History of the Thirty-third Foot, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) RegimentJarrold & Sons, Limited, the Empire Press, 1922 - 471 Seiten |
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... hand , and had entered pell - mell had not the Enemy immediately held out the White Flag , and surrendered at Discre- tion . " Fortescue , in his " History of the Army , " referring to the engagement , adds the significant note : " It ...
... hand , and had entered pell - mell had not the Enemy immediately held out the White Flag , and surrendered at Discre- tion . " Fortescue , in his " History of the Army , " referring to the engagement , adds the significant note : " It ...
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... hand once more , and again proclaimed Philip V. In spite of his army dwindling like this , Galway marched from his positions to meet Berwick , deter- mined to compel him to fight . He knew he could rely on his English troops , and his ...
... hand once more , and again proclaimed Philip V. In spite of his army dwindling like this , Galway marched from his positions to meet Berwick , deter- mined to compel him to fight . He knew he could rely on his English troops , and his ...
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... hand , whether , when the prisoners of war were released they found their way back to England , and were incorporated in the new 33rd , or sought out Galway , and were assigned places in other regiments , altogether ceasing to have ...
... hand , whether , when the prisoners of war were released they found their way back to England , and were incorporated in the new 33rd , or sought out Galway , and were assigned places in other regiments , altogether ceasing to have ...
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... hand , had everything to gain by its dismemberment . Prussia , moreover , now a Great Power in Europe , determined to absorb the Austrian province of Silesia , and while the various governments were disputing over claims and counter ...
... hand , had everything to gain by its dismemberment . Prussia , moreover , now a Great Power in Europe , determined to absorb the Austrian province of Silesia , and while the various governments were disputing over claims and counter ...
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... hand both by land and sea . Thus committed to war , England made extensive preparations for it . A war vote provided for an army of 62,000 men , while John , Earl of Stair , was appointed Commander - in - Chief . The 33rd were in ...
... hand both by land and sea . Thus committed to war , England made extensive preparations for it . A war vote provided for an army of 62,000 men , while John , Earl of Stair , was appointed Commander - in - Chief . The 33rd were in ...
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2nd battalion 33rd Regiment 6th Division advance Antalo Antwerp arrived artillery assault attack Balaclava batteries battle Bergen-op-Zoom Bloemfontein Blücher Boers Brigade British army camp campaign Captain capture cavalry centre Clinton Colonel colours column command Commander-in-Chief companies Cornwallis corps Crimea Cronje defence detachment dispatch Dragoons Duke enemy enemy's engaged England English Ensign field fighting fire flank Foot force Fortescue France French front Galway garrison Gate Grenadiers Guards guns heavy honour horse India join June Kelly-Kenny killed Klip Drift La Haye Sainte Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Light Division Light Infantry Lord Raglan loss Magdala Major Major-General Medal ment miles Modder morning mounted infantry moved movement Napoleon night officers orders position Prince prisoners quarters Quatre Bras rank and file realised rear Redan regi reinforcements retire retreat river road Royal Russians Sebastopol sent sergeants Seringapatam soldiers tion Tippoo took town Waterloo Wellesley Wellington wounded
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 146 - You have already been informed of my arrival on the borders of the Red Sea, with an innumerable and invincible army, full of the desire of relieving you from the iron yoke of England.
Seite 243 - His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court.
Seite 312 - Gortschakoff, who commanded in person. From these it would appear that it was a most determined attempt to force us to raise the siege. Had they succeeded, Balaklava was to have been attacked by one portion of their army, while the heights on which we now are were to have been stormed with the other; at the same time a vigorous sortie was to have been made from the town on the French works, on our extreme left, from the Quarantine, and another on the works on our extreme right on Mount Sapoune.
Seite 166 - Plunder is stopped, the fires are all extinguished, and the inhabitants are returning to their houses fast. I am now employed in burying the dead, which I hope will be completed this day, particularly if you send me all the pioneers.
Seite 148 - Colonel was not alarmed by the alliance and concluded that "if it be possible to adopt a line of conduct which would not lead immediately to war, provided it can be done with honour, which I think indispensable in this Government, it ought to be adopted in preference to that proposed in the conversations. . . . Let the proclamation be sent to Tippoo with a demand that he should explain it and the landing of the troops. Don't give him reason to suppose that we imagine he has concluded an alliance...
Seite 142 - ... in rags, peeping out of the pack, with its mother's milk turned to ice upon its lips, — one and all stark, frozen, dead.
Seite 148 - Let the proclamation be sent to Tippoo with a demand that he should explain it and the landing of the troops. Don't give him reason to suppose that we imagine he has concluded an alliance with the objects stated in the proclamation; and finding he has derived so little benefit from the alliance, there is every probability that he will deny the whole, and be glad of an opportunity of getting out of the scrape. In the meantime we shall believe as much as we please, and shall be prepared against all...
Seite 243 - In a letter from His Grace to Earl Bathurst, .Secretary of State for the War Department, on the 17th. of -September, this passage occurs : — " I have long intended to write to you about the medal for Waterloo. I recommended that we should all have the same medal, hung to the same ribbon as that now used with the medals.
Seite 242 - I would likewise beg leave to suggest to your Royal Highness the expediency of giving to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the Battle of Waterloo a medal. I am convinced it would have the best effect in the army ; and if that battle should settle our concerns, they will well deserve it.
Seite 85 - Brooklyn, from whence these battalions, without regarding the fire of cannon and smallarms upon them, pursued numbers of the rebels that were retiring from the heights so close to their principal redoubt, and with such eagerness to attack it by storm, that it required repeated orders to prevail upon them to desist from the attempt. Had they been permitted to go on, it is my opinion...