Memoir of the Life and Military Services of Viscount Lake: Baron Lake of Delhi and Laswaree, 1744-1808W. Blackwood and sons, 1908 - 431 σελίδες |
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1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 76th Regiment 8th Light Dragoons action advance Agra Aligarh Amir Khan arrived Arthur Wellesley artillery assault attack baggage bastion Battalion 12th battery battle battle of Delhi battle of Laswari Bengal European Bhartpur brave breach British cavalry camp campaign Captain capture Castlebar casualties column command Commander-in-Chief corps defeat defence Delhi despatch detachment Duke encamped enemy England fighting fire force fortress French gallant garrison gate George George Lake Gerard Governor-General guns heavy Holkar honour horse Humbert India Irish Jumna killed Lake's army Laswari Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lord Cornwallis Lord Granby Lord Lake Lord Wellesley loss Major Major-General Malpur Maratha army married ment miles militia Monson morning Muttra Native Infantry October officers operations ordered Perron position Prince Ferdinand Raja Rampura rebellion rebels retired retreat river sepoys Sindhia Skinner soldier strength surrender town troops victory village Vinegar Hill Wexford wounded
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Σελίδα 420 - To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, ^ And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Σελίδα 397 - Court in consequence of my recent successes will vary my present estimation of the faith and honour of my very worthy and approved good masters, or protract my continuance in India for one hour beyond the limits prescribed by the public interests, so no additional outrage, injury, or insult which can issue from the most loathsome den of the India House will accelerate my departure when the public safety shall appear to require my aid in this most arduous situation.
Σελίδα 250 - These fellows fought like devils, or rather heroes, and had we not made a disposition for attack in a style that we should have done against the most formidable army we could have been opposed to, I verily believe, from the position they had taken, we might have failed.
Σελίδα 161 - The parks and columns of artillery moved on in the inside of the square, always keeping the high-road, and next to the infantry, which moved at a short distance from it. The remainder of the space within the square was occupied by the baggage, cattle, and followers of the camp. Notwithstanding the immense magnitude of this moving mass, and the multifarious elements of which it consisted, nothing could exceed the regularity observed by the troops in maintaining their respective distances and adhering...
Σελίδα 110 - I consider the rebels as now in your power; and I feel assured that your treatment of them will be such as shall make them sensible of their crimes, as well as of the authority of Government. It would be unwise, and contrary, I know, to your own feelings, to drive the wretched people, who are mere instruments in the hands of the more wicked, to despair. The leaders are just objects of punishment...
Σελίδα 160 - On the one side moved the line of infantry, on the opposite that of the cavalry, parallel to, and preserving its encamping distance as near as possible from the infantry, and keeping the head of the column in a line with the former. The front face was protected by the...
Σελίδα 317 - Chandore, in your quarter, we should immediately adopt effectual measures to fill it with provisions and stores in case of need. Fifthly, when we cross a river likely to be full in the rains, we ought to have a post and boats upon it, — as I have upon all the rivers south of Poonah, and as you have, I hope, upon the Beemah and the Godavery.
Σελίδα 10 - Lake to poor Adam, whose love to his wife, the old sin of our father, had beguiled him. I am sure he paid for all. which, as he told me, cost him...
Σελίδα 180 - I think that General Lake's capture of Allyghur is one of the most extraordinary feats that I have heard of in this country. I never attacked a fort that I did not attempt the same thing, viz., to blow open the gates, but I have never succeeded. I have always taken them by escalade, which appears to have been impossible in this instance.
Σελίδα 316 - Rajah of Kota, who supplied them with his boats. ' The result of these facts is an opinion, in my mind, that the detachment must have been lost, even if Holkar had not attacked them with his infantry and artillery.