General Lord Wolseley (of Cairo): A MemoirBentley, 1883 - 482 pages |
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... front - the method by which he was to assault the works - whether by shelling them preparatory to an assault , by turning them , or by sur- prise . A doctrinaire general would have adopted the first course , which would have prepared ...
... front - the method by which he was to assault the works - whether by shelling them preparatory to an assault , by turning them , or by sur- prise . A doctrinaire general would have adopted the first course , which would have prepared ...
Page xi
... front beyond the power of his again rally- ing , and seizing the strategic points , above all the capital , menaced with the fate of Alexandria . Within forty - eight hours of his victory , he had reaped the full fruits of that ...
... front beyond the power of his again rally- ing , and seizing the strategic points , above all the capital , menaced with the fate of Alexandria . Within forty - eight hours of his victory , he had reaped the full fruits of that ...
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... front of Myattoon's stronghold , General Cheape started at two p.m. , on the 7th , taking seven days ' provisions with him , but with- out tents . About five p.m. the column reached the bank of a broad nullah ; at least 130 yards wide ...
... front of Myattoon's stronghold , General Cheape started at two p.m. , on the 7th , taking seven days ' provisions with him , but with- out tents . About five p.m. the column reached the bank of a broad nullah ; at least 130 yards wide ...
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... front , ' says the General in his despatch , ' I found that Major Armstrong was also wounded , as well as many other officers and men , and that the fire of the enemy on the path leading up to the breastwork was so heavy , that our ...
... front , ' says the General in his despatch , ' I found that Major Armstrong was also wounded , as well as many other officers and men , and that the fire of the enemy on the path leading up to the breastwork was so heavy , that our ...
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advance Alumbagh arms army arrived Artillery Ashantee battalion batteries boats Boers British Cairo camp campaign canal canoe Cape Coast Captain Wolseley capture carried cavalry chief Colonel Wolseley Colonial column command Coomassie crossed Cyprus despatch detachment Dragoon Guards duty Egyptian Elmina embarked enemy enemy's Engineers England European expedition fighting flank following day following morning force Fort Frances Fort Garry French front gallant garrison Garry Government guns halted heavy Highlanders honour Horse Household Cavalry Indian Ismailia Kassassin killed King Lake land Lieutenant Lord Wolseley Lucknow Major ment miles military Mounted Infantry Natal Native Naval Brigade night officers passed portage position Prah proceeded rebels received Red River Regiment Rifle Brigade right attack road round shot Royal Russians Sappers sent Sir Archibald Alison Sir Garnet Wolseley Sir Hope Grant soldiers staff success Tel-el-Kebir tion transport troops village Winnipeg River Wolseley's working-party wounded yards
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Page 155 - Her majesty's government, therefore, trust that when this matter shall have been brought under the consideration of the government of the United States that government will, of its own accord, offer to the British government such redress as alone could satisfy the British nation, namely, the liberation of the four gentlemen and their delivery to your lordship, in order that they may again be placed under British protection, and a suitable apology for the aggression which has been committed.
Page 265 - He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake; 'tis true, this god did shake...
Page 312 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 265 - I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried ' Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 244 - A scholard, when just from his college broke loose, Can hardly tell how to cry bo to a goose; Your Noveds, and Bluturks, and Omurs,9 and stuff By G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation...
Page 156 - The four persons in question are now held in military custody at Fort Warren, in the State of Massachusetts. They will be cheerfully liberated. Your lordship will please indicate a time and place for receiving them.
Page 244 - G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation : My schoolmaster call'd me a dunce and a fool, But at cuffs I was always the cock of the school ; I never could take to my book for the blood o' me, And the puppy confess'd he expected no good o
Page 175 - Lee's headquarters consisted of about seven or eight pole tents, pitched with their backs to a stake fence, upon a piece of ground so rocky that it was unpleasant to ride over it— its only recommendation being a little stream of good water which flowed close by the General's tent. In front of the tents were some three or four wheeled waggons, drawn up without any regularity, and a number of horses roamed loose about the field.
Page 176 - ... them in the kindest terms. He spoke as a man proud of the victories won by his country, and confident of ultimate success under the blessing of the Almighty, whom he glorified for past successes, and whose aid he invoked for all future operations.
Page 238 - WELLINGTON. Wellington Prize Essays on "the System of Field Manoeuvres best adapted for enabling our Troops to meet a Continental Army.