General Lord Wolseley: (of Cairo). A MemoirR. Bentley, 1883 - 482 pages |
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... point of departure , and arrived at his destination within twenty- four hours of the time fixed before quitting Toronto . He marched into Coomassie on the day he designated before quitting Cape Coast Castle ; and , as he told.
... point of departure , and arrived at his destination within twenty- four hours of the time fixed before quitting Toronto . He marched into Coomassie on the day he designated before quitting Cape Coast Castle ; and , as he told.
Page xv
... Coomassie and returning to the coast within the limited period available for hostilities , was an impossibility . But his indomitable will surmounted all obstacles , and the campaign was a brilliant success . We are accustomed to ...
... Coomassie and returning to the coast within the limited period available for hostilities , was an impossibility . But his indomitable will surmounted all obstacles , and the campaign was a brilliant success . We are accustomed to ...
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... Ordahsu . - Capture of Coomassie . - Return to Cape Coast . - The Treaty of Fommanah . - Sir Garnet Wolseley re- turns to England . -The Welcome Home 241 CONTENTS . xix CHAPTER VIII . THE NATAL MISSION . xviii CONTENTS .
... Ordahsu . - Capture of Coomassie . - Return to Cape Coast . - The Treaty of Fommanah . - Sir Garnet Wolseley re- turns to England . -The Welcome Home 241 CONTENTS . xix CHAPTER VIII . THE NATAL MISSION . xviii CONTENTS .
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... Coomassie , with its Golgotha of decaying corpses . In the month of January , 1861 , Colonel Wolseley was directed to proceed to Nankin , accompanied by an in- terpreter , on a semi - diplomatic , semi - military mission , with the ...
... Coomassie , with its Golgotha of decaying corpses . In the month of January , 1861 , Colonel Wolseley was directed to proceed to Nankin , accompanied by an in- terpreter , on a semi - diplomatic , semi - military mission , with the ...
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... Coomassie , to give three cheers for Her Majesty . It certainly is a novel feature in warfare , and one that deserves to be specially recorded , that in two expeditions , undertaken under circumstances that seemed , in a peculiar degree ...
... Coomassie , to give three cheers for Her Majesty . It certainly is a novel feature in warfare , and one that deserves to be specially recorded , that in two expeditions , undertaken under circumstances that seemed , in a peculiar degree ...
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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 Native Naval Brigade night officers party 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 troops village Winnipeg Winnipeg River Wolseley's working-party wounded yards
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Page 152 - 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 258 - 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 237 - 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 428 - Ye stars! which are the poetry of heaven If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,— 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 153 - 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 425 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 237 - 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 172 - ... but, as no liberties are allowed to be taken with personal property in Lee's army, he is particular in setting a good example himself. His staff are crowded together, two or three in a tent; none are allowed to carry more baggage than a small box each, and his own kit is but very little larger.
Page 172 - 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 83 - On the next day, communications were opened to the left rear of the barracks to the canal, after overcoming considerable difficulty. Captain Peel kept up a steady cannonade on the building called the mess-house. This building, of considerable size, was defended by a ditch about twelve feet broad and scarped with masonry, and beyond that a loopholed mud wall. I determined to use the guns as much as possible in taking it.