The Military Mentor: Being a Series of Letters Recently Written by a General Officer to His Son on His Entering the Army, Comprising a Course of Elegent Instruction Calculated to Unite the Characters and Accomplishments of the Gentleman and Soldier, Volumen2R. Phillips, 1809 |
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Página 211 - ... if their martial and veteran bands could once break those raw soldiers, who had rashly dared to approach them, they conquered a kingdom at one blow, and were justly entitled to all its possessions as the reward of their prosperous...
Página 211 - ... if he gained not a decisive victory, he was totally undone : he commanded his troops to make a hasty retreat, and to allure the enemy from their ground by the appearance of flight.
Página 211 - Martel, was composed of his bravest battalions, heavy armed, and ranged in close order : his cavalry, at whose head he placed himself, formed the third line ; and were so disposed, that they stretched beyond the infantry, and flanked each wing of the army".
Página 211 - The artifice succeeded against those inexperienced soldiers, who, heated by the action, and sanguine in their hopes, precipitately followed the Normans into the plain. William gave orders, that at once the infantry should face about upon their pursuers, and the cavalry make an assault upon their wings, and both of them pursue the advantage, which the surprise and terror of the enemy must give them in that critical and decisive moment. The English were repulsed with great slaughter, and driven back...
Página 247 - UisrriBG wisdom with courage, contempt of danger with perseverance, dexterity with presence of mind, and activity with the most perfect command of temper ; he conceived his plans with the progressiveness of the rising storm, and executed them with the rapidity of the thunderbolt. Unruffled in the heat of battle ; singularly accurate and concise in giving his orders ; foreseeing every thing, prepared for every thing ; he was invariably able to turn the circumstances of the moment to advantage. His...
Página 201 - ... bloodless prey to their enemy ; that if a general action were delayed, the English, sensible of the imminent danger to which their properties, as well as liberties, were exposed from those rapacious invaders, would hasten from all quarters to his assistance, and would...
Página 19 - And even to the present times, improvements have been continually making on this furious engine, which, though it seemed contrived for the destruction of mankind, and the overthrow of empires, has in the issue rendered battles less bloody, and has given greater stability to civil societies.
Página 211 - English were obliged to retire with loss; and the duke, ordering his second line to advance, renewed the attack with fresh forces, and with redoubled courage. Finding that the enemy, aided by the advantage of ground, and animated by the example of their prince, still made a vigorous resistance, he tried a CfiAP.
Página 211 - HARoLD was deaf to all these remonstrances : Elated with his past prosperity, as well as stimulated by his native courage, he resolved to give battle in person; and for that purpose he drew near to the Normans, who had removed their camp and fleet to Hastings, where they fixed their quarters. He was so confident of success, that he sent a message to the duke, promising him a sum of money if he would depart the kingdom without effusion CHAP.
Página 199 - Pevensey, in Sussex ; and the army quietly disembarked. The duke himself, as he leaped on shore, happened to stumble and fall ; but had the presence of mind, it is said, to turn the omen to his advantage, by calling aloud that he had taken possession of the country. And a soldier running to a neighbouring cottage, plucked some thatch, which, as if giving him seisin of the kingdom, he presented to his general.