The Military [afterw.] Royal military panorama or Officer's companion, Band 41814 |
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... duty , and by his mild and engaging mauners . On his return from Egypt , Buonaparte , who knew Lauriston's merit , called him to be near his person , and charged him with many important missions . He was sent to Brest in 1800 personally ...
... duty , and by his mild and engaging mauners . On his return from Egypt , Buonaparte , who knew Lauriston's merit , called him to be near his person , and charged him with many important missions . He was sent to Brest in 1800 personally ...
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... duty and feeling at every opportunity when I could do it with honour . More than three years since , while my health was yet unimpaired , I would have joined the army of the Peninsula , but for the secret insinuation which Colonel ...
... duty and feeling at every opportunity when I could do it with honour . More than three years since , while my health was yet unimpaired , I would have joined the army of the Peninsula , but for the secret insinuation which Colonel ...
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... duty to interfere beyond my own temporary command where it would have been hopeless , and where there was every reason to expect that it could not long avoid the interference of the Major - General immediately commanding the brigade ...
... duty to interfere beyond my own temporary command where it would have been hopeless , and where there was every reason to expect that it could not long avoid the interference of the Major - General immediately commanding the brigade ...
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... duty , about a hundred years ago , by con- tumacy , on the parade over the way ( for they never forgot it elsewhere ) , the cause was traced to a single instance of the many I now present to you ; they were overcharged for shirts ! but ...
... duty , about a hundred years ago , by con- tumacy , on the parade over the way ( for they never forgot it elsewhere ) , the cause was traced to a single instance of the many I now present to you ; they were overcharged for shirts ! but ...
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... duty , for he had not been long enough in the service to acquire any thing , and even obtained , however sin- cerely it is not for me to judge , his thanks ! " The encampment in which I was posted broke up on the 5th of October , and on ...
... duty , for he had not been long enough in the service to acquire any thing , and even obtained , however sin- cerely it is not for me to judge , his thanks ! " The encampment in which I was posted broke up on the 5th of October , and on ...
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Seite 136 - Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains ! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow ! Let us do, or die 1 So may God ever defend the cause of Truth and Liberty, as He did that day ! — Amen.
Seite 148 - Venice agreed to give as a ransom, to secure itself against all farther exactions or demands, the sum of three millions of livres in money, the value of three millions more in articles of naval supply, and three ships of the line ; and it received in return the assurances of the friendship and support of the French republic. Immediately after the signature of this treaty, the arsenal, the library, and the Palace of St. Marc, were ransacked and plundered, and heavy additional contributions were imposed...
Seite 150 - Jacobin has abjured; every thing that a sincere and faithful royalist must feel as an insult. If he is opposed at any time in his career, what is his appeal? He appeals to his fortune; in other words, to his army and his sword. Placing, then, his whole reliance upon military support, can he afford to let his military renown pass away, to let his laurels wither, to let the memory of his...
Seite 136 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Seite 150 - That he has an interest in making peace is at best but a doubtful proposition, and that he has an interest in preserving it is still more uncertain. That it is his interest to negotiate, I do not indeed deny. It is his interest, above all, to engage this country in separate negotiation, in order to loosen and dissolve the whole system of the confederacy on the continent, to palsy at once the arms of Russia, or of Austria, or of any other country that might look to you for support; and then either...
Seite 149 - The intercepted correspondence, which has been alluded to in this debate, seems to afford the strongest ground to believe that his offers to the Turkish government to evacuate Egypt were made solely with a view
Seite 272 - Royal licence and permission, that he may accept and wear the insignia of a Knight of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword...
Seite 403 - Abundance, and an easy Communication preserved with the Fleet. In the Night of the 8th, a feeble Attempt was made by the Enemy, to cut off a small Guard I had sent for the Security of the Place, but the Troops of the Advance had, unknown to them, reinforced the Party early .in the Evening, and the Attack was repulsed. The Advance under Colonel Gillespie occupied the City on the 9th. Very early on the Morning of the 10th, I directed...
Seite 149 - He expressly enjoins his successor strongly and steadily to insist, in all his intercourse with the Turks, that he came to Egypt with no hostile design, and that he never meant to keep possession of the country ; while, on the opposite page of the same instructions, he states in the most unequivocal manner his regret at the discomfiture of his favorite project of colonizing Egypt, and of maintaining it as a territorial acquisition.
Seite 292 - Stewart, should attack in front. — Those troops made a most gallant attack upon the enemy's position, which was remarkably strong, but which was carried without very considerable loss. Much of the day had elapsed before the attack could be commenced, and the action lasted till after dark, the enemy having made repeated attempts to regain the position, particularly in two attacks, which were most gallantly received and repulsed by 'the 39th regiment, under the command of the Honourable Colonel O'Callaghan,...