A History of the British Army, Volume 3Macmillan and Company, limited, 1902 - Great Britain |
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action Adams advance American April army arrived artillery attack Bangalore Baramahal Barbados battalions battalions of Sepoys batteries bayonet Benedict Arnold Bengal Boston brigade Burgoyne Buxar Caillaud Calcutta camp campaign captured Carleton Carnac cavalry Clinton Clive Colonel Colonies column command companies Coote Cornwallis Council defence detachment enemy enemy's England entrenchments Europeans fire fleet force forward four French garrison Germaine Grenadiers guns heavy hills horse Howe's hundred Hundred-and-First Hyder Hyder Ali India Indians Island July June killed and wounded Light Infantry Lord loss Madras Mahrattas Martinique Meanwhile Meer Cossim Meer Jaffier ment miles military militia Minorca Mohammed moved Munro Mysore Nizam northward numbers officers once operations party Patna position posts provinces rear redoubt regiments reinforcements retired retreat river Rohillas sent Sepoys Sept Seringapatam Shah Alum ships Shuja Dowlah siege Smith soldiers squadron Sumroo thousand Tippoo Tippoo Sahib Washington West Indies whole York
Popular passages
Page 28 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people so dead to all the feelings of liberty, as voluntarily to let themselves be made slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of all the rest.
Page 240 - This unfortunate event, it is to be hoped, will in future prevent ministers from pretending to direct operations of war in a country at three thousand miles distance, of which they have so little knowledge as not to be able to distinguish between good, bad, or interested advices, or to give positive orders...
Page 175 - In a letter to Reed he disburdened his heart more completely. " Such dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue ; such stock -jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantage of one kind or another in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and I pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Page 176 - Could I have foreseen what I have experienced and am likely to experience, no consideration upon earth should have induced me to accept this command.
Page 400 - The man was of course shallow, fickle, unprincipled, and unstable in character, but he possessed all the gifts of a great commander. To boundless energy and enterprise he united quick insight into a situation, sound strategic instinct, audacity of movement, wealth of resource, a swift and unerring eye in action, great personal daring, and true magic of leadership.
Page 527 - Their manoeuvres were such as the worst General in England would be hooted at for practising; two lines coming up within six yards of one another, and firing in one another's faces till they had no ammunition left : nothing could be more ridiculous.
Page 284 - If I were to be called upon to draw a picture of the times and of men, from what I have seen, heard, and in part know, I should in one word say, that idleness, dissipation, and extravagance seem to have laid fast hold of most of them; that speculation, peculation, and an insatiable thirst for riches seem to have got the better of every other consideration, and almost of every order of men...
Page 167 - America as it now stands, it is impossible to conquer it with our British Army. ... To attempt to conquer it by our land force is as wild an idea as ever controverted common sense.
Page 278 - ... or interested suggestions of people, who cannot be competent judges of the subject, and puzzle me by hinting wishes, with which I cannot agree, and yet am loath to disregard? For God's sake, my Lord, if you wish that I should do any thing, leave me to myself, and let me adapt my efforts to the hourly change of circumstances, and take the risk of my want of success.
Page 234 - The dispatch was as follows: uNbUs y void [Here we are], and nothing between us and Gates. I sincerely hope this little success of ours will facilitate your operations.