troops, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of large bodies of the enemy to obtain possession of it. This attack upon the right of our centre was...
Seite 276 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 187 - I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility. They are all of opinion, that (as more ships and provisions have now got above the town) they should try, by conveying up a corps of four or five thousand men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in a proper state of defence), to draw the enemy...
Seite 9 - This is what one gets by employing such scoundrels, who fall off when there is any need for them." During this time a heavy rain fell, accompanied by thunder and a very terrible eclipse of the sun; and before this rain a great flight of crows hovered in the air over all those battalions, making a loud noise.
Seite 344 - ... without firing a shot, assisted by two guns of major Lawson's brigade of artillery. The enemy suffered severely and lost three pieces of cannon. The...