The Life of Major-General James Wolfe: Founded on Original Documents and Illustrated by His Correspondence, Including Numerous Unpublished Letters Contributed from the Family Papers of Noblemen and Gentlemen, Descendants of His CompanionsChapman and Hall, 1864 - 626 sider |
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... America ; while nearer home the failures which arose from the same cause were more alarming and disgraceful , if not so bloody . " " ' I know , " said Pitt , " that if any man can save Eng- land , I can , " but the Great Minister's very ...
... America ; while nearer home the failures which arose from the same cause were more alarming and disgraceful , if not so bloody . " " ' I know , " said Pitt , " that if any man can save Eng- land , I can , " but the Great Minister's very ...
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... America and at home , I noted whatever fell in my way connected with the subject , and my notes having accumulated , I was induced to seek for further information in old magazines , newspapers , ga- zettes , military records , etc. At ...
... America and at home , I noted whatever fell in my way connected with the subject , and my notes having accumulated , I was induced to seek for further information in old magazines , newspapers , ga- zettes , military records , etc. At ...
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... America . -Loudoun's and Holborne's Expedition against Louisbourg · 389 CHAPTER XVIII . LONDON . - PORTSMOUTH . - HALIFAX , N.S. JANUARY - FEBRUARY , 1758 . Success of the French Arms in America . - Pitt's Scheme for Ame- rican Campaign ...
... America . -Loudoun's and Holborne's Expedition against Louisbourg · 389 CHAPTER XVIII . LONDON . - PORTSMOUTH . - HALIFAX , N.S. JANUARY - FEBRUARY , 1758 . Success of the French Arms in America . - Pitt's Scheme for Ame- rican Campaign ...
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... America . - Wolfe and Hardy in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . - Wolfe's Report and Ad- vice . - Cause of the Success . - General Result of the American Campaign Page 4.27 CHAPTER XX . SALISBURY . - BATH . - LONDON . NOVEMBER , 1758 ...
... America . - Wolfe and Hardy in the Gulf of St. Lawrence . - Wolfe's Report and Ad- vice . - Cause of the Success . - General Result of the American Campaign Page 4.27 CHAPTER XX . SALISBURY . - BATH . - LONDON . NOVEMBER , 1758 ...
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... America would gratify . An expedition , therefore , was fitted out under Commodore Anson , with the view of ravaging the western coast of Spanish America ; and a large fleet , commanded by Sir Chaloner Ogle , assembled at Spithead to ...
... America would gratify . An expedition , therefore , was fitted out under Commodore Anson , with the view of ravaging the western coast of Spanish America ; and a large fleet , commanded by Sir Chaloner Ogle , assembled at Spithead to ...
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Side 575 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Side 232 - I was particularly attentive to the choice of my words, to the harmony and roundness of my periods, to my elocution, to my action. This succeeded, and ever will succeed : they thought I informed, because I pleased them ; and many of them said, that I had made the whole very clear to them, when, God knows, I had not even attempted it.
Side 565 - I am so far recovered as to do business ; but my constitution is entirely ruined, without the consolation of having done any considerable service to the state, or without any prospect of it.
Side 549 - I am sensible of my own errors in the course of the campaign, see clearly wherein I have been deficient, and think a little more or less blame to a man that must necessarily be ruined, of little or no consequence. I take the blame of that unlucky day entirely upon my own shoulders, and I expect to suffer for it.
Side 572 - Levi; and the troops will land where the French seem least to expect it. The first body that gets on shore is to march directly to the enemy and drive them from any little post they may occupy; the officers must be careful that the succeeding bodies do not by any mistake fire on those who go before them.
Side 539 - ... of the second royal American battalion, got first on shore. The grenadiers were ordered to form themselves into four distinct bodies, and to begin the attack, supported by brigadier Monckton's corps, as soon as the troops had passed the ford, and were at hand to assist. But whether from the noise and hurry at landing, or from some other cause, the grenadiers, instead of forming themselves as they were directed, ran on impetuously, towards the enemy's...
Side 547 - I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility.
Side 232 - I was to bring in this bill, which was necessarily composed of law jargon and astronomical calculations, to both which I am an utter stranger. However, it was absolutely necessary to make the House of Lords think that I knew something of the matter, and also to make them believe that they knew something of it themselves, which they do not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them as astronomy, and they would...
Side 397 - ... that in war something must be allowed to chance and fortune, seeing it is in its nature hazardous, and an option of difficulties ; that the greatness of an object should come under consideration, opposed to the impediments that lie in the way...
Side 572 - The officers and men will remember what their country expects from them, and what a determined body of soldiers, inured to war, is capable of doing against five weak French battalions, mingled with a disorderly peasantry.
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