A History of the British Army, Volume 5Macmillan and Company, limited, 1910 |
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Addington Adigar advance Ahmednuggur April arms Army of Reserve arrived Arthur Wellesley artillery attack ballot batteries Bhurtpore Bonaparte Brigade British brought captured cavalry Ceylon Colonel column command companies corps Craig defence Deig Desp detachment Dragoons enemy enemy's England European Ferrol fire five flank fleet force fortress four France French garrison Gawilghur Government Grinfield guns Holkar horse hundred India infantry invasion island July June Kandians Kandy killed King Lake Lake's Lord Lord Wellesley Lords-Lieutenant Macdowall Mahratta Maitland March Martinique Meanwhile miles military Militia Ministers Missiessy Monson Moottoo Sawmy Naples Napoleon native cavalry Nelson North officers once party passed peace Pitt ports Prussia Rajah reached rear regiments Regular reinforcements Robert Craufurd Russians sailed Scindia sent Sepoys Sept Seventy-sixth ships soldiers squadron Surinam territory thousand Toulon treaty Trincomalee troops twenty Villeneuve Volunteers Wellesley's West India Regiments whole wounded
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Página 91 - I fear my poor friend Monson is gone. Whatever _ may have been his fate, or whatever the result of his misfortunes to my own fame, I will endeavour to shield his character from obloquy, nor will I attempt the mean purpose of sacrificing his reputation to save mine. His former services and his zeal entitle him to indulgence ; and however I may lament or suffer for his errors, I will not reproach his memory if he be lost, or his character, if he survive.
Página 18 - The place was stormed with a precision which elicited the rueful compliment that "these English are a strange people and their General a wonderful man. They came here in the morning, looked at the pettah-wall, walked over it, killed all the garrison, and returned to breakfast.
Página 432 - ... cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever ;" — a decision confirmed by the king, and approved of by the public.
Página 67 - ... all the sepoys of the enemy behaved exceedingly well, and if they had been commanded by French officers, the event would have been, I fear, extremely doubtful. I never was in BO severe a business in my life or any thing like it, and pray to God I never may be in such a situation again...
Página 20 - In my opinion, the best thing you can do is, to move forward yourself with the Company's cavalry, and all the Nizam's, and a battalion, and dash at the first party that comes into your neighbourhood. You will either cut them up or drive them off; and in either case, you will provide more effectually for the security of your convoys, than by detaching your troops to bring them in. Keep the infantry collected in a central situation, and let all your supplies collect upon them. If you adopt this plan,...
Página 106 - Monson, having won a great victory, found force of habit too much for him, and fell back 'for supplies': ' He might have spared a battalion or two to have fetched them. ... It is somewhat extraordinary that a man brave as a lion should have no judgment or reflection. ... It really grieves me to see a man I esteem, after gaining credit in the extreme, throw it away in such a manner immediately.
Página 156 - Sawmy was not given up, the king would send his whole force to seize him, and prevent the British troops from crossing the river. On this, Major Davie, addressing himself to the unfortunate prince, told him...
Página 417 - The gth light dragoons to move to the left, and take the ground of the light battalion, at five o'clock, where they will receive further orders. Each officer commanding a division of the left wing, which is from the 88th to 87th inclusively, to take care that he does not incline to his right of the right wing, that is, light brigade and 45th regiment to the left.
Página 91 - ... to shield the character of Colonel Monson from obloquy, whatever may be the result of his misfortunes, to your own fame — here, my dear Lord, I must remark that whatever may be said upon the subject, you surely cannot be implicated in the business, as all blame ought to fall upon me for detaching the force in the first instance, when I thought I had selected corps with a man to command them who would have accomplished all my wishes, and obtained the end proposed. This being the case, I certainly...
Página 42 - ... that part of our native infantry got into confusion. The fact was, that the 1st of the 10th, and 2nd of the 12th, and the native part of the piquets, broke and ran off, as soon as the cannonade commenced, although it was from a great distance, and not to be compared with that of Assye. I am convinced that if I had not been near them, to rally them and restore the battle, we should have lost the day.