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... officers were invited to send in a statement of their services , for the information of the Secretary of War and Commander - in - Chief . It was as follows : - " Joined the army in 1794 , at Ghent , immediately after his ap- pointment ...
... officers were invited to send in a statement of their services , for the information of the Secretary of War and Commander - in - Chief . It was as follows : - " Joined the army in 1794 , at Ghent , immediately after his ap- pointment ...
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... officer at the taking of Oporto and passage of the Douro . He accompanied the Army to Talavera , and was present at that battle . At the battle of Busaco he served as Chief of the Medical Department with the Portuguese Auxiliary Force ...
... officer at the taking of Oporto and passage of the Douro . He accompanied the Army to Talavera , and was present at that battle . At the battle of Busaco he served as Chief of the Medical Department with the Portuguese Auxiliary Force ...
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... officer was the price of an ensign's commission , which , once ob- tained , no further question was asked , and the rich aspirant might climb through every step of military rank without so much educa- tion as would enable him to ...
... officer was the price of an ensign's commission , which , once ob- tained , no further question was asked , and the rich aspirant might climb through every step of military rank without so much educa- tion as would enable him to ...
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... officers might be of military science , the British blood flowing within their veins set at nought the vauntings of their Gallic foe . There it began , and from thence the tide flowed in one unbroken current of mili- tary success ...
... officers might be of military science , the British blood flowing within their veins set at nought the vauntings of their Gallic foe . There it began , and from thence the tide flowed in one unbroken current of mili- tary success ...
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... officer of family and education has justly been esteemed the most chivalrous of modern Europe . When taken from the lower ranks , he , with all the high daring of the soldier , exhibits also some of his faults . Little addicted to the ...
... officer of family and education has justly been esteemed the most chivalrous of modern Europe . When taken from the lower ranks , he , with all the high daring of the soldier , exhibits also some of his faults . Little addicted to the ...
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