I intended they should be, I consider the action that was fought by the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. The Edinburgh annual register - Page 2581813Full view - About this book
| Great Britain - 1811 - 840 pages
...the Light Division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of- the 2d Corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in.— The 43d regiment, .under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
| Walter Scott - Europe - 1813 - 536 pages
...Lord Wellington described this action, though the unavoidable accidents of weather had 80 materially interfered with the operations, and impeded their...cavalry ; that night they continued their retreat, and entered the Spanish frontier on the fourth. 'And on the -eighth the last of Massena's army crossed... | |
| Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 pages
...Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the, whole of the 2d division of the French army, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. It was impossible, he added, for any officer to conduct himself with more ability and gallantry than... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - 1829 - 488 pages
...that April, was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been... | |
| Thomas Hamilton - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1831 - 316 pages
...action that was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been... | |
| Great Britain - 1833 - 646 pages
...days afterwards, repulsed with great slaughter, at Sabugal, in an action, described by Wellington, as one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in ; and, on the 5th of April, the French quitted Portugal and entered Spain, with an army reduced from... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 pages
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 498 pages
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies 'bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,... | |
| Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1837 - 914 pages
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2d corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43d regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1837 - 788 pages
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43rd regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part... | |
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