History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Band 2J. Murray, 1879 |
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... Major - Generals W. J. Smythe and C. J. B. Riddell , Colonel Lynedoch Gardiner , Major H. Geary , and Lieutenant J. Ritchie , have contributed valuable information connected with PREFACE INTRODUCTION.
... Major - Generals W. J. Smythe and C. J. B. Riddell , Colonel Lynedoch Gardiner , Major H. Geary , and Lieutenant J. Ritchie , have contributed valuable information connected with PREFACE INTRODUCTION.
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... Major obviously useful to prevent a multiplicity Macleod , " of returns to different Battalions , which must often fall7 Aug. , " short of the information required at home . The enclosed " return , for instance , will show that we have ...
... Major obviously useful to prevent a multiplicity Macleod , " of returns to different Battalions , which must often fall7 Aug. , " short of the information required at home . The enclosed " return , for instance , will show that we have ...
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... Major . It may be added the ideas of a Brigade - Major's position were not exal From 1783 to 1790 , Captain Macleod conducted all business in one small room , shared by his clerks , tw number ; but in 1790 , offices having been provided ...
... Major . It may be added the ideas of a Brigade - Major's position were not exal From 1783 to 1790 , Captain Macleod conducted all business in one small room , shared by his clerks , tw number ; but in 1790 , offices having been provided ...
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... Major , who replied that no such man was to be found on the rolls of the men so employed . The man , still adhering to his statement , was told to go to Woolwich and endeavour to substantiate it . On doing so , he was at once recognized ...
... Major , who replied that no such man was to be found on the rolls of the men so employed . The man , still adhering to his statement , was told to go to Woolwich and endeavour to substantiate it . On doing so , he was at once recognized ...
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... Major was sent to ascertain the cause ; and on arrival he found the Clerk of the Cheque insisting on 1 right to ignore any military control . The Sergeant - Maj argued , but without success ; the intruder said he was Cle of the Cheque ...
... Major was sent to ascertain the cause ; and on arrival he found the Clerk of the Cheque insisting on 1 right to ignore any military control . The Sergeant - Maj argued , but without success ; the intruder said he was Cle of the Cheque ...
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18-pounders 24-pounders 2nd Captain 6-pounders 7th Brigade advance Allies ammunition arms arrived Artillerymen attack Badajoz Battalion Battery battle of Waterloo Board breach Brigade has become British campaign carriages Cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Dickson column command commenced companies conduct Corps dated despatch detachment Division drivers Duke of Wellington duty Edward Sabine embarked enemy enemy's engaged England expedition Field Artillery fire force Frazer French garrison Gibraltar gunners guns head-quarters howitzers Infantry July June killed King's German letter Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lord Wellington Macleod Major Dickson March Master-General ment mentioned Mercer's military mortars Napier non-commissioned officers occasion operations Ordnance Peninsula Peninsular War Portuguese Portuguese Artillery Ramsay ranks reader received Regiment retreat rocket Ross's round shot rounds Royal Artillery Royal Horse Artillery Sept shot siege Sir Edward Sir John soldiers Soult Spanish tion took troop of Horse Vittoria waggons Walcheren whole Woolwich wounded wrote
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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.