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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... in the Service , one regiment alone had been reduced by death and desertion to about one half their number . Added to that was the experience as to arrears of pay . It touched every rank , 8 HISTORY OF THE 33RD FOOT CH . I.
... in the Service , one regiment alone had been reduced by death and desertion to about one half their number . Added to that was the experience as to arrears of pay . It touched every rank , 8 HISTORY OF THE 33RD FOOT CH . I.
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Albert Lee. to arrears of pay . It touched every rank , and Fortescue points out how the distress in the army became acute , and that the constant cry was " arrears , arrears , arrears , " while some of the officers knew what it was to ...
Albert Lee. to arrears of pay . It touched every rank , and Fortescue points out how the distress in the army became acute , and that the constant cry was " arrears , arrears , arrears , " while some of the officers knew what it was to ...
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... rank of Field Marshal . So far as fighting went , the 33rd had little to do after the storming of Valencia d'Alcantara . Peter- borough , in Catalonia , concentrated his attention on Barcelona . The garrison after some hard fighting ...
... rank of Field Marshal . So far as fighting went , the 33rd had little to do after the storming of Valencia d'Alcantara . Peter- borough , in Catalonia , concentrated his attention on Barcelona . The garrison after some hard fighting ...
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... rank as a lieutenant - general . It is said of him that he took part in eighteen campaigns under the greatest com- manders in Europe . At the time of his appointment , July 9th , 1730 , he had undergone hard service in Spain . 1739 ...
... rank as a lieutenant - general . It is said of him that he took part in eighteen campaigns under the greatest com- manders in Europe . At the time of his appointment , July 9th , 1730 , he had undergone hard service in Spain . 1739 ...
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... ranks against eight ranks of the French ; but they went straight at them , burst into the heart of them , and cut their way through with heavy loss . " 66 In spite of this gallant charge the French cavalry were able to continue their ...
... ranks against eight ranks of the French ; but they went straight at them , burst into the heart of them , and cut their way through with heavy loss . " 66 In spite of this gallant charge the French cavalry were able to continue their ...
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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...