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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... battles and loss 317 Prussian account of the battle of Charleroi 320 Blücher and Wellington's farewell and address to the Mayor and inhabitants of Brussels , & c . Humanity of the inhabitants at Brussels 361 362 • Prussian account of the ...
... battles and loss 317 Prussian account of the battle of Charleroi 320 Blücher and Wellington's farewell and address to the Mayor and inhabitants of Brussels , & c . Humanity of the inhabitants at Brussels 361 362 • Prussian account of the ...
Σελίδα vii
... battles , & c . Ligny Buonaparte's abdication , and decla- ration to the French in favour of his son and to the army ... battle of June 18th Protocol of the conference between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , Russia , Great Britain ...
... battles , & c . Ligny Buonaparte's abdication , and decla- ration to the French in favour of his son and to the army ... battle of June 18th Protocol of the conference between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria , Russia , Great Britain ...
Σελίδα xii
... battle of Assaye was erected at Calcutta : the inhabitants of that city presented him with a sword ; his own officers with a golden vase : * in England the thanks of Parliament were voted him , and he was made a Knight Companion of the ...
... battle of Assaye was erected at Calcutta : the inhabitants of that city presented him with a sword ; his own officers with a golden vase : * in England the thanks of Parliament were voted him , and he was made a Knight Companion of the ...
Σελίδα xxviii
... battle of Coruña had been represented to them as a victory on their part , and that of Vimeiro appeared like one by the con- vention which followed it . They were now beaten to their own conviction . The loss on both sides was immense ...
... battle of Coruña had been represented to them as a victory on their part , and that of Vimeiro appeared like one by the con- vention which followed it . They were now beaten to their own conviction . The loss on both sides was immense ...
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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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aide-de-camp Allied army arms arrived artillery attack Austria battalion battle of Waterloo Belle Alliance Bellerophon Blücher brave brig brigade British Brunswick Brussels Buonaparte cannon Capt Captain carriage cavalry centre charge Charleroi Colonel column command commenced corps Cuirassiers defended division Duke of Wellington Emperor enemy enemy's engaged England English Ensign Europe fell field of battle Field-marshal fire flank force fought France French army front Genappe glory Guards guns Hanoverian Haye Sainte honour horse Hougoumont infantry June killed King La Belle Alliance La Haye Sainte Lieut Ligny Lord Wellington loss Major-general Marshal Marshal Grouchy military morning Napoleon never night Nivelles o'clock occupied officers Paris position Prince Blücher prisoners Prussian army Quatre Bras rear received regiment regt repulsed retired retreat road Royal Highness side Soignies soldiers squares took troops victory village Wavre Wellesley whole wood wounded
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Σελίδα 214 - 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 408 - That an humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions...
Σελίδα xlix - 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 lxxxvi - 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 li - 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 366 - 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 382 - 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 xli - 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 421 - 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 lxxviii - 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.