I intended they should be, I consider the action that was fought by the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26 - Side 2561813Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1811 - 840 sider
...the Light Division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of- the 2d Corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in.— The 43d regiment, .under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
| Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 sider
...exaggeration. Lord Wellington described this action, though the unavoidable accidents of weather had 80 materially interfered with the operations, and impeded...cavalry ; that night they continued their retreat, and entered the Spanish frontier on the fourth. 'And on the -eighth the last of Massena's army crossed... | |
| Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 sider
...Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the, whole of the 2d division of the French army, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. It was impossible, he added, for any officer to conduct himself with more ability and gallantry than... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1829 - 488 sider
...that April, was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1831 - 316 sider
...action that was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been... | |
| 1833 - 646 sider
...days afterwards, repulsed with great slaughter, at Sabugal, in an action, described by Wellington, as one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in ; and, on the 5th of April, the French quitted Portugal and entered Spain, with an army reduced from... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 sider
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 498 sider
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies 'bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1837 - 788 sider
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43rd regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
| Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1837 - 914 sider
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2d corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43d regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
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