 | Walter Scott - France - 1827 - 548 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...actual force under the Duke of Wellington at this time, half past six, did not amount to more than 34,000 men.I We had at an early hour been in communication... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1827 - 454 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of our infantry, some of whom, as will always bo found in tho best armies, were glad to escape from the field. These thronged tho road leading to... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 436 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...perhaps the actual force under the Duke of Wellington at fins time, haif-past six, did not amount to more than 34,000 men. ' We had at an early hour been in... | |
 | North Ludlow Beamish - Military uniforms - 1837 - 722 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...the road leading to Brussels in a manner that none 1815- but although thus thinned in numbers, and somewhat j«ne. forced back from their position, they... | |
 | North Ludlow Beamish - 1837 - 746 pages
...besides the number of our ismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of our infantry, some of , as will always be found in the best armies, were glad to escape from Id. These thronged the road leading to Brussels in a manner that none 1815. but although thus thinned... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1839 - 636 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...leading to Brussels, in a manner that none but an eye-witnesa could have believed ; so that perhaps the actual force under the Duke of Wellington at... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - France - 1841 - 668 pages
...own dismounted dragoons," continues Captain Pringle, " together with a proportion of our infantry, were glad to escape from the field. These thronged...that none but an eye-witness could have believed." The same authority adds in a note, that " a regiment of our allied cavalry, whose uniform resembled... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1846 - 616 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...half-past six, did not amount to more than 34,000 men. We had at an early hour been in communication with some patroles of Prussian cavalry on our extreme... | |
 | 1855 - 570 pages
...irere youn? levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of our infantry, some of whom, as will always oe MO und in the best armies, were piad to esrape from* the field. These thronged the road lending... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 436 pages
...whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides the number of our own dismounted dragoons, together with a proportion of...half-past six, did not amount to more than 34,000 men. ' We had at an early hour been in communication with some patroles of Prussian cavalry on our... | |
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Our ranks were further thinned by the numbers of men who carried off the wounded, part of whom never returned to the field. The number of Belgian and Hanoverian troops, many of whom were young levies, that crowded to the rear, was very considerable, besides... 
