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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... position , superior 12 • Various unfounded reports in the first moments of suspense Waterloo , situation of 12 · 4 British force , estimate of 12 • 13 First correct news of the battle at Brussels Terror and suspense relieved Highlanders ...
... position , superior 12 • Various unfounded reports in the first moments of suspense Waterloo , situation of 12 · 4 British force , estimate of 12 • 13 First correct news of the battle at Brussels Terror and suspense relieved Highlanders ...
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... position 142 appointed Commander on the Continent of Europe Prince of Orange takes leave of the troops in consequence , by a ge- neral order 142 142 77 Duke of Wellington assumed the command , 11th April 143 • 78 Letter by Prince ...
... position 142 appointed Commander on the Continent of Europe Prince of Orange takes leave of the troops in consequence , by a ge- neral order 142 142 77 Duke of Wellington assumed the command , 11th April 143 • 78 Letter by Prince ...
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... position 174 Ground gradually declined upon the crest of our position Attacks of the enemy and recep- tion particularly described Fatigue of the artillery very great Rapid advance of the reserve Horse Artillery 173 • Lord Hill's corps ...
... position 174 Ground gradually declined upon the crest of our position Attacks of the enemy and recep- tion particularly described Fatigue of the artillery very great Rapid advance of the reserve Horse Artillery 173 • Lord Hill's corps ...
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... position and disposition of the English , Prus- sian , and French , from Quatre Bras and Ligny . MAP D. The battle ... positions , and tracings of the movements of the troops , in their several combinations or of retreat . This map is ...
... position and disposition of the English , Prus- sian , and French , from Quatre Bras and Ligny . MAP D. The battle ... positions , and tracings of the movements of the troops , in their several combinations or of retreat . This map is ...
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... position between Thomar and Santarem ; and Laborde , who had the reputation of being the best general in that army , with Generals Thomières and Brennier under him , entered Alobaça with a strong detachment , and pushed his advanced ...
... position between Thomar and Santarem ; and Laborde , who had the reputation of being the best general in that army , with Generals Thomières and Brennier under him , entered Alobaça with a strong detachment , and pushed his advanced ...
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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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action Allies arms arrived artillery attack battalion battle of Waterloo bayonet Belgic Belle Alliance Blücher brave brig brigade British army Brunswick Brussels Buonaparte cannon Captain carriage cavalry centre charge Charleroi château Colonel column command commenced corps Cuirassiers defended division Dragoons Duke of Wellington Emperor enemy enemy's engaged England English fell field of battle Field-marshal fire flank force formed fought France French army front gallant Genappe glory ground guns Hanoverian Haye Sainte honour horse Hougomont hour Imperial Guard infantry killed La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte Lancers Ligny Lord Wellington loss Major-general Marshal military Mont St morning Napoleon never night Nivelles o'clock occupied officers Paris passed Planchenoit position prisoners Prussian army Quatre Bras rear received regiment regt repulsed retired retreat road sent shot side Soignies soldiers squares took troops victory village Wavre Wellesley whole wood wounded
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Seite 212 - 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 406 - That an humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Seite li - 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 lxxxviii - 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 liii - 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 364 - 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 380 - 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 xliii - 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 419 - 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 lxxx - 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.