Military Expeditions Beyond the Seas, Volum 2William Clowes & sons, limited, 1897 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 29
Side 4
... show . * While the ships were building , the crews were trained in rowing on scaffolds set up on land , and disposed like the benches of a ship at sea . We can well be astonished at the daring of the Romans , who , with ships thus ...
... show . * While the ships were building , the crews were trained in rowing on scaffolds set up on land , and disposed like the benches of a ship at sea . We can well be astonished at the daring of the Romans , who , with ships thus ...
Side 40
... all the wise and good men of the nation . " * His motto , " The liberties of England and the Protestant religion , " * " Burnet , ” vol . iii . p . 302 . shows that he came as a deliverer , and not 40 MILITARY EXPEDITIONS BEYOND THE SEAS .
... all the wise and good men of the nation . " * His motto , " The liberties of England and the Protestant religion , " * " Burnet , ” vol . iii . p . 302 . shows that he came as a deliverer , and not 40 MILITARY EXPEDITIONS BEYOND THE SEAS .
Side 41
... shows what confidence the Prince must have had in the general welcome which he had been assured awaited him on his setting foot in England . It is too evident that it VOL . II . E would have been foolhardy to think of conquering a ...
... shows what confidence the Prince must have had in the general welcome which he had been assured awaited him on his setting foot in England . It is too evident that it VOL . II . E would have been foolhardy to think of conquering a ...
Side 43
... show themselves in the German Ocean . A camp was formed near Nimeguen . Many thousands of troops were assembled there . In order to strengthen this army , the garrisons were withdrawn from the strongholds in Dutch Brabant . Even the ...
... show themselves in the German Ocean . A camp was formed near Nimeguen . Many thousands of troops were assembled there . In order to strengthen this army , the garrisons were withdrawn from the strongholds in Dutch Brabant . Even the ...
Side 71
... had refused to surrender . It would be difficult to show what was gained * " History of the United States , " by George Bancroft , chap . xxiv . p . 463 . by that war , and as none of the higher THE TWO CAPTURES OF LOUISBourg . 71.
... had refused to surrender . It would be difficult to show what was gained * " History of the United States , " by George Bancroft , chap . xxiv . p . 463 . by that war , and as none of the higher THE TWO CAPTURES OF LOUISBourg . 71.
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Military Expeditions Beyond the Sea, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) George Armand Furse Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2017 |
Military Expeditions Beyond the Seas, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) George Armand Furse Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
able Aboukir Admiral adversary Alexandria Algeria Algiers Amherst anchor arms army arrived artillery ashore attack battalions batteries battle beach boats Bougainville Brest brigade British Brundisium Cæsar camp campaign Cape captured carried Carthage Carthaginians cavalry coast command Confederates corps defeat defence difficulty disembarkation division Dyrrhachium effect Egypt eight embarked Emperor enemy enemy's England English enterprise expedition favourable Federals fifty fight fire flank fleet Fort Monroe fortified France French frigates galleys garrison guns harbour horses hundred infantry invader invasion island James River land forces Louisbourg McClellan miles military Monroe Montcalm Napoleon naval officers navy night operations orders Peninsula Pompey ports position Potomac Prince provisions Quebec quinquereme re-embarkation Regiment retreat Richmond river Robert Thomas Wilson Roman sail Sebastopol sent ships shore Sicily siege soldiers soon squadron thousand tion Toulon transports triremes troops vessels victory whilst wind Wolfe wounded Yorktown
Populære avsnitt
Side 246 - And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting...
Side 185 - 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. The soldiers must be attentive and obedient to their officers and resolute in the execution of their duty.
Side 223 - There are two methods of reaching this point — 1st. By moving directly from Fort Monroe as a base and trusting to the roads for our supplies, at the same time landing a strong corps as near Yorktown as possible in order to turn the rebel lines of defence south of Yorktown. Then to reduce Yorktown and Gloucester by a siege in all probability, involving a delay of weeks perhaps.
Side 306 - To the English, as showing that the empire of the seas does not always afford security against invasion ; that, in the face of superior maritime forces, her possessions...
Side 184 - A vigorous blow struck by the army at this juncture may determine the fate of Canada. Our troops below are in readiness to join us. All the light artillery and tools are embarked at the Point of 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 upon those who go on before...
Side 216 - Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of the 'United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Side 229 - Monroe (the place of departure having been changed, which caused delay,) 121,500 men, 14,592 animals, 1,150 wagons, 44 batteries, 74 ambulances, besides pontoon bridges, telegraph materials, and the enormous quantity of equipage, &c., required for an army of such magnitude.
Side 342 - ... cannot be resisted on the coast of England without a fleet to impeach it ; no, nor on the coast of France, or any other country, except every creek, port, or sandy bay had a powerful army in each of them to make opposition.
Side 225 - Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or any-where between here and there, or, at all eveuts, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route.
Side 244 - Our troops toiled a month in the trenches, or lay in the swamps of Warwick. We lost few men by the siege ; but disease took a fearful hold of the army, and toil and hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry with us from Yorktown so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter fruits of that month gained by the enemy we have tasted to our heart's content.