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 σελίδες |
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... battalions before they were perceived , which rendered their attacks still more dangerous to the English . The movements at three periods , viz . the beginning , the middle , and the advance , will be found in the map , E. F. G. ...
... battalions before they were perceived , which rendered their attacks still more dangerous to the English . The movements at three periods , viz . the beginning , the middle , and the advance , will be found in the map , E. F. G. ...
Σελίδα xii
... battalion , and arrived here this day at about two , and the town is safe . " " We have marched sixty miles since yester- day morning , " - a proof that he had his troops in the highest state of efficiency . On the 11th of August the ...
... battalion , and arrived here this day at about two , and the town is safe . " " We have marched sixty miles since yester- day morning , " - a proof that he had his troops in the highest state of efficiency . On the 11th of August the ...
Σελίδα xxiv
... battalion of the 87th Regiment and the 2d battalion of the 31st Regiment , in the wood . " Upon this occasion the steadiness and discipline of the 45th Regiment and the 5th battalion of the 60th Regiment were con- spicuous , and I had ...
... battalion of the 87th Regiment and the 2d battalion of the 31st Regiment , in the wood . " Upon this occasion the steadiness and discipline of the 45th Regiment and the 5th battalion of the 60th Regiment were con- spicuous , and I had ...
Σελίδα xxv
... battalion of the 48th Regiment , in these different affairs , as well as that of Major - general Tilson and Brigadier - general R. Stewart . We lost many brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position ...
... battalion of the 48th Regiment , in these different affairs , as well as that of Major - general Tilson and Brigadier - general R. Stewart . We lost many brave officers and soldiers in the defence of this important point in our position ...
Σελίδα xxvi
... battalions of Spanish infantry , and Brigadier - general Campbell took the enemy's The Brigadier - general mentions particularly the conduct of the 97th , the 2d battalion of the 7th , and of the 2d battalion of the 53d Regiments , and ...
... battalions of Spanish infantry , and Brigadier - general Campbell took the enemy's The Brigadier - general mentions particularly the conduct of the 97th , the 2d battalion of the 7th , and of the 2d battalion of the 53d Regiments , and ...
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The Battle of Waterloo: With Those of Ligny and Quatre Bras, Described by ... John Booth (comp ) Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 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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Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 406 - That an humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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 —
Σελίδα 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.