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... cavalry and infantry ; in 1793 , he was appointed to a majority in the 33rd foot ; and in the spring of that year , he became Lieutenant Colonel of the same corps , by purchase . All this time he was busily engaged with professional ...
... cavalry and infantry ; in 1793 , he was appointed to a majority in the 33rd foot ; and in the spring of that year , he became Lieutenant Colonel of the same corps , by purchase . All this time he was busily engaged with professional ...
Side 16
... cavalry , advanced upon the left , while the right wing was led forward by General Harris . The whole line then speedily en- gaged , and the Sultan's troops were driven from their ground , after an obstinate engagement , and the ...
... cavalry , advanced upon the left , while the right wing was led forward by General Harris . The whole line then speedily en- gaged , and the Sultan's troops were driven from their ground , after an obstinate engagement , and the ...
Side 18
... cavalry commanded by Floyd ; on their march they had been much annoyed by parties of the enemy's horse . Meanwhile the works were rapidly advancing ; a portion of the army took up a position within 1000 yards of the western angle of the ...
... cavalry commanded by Floyd ; on their march they had been much annoyed by parties of the enemy's horse . Meanwhile the works were rapidly advancing ; a portion of the army took up a position within 1000 yards of the western angle of the ...
Side 24
... cavalry alone . The subsequent movements may be partly described in his own words : - " I marched on the 30th to Hoogurgoor , where I learned that Dhoondiah was here with his baggage . I determined to move on , and attack him . I ...
... cavalry alone . The subsequent movements may be partly described in his own words : - " I marched on the 30th to Hoogurgoor , where I learned that Dhoondiah was here with his baggage . I determined to move on , and attack him . I ...
Side 25
... cavalry in one body , between Stevenson's corps and mine . " I marched from Kanagherry on the 8th , left my infan- try at Nowly , and proceeded on with the cavalry only : and I arrived here on the 9th , the infantry at Chinnoor , about ...
... cavalry in one body , between Stevenson's corps and mine . " I marched from Kanagherry on the 8th , left my infan- try at Nowly , and proceeded on with the cavalry only : and I arrived here on the 9th , the infantry at Chinnoor , about ...
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Side 195 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order; their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front; their measured tread shook the ground; their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation; their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as foot by foot and with a horrid carnage it was driven by the incessant vigour...
Side 458 - This attack upon the right of our centre was accompanied by a very heavy cannonade upon our whole line, which' was destined to support the repeated attacks of cavalry and infantry, occasionally mixed, but sometimes separate, which were made upon it, In one of these the enemy carried the...
Side 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Side 333 - It has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know that the day of battle was always a day of victory ; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which in perilous times, when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken, and that ascendancy of character, which, uniting the energies of jealous and rival nations, enabled you to wield at will the fate and fortunes of mighty empires.
Side 230 - ... shot, that it was hard to know who went down voluntarily, who were stricken, and many stooped unhurt that never rose again. Vain also would it have been to break through the sword-blades, for the trench and parapet behind the breach were finished, and the assailants, crowded into even a narrower space than the ditch was, would still have been separated from their enemies, and the slaughter would have continued.
Side 333 - ... illustrious warriors who have recently visited our country, we could present to them a leader of our own, to whom all, by common acclamation, conceded the pre-eminence ; and when the will of Heaven and the common destinies of our nature, shall have swept away the present generation, you will have left your great name...
Side 453 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Side 459 - Picton, his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service, and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was defeated.
Side 449 - I send with this dispatch, two eagles taken by the troops in this action, which Major Percy will have the honour of laying at the feet of his Royal Highness. I beg leave to recommend him to your lordship's protection.
Side 333 - Those triumphs it is needless on this day to recount. Their names have been written by your conquering sword in the annals of Europe, and we shall hand them down with exultation to our children's children.