The Battle of Waterloo: With Those of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Described by Eye-witnesses and by the Series of Official Accounts Published by Authority. To which are Added, Memoirs of F.M. the Duke of Wellington, F.M. Prince Blücher, the Emperor Napoleon, Etc. Etc. Illustrated by Maps, Plans and Views of the Field and Thirty-four Etchings from Drawings by George JonesL. Booth, 1852 - 475 Seiten |
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... brave " 10. " MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY charging on the 17th of June , at the entrance into Genappe " 11. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS STAFF at the commencement of the action on the 18th of June 12. DEFENCE OF HOUGOMONT . the wood " 50 50 ...
... brave " 10. " MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY charging on the 17th of June , at the entrance into Genappe " 11. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS STAFF at the commencement of the action on the 18th of June 12. DEFENCE OF HOUGOMONT . the wood " 50 50 ...
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... brave enemies . One charge which they made upon Major - general Ferguson's brigade will long be remembered by those who witnessed it ; it was made by the flower of the enemy's army with the bayonet : they came resolutely to the point of ...
... brave enemies . One charge which they made upon Major - general Ferguson's brigade will long be remembered by those who witnessed it ; it was made by the flower of the enemy's army with the bayonet : they came resolutely to the point of ...
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... brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position : among others , I cannot avoid mentioning Brigade - major Fordyce and Brigade- major Gardner ; and Major - general Hill was himself wounded , but , I am ...
... brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position : among others , I cannot avoid mentioning Brigade - major Fordyce and Brigade- major Gardner ; and Major - general Hill was himself wounded , but , I am ...
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... brave companion in arms , Blücher ; and Paris was saved the humiliation of seeing the destruction of some of her proudest monuments by the magna- nimity of the conqueror . These acts of retaliation savoured , perhaps , a little of the ...
... brave companion in arms , Blücher ; and Paris was saved the humiliation of seeing the destruction of some of her proudest monuments by the magna- nimity of the conqueror . These acts of retaliation savoured , perhaps , a little of the ...
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... brave deeds she might immortalize In her shrill tromp , and sound their praises due ? Who then ought more to favour her , than you , Most Noble Lord , the honour of this age , And precedent of all that arms ensue ? Whose warlike prowess ...
... brave deeds she might immortalize In her shrill tromp , and sound their praises due ? Who then ought more to favour her , than you , Most Noble Lord , the honour of this age , And precedent of all that arms ensue ? Whose warlike prowess ...
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The Battle of Waterloo: With Those of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Described by ... John Booth (comp ) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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aide-de-camp Allied army arms arrived artillery attack Austria battalion battle of Waterloo Belle Alliance Bellerophon Blücher brave brig brigade British Brunswick Brussels Buonaparte cannon Capt Captain carriage cavalry centre charge Charleroi Colonel column command commenced corps Cuirassiers defended division Duke of Wellington Emperor enemy enemy's engaged England English Ensign Europe fell field of battle Field-marshal fire flank force fought France French army front Genappe glory Guards guns Hanoverian Haye Sainte honour horse Hougoumont infantry June killed King La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte Lieut Ligny Lord Wellington loss Major-general Marshal Marshal Grouchy military morning Napoleon never night Nivelles o'clock occupied officers Paris position Prince Blücher prisoners Prussian army Quatre Bras rear received regiment regt repulsed retired retreat road Royal Highness side Soignies soldiers squares took troops victory village Wavre Wellesley whole wood wounded
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Seite 214 - And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Seite 408 - That an humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Seite xlix - The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon Buonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself liable to public vengeance.
Seite lxxxvi - William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her...
Seite li - I cannot express to you the regret and sorrow with which I look round me, and contemplate the loss which I have sustained, particularly in your brother. The glory resulting from such actions, so dearly bought, is no consolation to me, and I cannot suggest it as any to you and his friends ; but I hope that it may be expected that this last one has been so decisive, as that no doubt remains that our exertions and our individual losses will be rewarded by the early attainment of our just object. It...
Seite 366 - Frenchmen ! — In commencing war for maintaining the national independence, I relied on the union of all efforts, of all wills, and the concurrence of all the national authorities. I had reason to hope for success, and I braved all the declarations of the powers against me. " Circumstances appear to me changed.
Seite 382 - However this may be. a complete panic at once spread itself throughout the whole field of battle, and they threw themselves in the greatest disorder on the line of communication : soldiers, cannoneers, caissons, all pressed to this point ; the Old Guard, which was in reserve, was infected, and was itself hurried along. " In an instant, the whole army was nothing but a mass of confusion ; all the soldiers, of all arms, were mixed pell-mell, and it was utterly impossible to rally a single corps.
Seite xli - We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army, to some cause besides those resulting from the operations in which we have been engaged.
Seite 421 - Regiment being permitted to bear on its colours and appointments, in addition to any other badges or devices which may heretofore have been granted to the regiment, the words —
Seite lxxviii - Great England's glory and the world's wide wonder, Whose dreadful name late through all Spain did thunder, And Hercules' two pillars standing near Did make to quake and fear.