Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of WellingtonH.G. Bohn, 1852 - 497 páginas |
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... field . For the last three years the political horizon of Europe had been seriously overcast ; affairs daily became more gloomy , " coming events threw their shadows before , ” — and the frightful spread of democratical principles , the ...
... field . For the last three years the political horizon of Europe had been seriously overcast ; affairs daily became more gloomy , " coming events threw their shadows before , ” — and the frightful spread of democratical principles , the ...
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... field , was collected with unprece- dented expedition , and on the 5th of March , General Ĥarris having sent Tippoo his ultimatum , commenced hostilities . The hill forts were surrendered without resistance ; and when the army of the ...
... field , was collected with unprece- dented expedition , and on the 5th of March , General Ĥarris having sent Tippoo his ultimatum , commenced hostilities . The hill forts were surrendered without resistance ; and when the army of the ...
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... field to his conquerors , and thus ended the battle of Malavelly . The Sultaun left 2000 of his troops upon the field : the loss of the British was very trifling : some 20 killed , and 80 wounded . CHAPTER II . Siege of Seringapatam ...
... field to his conquerors , and thus ended the battle of Malavelly . The Sultaun left 2000 of his troops upon the field : the loss of the British was very trifling : some 20 killed , and 80 wounded . CHAPTER II . Siege of Seringapatam ...
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... field , and defended by a parapet . Bastions form the angular portions of a fortification ; and curtains are the connecting walls , which unite them with each other . At one o'clock the troops moved from the trenches- crossed 24 LIFE OF ...
... field , and defended by a parapet . Bastions form the angular portions of a fortification ; and curtains are the connecting walls , which unite them with each other . At one o'clock the troops moved from the trenches- crossed 24 LIFE OF ...
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... field , and Colonel Wellesley was appointed to command it . Accordingly , he crossed the Toombuddra with his troops on the 24th June , followed by another body under Colonel Bowser , with whom he had been ordered to co - operate ...
... field , and Colonel Wellesley was appointed to command it . Accordingly , he crossed the Toombuddra with his troops on the 24th June , followed by another body under Colonel Bowser , with whom he had been ordered to co - operate ...
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The Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of Wellington William Hamilton Maxwell Vista completa - 1884 |
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Página 496 - Believe me, nothing except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won...
Página 480 - Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Página 96 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 107 - If General Murray had then fallen boldly in upon the disordered crowds, their discomfiture would have been complete ; but he suffered column after column to pass him, without even a cannon shot, and seemed fearful lest they should turn and push him into the river.
Página 71 - The enemy afterwards made an attempt to recover a part of his artillery by attacking the 71st and 82d regiments, which were halted in a valley in which it had been taken. These regiments retired from the low grounds in the valley to the heights, where they halted, faced about, fired, and advanced upon the enemy, who had by that time arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him to retire with great loss.
Página 142 - ... across the great valley of Aruda, a double line of abattis was drawn ; not composed, as is usual, of the limbs of trees, but of full-grown oaks and chestnuts, dug up with all their roots and branches, dragged, by main force, for several hundred yards, and then reset and crossed, so that no human strength could break through. Breast-works, at convenient distances, to defend this line of trees, were...
Página 69 - Hill was moved to the centre of the mountain, on which the great body of the infantry had been posted, as a support to these troops, and as a reserve to the whole army ; in addition to this support, these troops had that of the cavalry in the rear of their right. " The enemy's attack began in several columns upon the whole of the troops on this height ; on the left, they advanced, notwithstanding the fire of the riflemen, close to the 50th regiment, and they were checked and driven back only by the...
Página 36 - The honest killadar did all he could to detain me at Chinnoor, but I was not to be prevailed upon to stop, and even went so far as to threaten to hang a great man sent to show me the road, who manifested an inclination to show me a good road to a different place.
Página 70 - On the right of the position they were repulsed by the bayonets of the 97th regiment, which corps was successfully supported by the 2d battalion 52d regiment, which, by an advance in column, took the enemy in flank.