History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Band 2J. Murray, 1879 |
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... Field - Officers of the Corps was the testing the value of new inventions . The list of such during this period is long and quaint . The inventors were both professional Artillerymen and amateurs ; although it must be confessed that the ...
... Field - Officers of the Corps was the testing the value of new inventions . The list of such during this period is long and quaint . The inventors were both professional Artillerymen and amateurs ; although it must be confessed that the ...
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... field - day , w took place on the morning of the 9th July , 1788 , befor King . On the arrival of His Majesty , a salute of 21 at intervals of 8 seconds , was fired by a company , w immediately afterwards fell in on the left of the line ...
... field - day , w took place on the morning of the 9th July , 1788 , befor King . On the arrival of His Majesty , a salute of 21 at intervals of 8 seconds , was fired by a company , w immediately afterwards fell in on the left of the line ...
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... field guns , the line opening to allow these guns to come up . As a contrast to modern Field Battery drill , the solemn orders issued to the officer commanding these guns may be quoted : - " Lieu- tenant - Colonel Walker will advance ...
... field guns , the line opening to allow these guns to come up . As a contrast to modern Field Battery drill , the solemn orders issued to the officer commanding these guns may be quoted : - " Lieu- tenant - Colonel Walker will advance ...
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... Field Artillery , Past and Present . ' According to this H. W. L. writer , England was the last among the leading nations in Royal Europe to adopt the use of Horse Artillery . As early as Proceed- 1788 , the subject had strongly ...
... Field Artillery , Past and Present . ' According to this H. W. L. writer , England was the last among the leading nations in Royal Europe to adopt the use of Horse Artillery . As early as Proceed- 1788 , the subject had strongly ...
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... field - pied actions of and when the infantry advanced against the French i Nation in action fought shortly afterwards , " the artillery , in the h " could not keep up with the battalion . " The advantage pp . 312 more mobile artillery ...
... field - pied actions of and when the infantry advanced against the French i Nation in action fought shortly afterwards , " the artillery , in the h " could not keep up with the battalion . " The advantage pp . 312 more mobile artillery ...
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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.