The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 - English literature |
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... enemy , and he showed himself intrepid and intelligent in the rear - guard during a subsequent retreat . was promoted ( by seniority ) in January , 1795 , from his regi- mental command to a brigade of three weak battalions . He ' fought ...
... enemy , and he showed himself intrepid and intelligent in the rear - guard during a subsequent retreat . was promoted ( by seniority ) in January , 1795 , from his regi- mental command to a brigade of three weak battalions . He ' fought ...
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... enemy in flank , and totally defeated - him . ' It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which Lord Harris sent to support it , which took the enemy in flank and by their noble conduct decided the ...
... enemy in flank , and totally defeated - him . ' It was not the army , but Wellesley's column and General Floyd's cavalry , which Lord Harris sent to support it , which took the enemy in flank and by their noble conduct decided the ...
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... enemy retreated , and the position was taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus , in this little affair - the first of the details of which we have any record - the only one in the whole ...
... enemy retreated , and the position was taken as he had predicted " as a matter of course , " and without the loss of a man ! Thus , in this little affair - the first of the details of which we have any record - the only one in the whole ...
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... enemy had not neglected to guard a good ford on the Kaitna , I don't know how we could have got at him ; but , once aware of his neglect , I took care that he should not have time to remedy it . We passed the river in one column and ...
... enemy had not neglected to guard a good ford on the Kaitna , I don't know how we could have got at him ; but , once aware of his neglect , I took care that he should not have time to remedy it . We passed the river in one column and ...
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... enemy's cannon , not of his musketry , that caused so much havoc amongst Wellesley's troops . He says in his despatch , 24th Sept. 1803 ( Gurwood , vol . i . p . 324 ) — We attacked them immediately , and the troops advanced under a ...
... enemy's cannon , not of his musketry , that caused so much havoc amongst Wellesley's troops . He says in his despatch , 24th Sept. 1803 ( Gurwood , vol . i . p . 324 ) — We attacked them immediately , and the troops advanced under a ...
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