 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1833 - 740 σελίδες
...here, as general Foy has been at some pains to misrepresent the character of the British soldiers, I will set down what many years' experience gives...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe; and, notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | 1831 - 652 σελίδες
...character which Colonel Napier describes with not less accuracy than eloquence. ' That the British iufantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and, notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 900 σελίδες
...here, as general Foy has been at some pains to misrepresent the character of the British soldiers,! will set down what many years' experience gives me...other nation, can scarcely be doubted by those who, in 181S, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and, notwithstanding... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 890 σελίδες
...here, as general Foy has been at some pains to misrepresent the character of the British soldiers,! will set down what many years' experience gives me...than the soldier of any other nation, can scarcely be doubled by those who, in 181 Й, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 σελίδες
...Character of the British Soldier. COLONEL NAPIER, in his History of the Peninsular War, thus writes : — " That the British infantry soldier is more robust than...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and, notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 622 σελίδες
...from that book, and which would prove how worthy a cause he stood there to advocate. Napier says — " That the British infantry soldier is more robust than...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, William Francis Patrick Napier - 1851 - 552 σελίδες
...misrepresent the character of the British troops, shall be set down what many years' experience gives the right to say is nearer the truth than his dreams....scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1862 - 574 σελίδες
...here, as General Foy has been at some pains to misrepresent the character of the British soldiers, I will set down what many years' experience gives...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1867 - 552 σελίδες
...misrepresent the character of the British troops, shall be set down what many years' experience gives the right to say is nearer the truth than his dreams....scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe; and notwithstanding his habitual... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 σελίδες
...thousand unconquerable British soldiers, stood triumphant on the fatal hill! 2. The British Infantry. THAT the British infantry soldier is more robust than...scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe ; and notwithstanding his habitual... | |
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That the British infantry soldier is more robust than the soldier of any other nation, can scarcely be doubted by those who, in 1815, observed his powerful frame, distinguished amidst the united armies of Europe; and, notwithstanding his habitual excess... 
