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" Your Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has been overcome by the superior power of the British army. It is my desire that no more blood may be shed. If, therefore, your Majesty will submit to the Queen of England, and bring all the Europeans now... "
England at War: The Story of the Great Campaigns of the British Army ... - Page 191
by William Henry Davenport Adams - 1886
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 9

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 652 pages
...throne. Sir Robert sent back Lientenant Prideaux with a letter to Theodore, thus expressed : — " Your Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has been overcome by the superior power of the Bntish army. It is my desire that no more blood may be shed. If, therefore, your Majesty will submit...
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India ; References to "The Canon Law", "Magna Charta", and the "Bill of Rights"

Henry Lister Maw - Anglo-Burmese War, 1st, 1824-1826 - 1869 - 488 pages
...brouglit by Lieutenant Prideaux, Mr. Fiad, and the " Dajazmaj Alamee, the Son-in-law of the King." " YOUR Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has...and bring all the " Europeans now in your Majesty's bands, and deliver them safely, " this day, in the British Camp, I guarantee honourable treatment "...
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Narrative of the British Mission to Theodore, King of Abyssinia ..., Volume 2

Hormuzd Rassam - Ethiopia - 1869 - 410 pages
...Message brought by LIEUTENANT PRIDEAUX, MR. FLAD, and the DAJAZMAJ ALAMEE, the Son-in-Law of the King. " YOUR Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has...overcome by the superior power of the British Army. deputy, Dajjaj 'Alami, again to our camp, as he was against coming to any terms. The Dajjaj advised...
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American Illustrated Magazine, Volume 10

1880 - 786 pages
...this reply : "Your Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has bean overcome by the superior force of the British army. It is my desire that no more blood shall be shed. If, therefore, your Majesty will submit to the Queen of England, and bring all the Europeans...
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Lord Roberts: A Biography

Violet Brooke-Hunt - 1914 - 384 pages
...fought like a brave man, but has been overcome by the superior power of the British army," he wrote. "It is my desire that no more blood may be shed. If, therefore, your Majesty will deliver over all prisoners in safety this day to the British camps, I guarantee honourable treatment...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 32

William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1869 - 552 pages
...Napier sent back the following demand : — " Tour majesty has fought like a hrave man, and has been by the superior power of the British army. It is my desire KM ^ more blood may be shed. If, therefore, your majesty will submi ^ the Queen of England, and bring...
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Diary of a Journey to Abyssinia, 1868: With the Expedition Under Sir Robert ...

William Simpson - Art - 2002 - 222 pages
...two prisoners were accordingly sent back to the Emperor with a written message from Napier, stating: Your Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has...bring all the Europeans now in your Majesty's hands into the British camp, I guarantee honourable treatment for yourself and all the members of your Majesty's...
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Abyssinia, 1867-1868: Artists on Campaign : Watercolors and Drawings from ...

Frederic A. Sharf, Richard Pankhurst - Art - 2003 - 100 pages
...English," but the two prisoners were sent back to the Emperor with a written message from Napier, stating: Your Majesty has fought like a brave man, and has...bring all the Europeans now in your Majesty's hands into the British camp, I guarantee honourable treatment for yourself and all the members of your Majesty's...
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