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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... occupied by the French Ditto by the English 11 · 11 • 12 12 12 4 Farm of La Haye Sainte 12 Duke of Wellington and Sir Thomas Extent of the field of battle 12 Picton leave Brussels 4 French position , superior 12 • Various unfounded ...
... occupied by the French Ditto by the English 11 · 11 • 12 12 12 4 Farm of La Haye Sainte 12 Duke of Wellington and Sir Thomas Extent of the field of battle 12 Picton leave Brussels 4 French position , superior 12 • Various unfounded ...
Σελίδα iii
... occupied the re- maining frontier defended their out - posts with great bravery , and stopped the enemy's further progress on the 15th Dutch troops in advance on the 15th . • 145 145 146 • 146 British 5th Division and Duke of Brunswick ...
... occupied the re- maining frontier defended their out - posts with great bravery , and stopped the enemy's further progress on the 15th Dutch troops in advance on the 15th . • 145 145 146 • 146 British 5th Division and Duke of Brunswick ...
Σελίδα xi
... occupied alternately by friend and foe " . 178 · 16. WATERLOO , 2 P.M. " Left of the British line . Charge of the Royals , Greys , and Inniskillings , conducted by the Marquis of Anglesey and Sir W. Ponsonby . The body of Gen. Picton ...
... occupied alternately by friend and foe " . 178 · 16. WATERLOO , 2 P.M. " Left of the British line . Charge of the Royals , Greys , and Inniskillings , conducted by the Marquis of Anglesey and Sir W. Ponsonby . The body of Gen. Picton ...
Σελίδα xii
... occupied his mind ; they were preparing in their several castes the duties of thanksgiving and of sacrifices to the preserving God who had brought him back in safety ; and they implored the God of all castes and of all nations to hear ...
... occupied his mind ; they were preparing in their several castes the duties of thanksgiving and of sacrifices to the preserving God who had brought him back in safety ; and they implored the God of all castes and of all nations to hear ...
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... occupied their fortresses , and was in actual possession of both countries . There existed but one nation to which they could look for help . Portugal was bound to England by ties of intimate and most friendly intercourse , almost ...
... occupied their fortresses , and was in actual possession of both countries . There existed but one nation to which they could look for help . Portugal was bound to England by ties of intimate and most friendly intercourse , almost ...
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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.