History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Band 2J. Murray, 1879 |
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... Captain G. E. W. Malet , R.A. — so visible in the tables at the end of this volume - demand the next place in the Author's acknowledgment ; and the Reader will be able to judge how great has been the value , to this narrative , of the ...
... Captain G. E. W. Malet , R.A. — so visible in the tables at the end of this volume - demand the next place in the Author's acknowledgment ; and the Reader will be able to judge how great has been the value , to this narrative , of the ...
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... Captain Macleod , who was the first to hold this much - needed office , the want was well expressed . " The Officer " officers and men of different Battalions , that generally ing R. A. , compose commands of Artillery abroad , make the ...
... Captain Macleod , who was the first to hold this much - needed office , the want was well expressed . " The Officer " officers and men of different Battalions , that generally ing R. A. , compose commands of Artillery abroad , make the ...
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... Captain Macleod as a man who had done duty with his own company ; and he reported accordingly . The opportunity could not be resisted ; and some official of the Board wrote an offensive demand for explanation of the contradictory ...
... Captain Macleod as a man who had done duty with his own company ; and he reported accordingly . The opportunity could not be resisted ; and some official of the Board wrote an offensive demand for explanation of the contradictory ...
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... Captain , unable to the exact dates and sufficient proofs of the deaths of cer men , who had been killed on distant detachments , was enough to question the justice of such a demand , and to Π out the difficulties which compliance with ...
... Captain , unable to the exact dates and sufficient proofs of the deaths of cer men , who had been killed on distant detachments , was enough to question the justice of such a demand , and to Π out the difficulties which compliance with ...
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... Captains of Companies should be induced to send when in debt into hospital , and to appropriate the bala of their ... Captain now in the Corps of so illiberal a mind " to be thus unworthily attentive to his own inte " in preference to ...
... Captains of Companies should be induced to send when in debt into hospital , and to appropriate the bala of their ... Captain now in the Corps of so illiberal a mind " to be thus unworthily attentive to his own inte " in preference to ...
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Seite 295 - But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights...
Seite 295 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order; their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured...
Seite 320 - When the extent of the night's havoc was made known to lord Wellington, the firmness of his nature gave way for a moment, and the pride of conquest yielded to a passionate burst of grief for the loss of his gallant soldiers.
Seite 296 - ... as slowly and with a horrid carnage it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the height. There, the French...
Seite 283 - No expressions of mine could do justice to the conduct of the troops throughout. Nothing less than the almost unparalleled exertions of every officer, the invincible bravery of every soldier, and the most determined devotion to the honour of his Majesty's arms in all, could have achieved this brilliant success, against such a formidable enemy so posted.