Grandmamma's [P. Schalch's] recollections and letters1855 |
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affectionate Grandmamma affectionate Grandmother afterwards agreeable amusing Andrew Schalch aunt ball best love bless Brabazon brother Captain Walsh Catherine charming Chastonier child Clontarf cottage cousin dance dear little dear Mary dear niece dear sister Vernon dearest Mary death died dress Duchess of Devonshire Duke Edward Vernon elegant England F. J. HARTWELL father Fortescue Governor Wall Graham handsome happy Harcourt hope hundred pounds Stock husband John Borlase Warren John Vernon kind Kitty lace letter Lieutenant lively Lord Lord Townsend Mamma marriage Mary Walsh MARY YATES Miss Phillis moiety mother Napier Napier family nephew Patty Peggy Philip PHILLIS SCHALCH pleasure Plymouth Pray received Redmill resided returned Royal Artillery Royal Marine Schaffhausen sincerely Sir Thomas Picton sons spirits Stonehouse thousand pounds Tintenhull Trull trust Twickenham uncle Uncle Vernon wife Wild Oak William Stelling wish Woolwich writing Wykham youngest
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108. oldal - ... He was afterwards present at the demonstration before Nankin, in China, and he subsequently commanded the Royal Marine battalion in the brigade under General Jones, acting in conjunction with the French army at the bombardment and surrender of the forts at Bomarsund, Aland Isles, in 1854. From 1854 to 1857 he served as aide-de-camp to Her Majesty. He became major and lieutenant-colonel in 1851, and was promoted to colonel in 1854, major-general in 1857, lieutenantgeneral in 1865, and general...
69. oldal - ... distance, when the furnaces were opened, and the metal rushed into the moulds ; the humidity of which, as Schalch had intimated, immediately occasioned a dreadful explosion ; the water was converted into steam, and this, by its expansive force, caused the liquid...
16. oldal - ... in the Peninsula with the 28th Regt., and was present at the battle of Busaco, lines at Torres Vedras, affair of Campo Mayor, siege of Olivença, battles of Albuhera (severely wounded), Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, in front of Bayonne (llth to 13th Dec.), and Toulouse. Served also the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo, where he was severely wounded by a shell which shattered his right arm, and broke his ribs. 105 Lieut. Wm. Smith (R. Artillery Drivers), served at Walcheren...