General Lord Wolseley (of Cairo): A MemoirBentley, 1883 - 482 pages |
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Page 75
... villages afforded signs that they were approaching the scene of operations , and , on the 10th of September , Captain Wolseley and his company crossed the Ganges in a paddle - boat worked by manual , or rather pedal , labour , and ...
... villages afforded signs that they were approaching the scene of operations , and , on the 10th of September , Captain Wolseley and his company crossed the Ganges in a paddle - boat worked by manual , or rather pedal , labour , and ...
Page 94
... villages , which were all fortified ; and , at these posts , strongly occupied by our troops , desultory fighting took place almost daily . The division - which Captain Wolseley was witness to a curious and suggestive scene that ...
... villages , which were all fortified ; and , at these posts , strongly occupied by our troops , desultory fighting took place almost daily . The division - which Captain Wolseley was witness to a curious and suggestive scene that ...
Page 96
... villages to the left front , and outposts at villages on the right and left rear ; a strong detachment also was at Bunnee Bridge , about eight miles on the road to Cawnpore , under command of Colonel Fisher . Wolseley had not been long ...
... villages to the left front , and outposts at villages on the right and left rear ; a strong detachment also was at Bunnee Bridge , about eight miles on the road to Cawnpore , under command of Colonel Fisher . Wolseley had not been long ...
Page 97
... village , from which they opened a heavy fire of grape and musketry . Olpherts now came into action with his guns , and speedily dislodged the enemy , who , changing their line of retreat , endeavoured to reach the city by the ...
... village , from which they opened a heavy fire of grape and musketry . Olpherts now came into action with his guns , and speedily dislodged the enemy , who , changing their line of retreat , endeavoured to reach the city by the ...
Page 98
... village were found the children and women cooking their chupatties , or oat- cakes . The houses were fired after the non - combatants were driven away , and the column returned , the men carry- ing vegetables and dragging or leading ...
... village were found the children and women cooking their chupatties , or oat- cakes . The houses were fired after the non - combatants were driven away , and the column returned , the men carry- ing vegetables and dragging or leading ...
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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.