Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of WellingtonH.G. Bohn, 1852 - 497 pàgines |
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Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of Wellington William Hamilton Maxwell Visualització completa - 1867 |
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Life, Military and Civil, of the Duke of Wellington William Hamilton Maxwell Visualització completa - 1852 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 340 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Pàgina 440 - NOW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Pàgina 454 - Believe me, nothing except a battle lost, can be half so melancholy as a battle won...
Pàgina 98 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Pàgina 73 - The enemy afterwards made an attempt to recover a part of his artillery by attacking the 71st and 82d regiments, which were halted in a valley in which it had been taken. These regiments retired from the low grounds in the valley to the heights, where they halted, faced about, fired, and advanced upon the enemy, who had by that time arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him to retire with great loss.
Pàgina 25 - Cavery under an extremely heavy fire passed the glacis and ditch, and ascended the breaches in the fausse-braye and rampart of the fort, surmounting in the most gallant manner every obstacle which the difficulty of the passage and the resistance of the enemy presented to oppose their progress. Major-General Baird had divided his force for the purpose of clearing the ramparts to the right and left. One division was commanded by Colonel Sherbrooke, the other by Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlop ; the latter...
Pàgina 71 - Hill was moved to the centre of the mountain, on which the great body of the infantry had been posted, as a support to these troops, and as a reserve to the whole army ; in addition to this support, these troops had that of the cavalry in the rear of their right. " The enemy's attack began in several columns upon the whole of the troops on this height ; on the left, they advanced, notwithstanding the fire of the riflemen, close to the 50th regiment, and they were checked and driven back only by the...
Pàgina 469 - ... shame. Doubtless, all this may be done in an ordinary manner by an ordinary man ; as we see every day of our lives ordinary men making successful Ministers of State, successful speakers, successful authors. But to do all this with genius is sublime.
Pàgina 377 - You will have heard of our battle of the 18th. Never did I see such a pounding match ; both were what the boxers " call ' gluttons.' Napoleon did not manoeuvre at all ; he just moved forward in the old style in columns, and was driven " off in the old style. The only difference was, that he mixed cavalry with his infantry, and supported both with an enormous
Pàgina 36 - The honest killadar did all he could to detain me at Chinnoor, but I was not to be prevailed upon to stop, and even went so far as to threaten to hang a great man sent to show me the road, who manifested an inclination to show me a good road to a different place.