 | Martin Richard Gubbins - India - 1858 - 628 pages
...a common feeling of determination to accomplish the duty before them, all ranks of this force have compensated for their small number, in the execution...last night, the whole force has been one outlying picket never out of fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire... | |
 | Martin Richard Gubbins - India - 1858 - 544 pages
...a common feeling of determination to accomplish the duty before them, all ranks of this force have compensated for their small number, in the execution...last night, the whole force has been one outlying picket never out of fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire... | |
 | L. E. Ruutz Rees - India - 1858 - 412 pages
...a common feeling of determination to accomplish the duty before them, all ranks of this force have compensated for their small number, in the execution...last night, the whole force has been one outlying piquet, never out of fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire... | |
 | sir James Outram (1st bart.) - 1860 - 434 pages
...compensated for their small number, in the execution of a most difficult duty, by unceasing exertions. From the morning of the 16th, till last night, the...extent of ground, to permit the garrison' to retire scathless and in safety, covered by the whole of the relieving force. That ground was won by fighting... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 pages
...With regard to the arduous duty performed by the troops, Sir Colin used these remarkable words : — "From the morning of the 16th, till last night, the whole force has been one outlying picket, never out of fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire... | |
 | Alexander Marin Delavoye - Great Britain. Army - 1880 - 338 pages
...compensated for their small number in the execu" tion of a most difficult duty by unceasing exertions. " From the morning of the 16th till last night, the...extent of ground, to " permit the garrison to retire scathless, and in safety, " covered by the whole of the relieving force. " The ground was won by fighting,... | |
 | Frederic John Goldsmid - Generals - 1880 - 484 pages
...compensated for their small number, in the execution of a most difficult duty, by unceasing exertions. From the morning of the 16th, till last night, the...extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire scathless and in safety, covered by the whole of the relieving force. That ground was won by fighting... | |
 | Alexander Marin Delavoye - Great Britain. Army - 1880 - 346 pages
...compensated for their small number in the execu" tion of a most difficult duty by unceasing exertions. " From the morning of the 16th till last night, the...extent of ground, to " permit the garrison to retire scathless, and in safety, " covered by the whole of the relieving force. " The ground was won by fighting,... | |
 | Alexander Marin Delavoye - Great Britain. Army - 1880 - 344 pages
...in the execu" tion of a most difficult duty by unceasing exertions. " From the morning of the i6th till last night, the " whole force has been one outlying...extent of ground, to " permit the garrison to retire scathless, and in safety, " covered by the whole of the relieving force. " The ground was won by fighting,... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - Great Britain - 1880 - 506 pages
...compensated for their small number, in the execution of a most difficult duty, by unceasing exertions. From the morning of the 16th, till last night, the whole force has been one outlying picket, never out of fire, and covering an immense extent of ground, to permit the garrison to retire... | |
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Hastily assembled, fatigued by forced marches, but animated by a common feeling of determination to accomplish the duty before them, all ranks of this force have compensated for their small number, in the execution of a most difficult duty, by unceasing... 
