The United Service Magazine, Volume 83H. Colburn, 1857 - Military art and science |
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... Bushire and Kharrack 562 Legends of the Black Watch . - No . II . The Lost Regiment - a Love Story 579 The Arctic Search and the North - West Passage 595 EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO ; OR , NAVAL AND MILITARY REGISTER 110 , 259 , 417 , 606 ...
... Bushire and Kharrack 562 Legends of the Black Watch . - No . II . The Lost Regiment - a Love Story 579 The Arctic Search and the North - West Passage 595 EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO ; OR , NAVAL AND MILITARY REGISTER 110 , 259 , 417 , 606 ...
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... Bushire and Kharrack Legends of the Black Watch . - No . II . The Lost Regiment - a · The Arctic Search and the North - West Passage EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO ; OR , NAVAL AND MILITARY CRITICAL NOTICES GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE NAVAL AND MILITARY ...
... Bushire and Kharrack Legends of the Black Watch . - No . II . The Lost Regiment - a · The Arctic Search and the North - West Passage EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO ; OR , NAVAL AND MILITARY CRITICAL NOTICES GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE NAVAL AND MILITARY ...
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... Bushire , promise to assume the same character . All this arises from the indecision of our proceedings , and the inadequacy of our guarantees . If , instead of knocking down the sham Bogue forts , we seized and retained Chusan , the ...
... Bushire , promise to assume the same character . All this arises from the indecision of our proceedings , and the inadequacy of our guarantees . If , instead of knocking down the sham Bogue forts , we seized and retained Chusan , the ...
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... Bushire on the 10th ult . The Island of Karrack was occupied by the British forces on the 4th ult . , without opposition . The Right Hon . the Governor in Council will feel most sincere pleasure in drawing the attention of the Right Hon ...
... Bushire on the 10th ult . The Island of Karrack was occupied by the British forces on the 4th ult . , without opposition . The Right Hon . the Governor in Council will feel most sincere pleasure in drawing the attention of the Right Hon ...
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... Bushire , Dec. 12 , 1856 . Sir , I have the honour to report , for the information of his Excellency the Commander - in - Chief , the complete success which , under the protection of Almighty God , has attended our arms . The British ...
... Bushire , Dec. 12 , 1856 . Sir , I have the honour to report , for the information of his Excellency the Commander - in - Chief , the complete success which , under the protection of Almighty God , has attended our arms . The British ...
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Page 522 - asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Were half the power that fills the world with terror— Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts— Given to redeem the mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.
Page 311 - Patrick Grant, CB, of the Bengal Army. To be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order, viz. :—James Macaulay Higginson, Esq., CB, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies. To be Ordinary Members of the Military
Page 316 - Regiment, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order ; and of Henry William Gordon, Esq., Principal Storekeeper to the Army lately serving in the East, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order.
Page 311 - To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order, viz. :—Captain the Hon. George Fowler Hastings, RN ; Captain Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, RN ; Captain Francis Scott, RN ; Colonel Charles William Ridley, Grenadier Guards ; Colonel Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee, on
Page 316 - Esq., CB, Clerk of the Parliaments, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Honourable Order. Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of
Page 316 - while in the command of the Turkish Contingent, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of John George Shaw
Page 178 - Harness me down with your iron bands, Be sure of your curb and rein ; For I scorn the power of your puny hands, As the tempest scorns a chain.
Page 312 - Mackelcan Young, Esq., Commissary of the Field Train Department. To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order, viz. :—William Govett Romaine, Esq., Deputy
Page 359 - The Commander-in-chief has been informed that the practice of smoking by the use of pipes, cigars, or cheroots, has become prevalent among the officers of the army, which is not only in itself a species of intoxication occasioned by the fumes of tobacco, but, undoubtedly, occasions drinking and tippling by those who acquire the habit.
Page 155 - Pakenham, CB, her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Cross of a Commander of the Second Class of the Order of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus, which the King of Sardinia hath been pleased to confer upon him, in testimony of his approbation of his distinguished services before the enemy during the late war.