Our heroes of the Crimea: biogr. sketches of our military officersGeo Routledge & Company, 1855 - 192 oldal |
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... death ensued in the year 1803 , while the subject of this sketch was a mere boy . His lordship was born in the year 1788 , and having been edu- cated for the military service , at the age of sixteen he was gazetted a Cornet in the 4th ...
... death ensued in the year 1803 , while the subject of this sketch was a mere boy . His lordship was born in the year 1788 , and having been edu- cated for the military service , at the age of sixteen he was gazetted a Cornet in the 4th ...
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... death of the Duke of Wellington and not before , the services of Lord Fitzroy Somerset were substantially recognised . In 1852 he was raised to the Peerage by the title of Baron Raglan , county of Monmouth , made a Privy Councillor ...
... death of the Duke of Wellington and not before , the services of Lord Fitzroy Somerset were substantially recognised . In 1852 he was raised to the Peerage by the title of Baron Raglan , county of Monmouth , made a Privy Councillor ...
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... death by his own soldiers , under the erroneous suspi- cion that he had been intentionally disloyal . On my part every exertion was made to fulfil my share of the operations , in pursuance of which , on several successive days , we had ...
... death by his own soldiers , under the erroneous suspi- cion that he had been intentionally disloyal . On my part every exertion was made to fulfil my share of the operations , in pursuance of which , on several successive days , we had ...
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... death of your first aide - de - camp , Captain Allix , who appeared to me to be a most promising officer , and fully to deserve your con- fidence and good opinion . " Believe me , my dear General , very faithfully yours , " Lieutenant ...
... death of your first aide - de - camp , Captain Allix , who appeared to me to be a most promising officer , and fully to deserve your con- fidence and good opinion . " Believe me , my dear General , very faithfully yours , " Lieutenant ...
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... death - knell of " generalship by hereditary right ! " Next to the thanks of Parliament , nothing could be more grati- fying to Sir De Lacy Evans than the approbation of the soldiers who had fought under him in Spain . Their ...
... death - knell of " generalship by hereditary right ! " Next to the thanks of Parliament , nothing could be more grati- fying to Sir De Lacy Evans than the approbation of the soldiers who had fought under him in Spain . Their ...
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Our Heroes of the Crimea: Biogr. Sketches of Our Military Officers George Ryan Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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11th Hussars action advance affair aide-de-camp allied Alma appointed arms army attack Balaklava battalion battery battle of Balaklava battle of Inkermann bayonet brave bravery Brigadier-General British ambassador camp campaign Captain charge cheering Colonel command corps Crimea death despatch distinguished Duke of Cambridge duty Earl of Cardigan Emperor enemy enemy's engaged England ensign fell field fight fire Fitzroy Somerset flank force fought French front Fusiliers gallant gallantry gazetted glorious Guards guns heroic hill honour hope horse Hussars infantry killed Lacy Evans Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Sir light division Lord Raglan lordship loss Majesty's Major Major-General March ment military morning Napoleon noble occasion officer Pennefather position present received redoubts regiment retreat returned Rooper Royal Artillery Royal Highness Sandilli Scarlett Sebastopol second division sent shot Silistria Sir Colin Sir De Lacy Sir George Brown Sir George Cathcart soldier sovereigns Strangways Torrens troops Varna victory Wellington wounded young
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8. oldal - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making him a happy man ; unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.
7. oldal - I up the even steep slope of the hill. On the right, and a little retired, was a powerful covered battery, armed with heavy guns, which flanked the whole of the right of the position. " Artillery, at the same time, was posted at the points that best commanded the passage of the river and its approaches generally. " On the slopes of these hills (forming a sort of table-land) were placed dense masses of the enemy's infantry, while on the heights above was his great reserve, the whole amounting, it...
3. oldal - Including their Church and State, the Reorganization of the Inquisition, the Rise, Progress, and Consolidation of the Jesuits, and the means taken to effect the Counter-reformation in Germany, to revive Romanism in France, and to suppress Protestant Principles in the South of Europe. Translated from the last edition of the German by WALTER K. KELLY, of Trinity College, Dublin. " This translation of Ranke we consider to be very superior to any other in the English language.
7. oldal - ... at a salient pinnacle, where their right rested, and whence the descent to the plain was more gradual. The front was about two miles in extent. " Across the mouth of this great opening is a lower ridge, at different heights, varying from 60 to 150 feet, parallel to the river, and at distances from it of from 600 to 800 yards.
2. oldal - Prescott's works in point of style rank with the ablest English historians, and paragraphs may be found in which the grace and elegance of Addison are combined with Robertson's cadence and Gibbon's brilliancy.
8. oldal - ... a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books. You place him in contact with the best society in every period of history — with the wisest, the wittiest, with the tenderest, the bravest, and the purest characters that have adorned humanity. You make him a denizen of all nations — a contemporary of all ages. The world has been created for him.
157. oldal - The morning was extremely dark, with a drizzling rain, rendering it almost impossible to discover anything beyond the flash and smoke of artillery and heavy musketry fire. It, however, soon became evident that the enemy, under cover of a vast cloud of skirmishers, supported by dense columns of infantry, had advanced numerous batteries of large calibre to the high ground to the left and front of the 2nd Division, while powerful columns of infantry attacked with great vigour the brigade of Guards.
85. oldal - As the enemy withdrew from the ground which they had momentarily occupied, I directed the Cavalry, supported by the Fourth Division under Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart, to move forward and take advantage of any opportunity to regain the heights...
8. oldal - On approaching to near the fire of the guns, which soon became extremely formidable, the two leading divisions deployed into line and advanced to attack the front, and the supporting divisions followed the movement. Hardly had this taken place when the village of...
10. oldal - I do not go beyond the truth in declaring that they merit the highest commendation. " In the ardour of attack they forgot all they had endured, and displayed that high courage, that gallant spirit, for which the British soldier is ever distinguished ; and under the heaviest fire they maintained the same determination to conquer as they had exhibited before they went into action.