 | Christianity - 1825 - 788 pages
...Pagoda, and immediately commenced entrenching and stockading, as the despatch says, with a judgment in point of position, such as would do credit to the best intruded engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. On the 12th, a deserter stated, that... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1825 - 816 pages
...Pagoda, and immediately commenced entrenching and stockading, as the despatch says, with a judgment in point of position, such as would do credit to the best intruded engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. On the 12th, a deserter stated, that... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 648 pages
...despatch, and " commenced entrenching and stockading, " in the words of that General, " with a judgment in point of position such as would do credit to the...engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. " This position, however, Sir Archibald determined to attack on the 15th of December; and from the... | |
 | Michael Symes - British - 1827 - 344 pages
...and maintain their positions " with a judgment," in the language of Sir Archibald Campbell, " which would do credit to the best instructed engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations." That they are also every year becoming more proficient in the various arts of peace, and fast rising... | |
 | Military art and science - 1832 - 602 pages
...about four miles from the great Pagoda, — with a judgment, according to Sir A. Campbell, " which would do credit to the best instructed engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations." From hence, he having procured emissaries to set fire to Rangoon, the British General was determined... | |
 | John Marshall - Anglo-Burmese War, 1st, 1824-1826 - 1830 - 166 pages
...from the Shwe-da-gon pagoda, and immediately commenced intrenching and stockading with a judgment, in point of position, such as would do credit to the...engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. The deserter also declared it to be their intention to attack the British lines on the morning of the... | |
 | William James - 1837 - 632 pages
...from the Shwe-da-gon pagoda, and imme. diately commenced intrenching and stockading with a judgment, in point of position, such as would do credit to the...engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. The deserter also declared it to be their intention to attack the British lines on the morning of the... | |
 | William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - British - 1885 - 556 pages
...despatch, and " commenced entrenching and stockading," in the words of that general, " with a judgment in point of position such as would do credit to the best instructed engineers of the most civilised and warlike nations." This position,* however, Sir Archibald determined to attack on the... | |
 | John Stuart - Burma - 1909 - 260 pages
...the pagoda, and, as Sir Archibald reports, had " commenced entrenching and stockading with a judgment in point of position such as would do credit to the best instructed engineers of the most civilised and warlike nations." This position, however, was stormed and carried by assault on the I5th... | |
 | William James - History - 2002 - 588 pages
...from the Shwe-da-gon pagoda, and immediately commenced intrenching and stockading with a judgment, in point of position, such as would do credit to the...engineers of the most civilized and warlike nations. The deserter also declared it to be their intention to attack the British lines on the morning of the... | |
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British lines on the morning of the 14th (pronounced a fortunate day by their soothsayers), determined to sacrifice their lives at the dearest rate, as they had nothing else to expect than to do so ignominiously, by returning to the... 
