The Life of Lord Hill, G.C.B., Late Commander of the ForcesJ. Murray, 1845 - 395 páginas |
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66 My dear 90th regiment Abercromby affectionately aid-de-camp appears army arrived attack Badajos battle Bonaparte brigade British brother Captain Currie cavalry CHAP Ciudad Rodrigo Clement Hill Colonel Hill command conduct corps dear Hill dear Lord dear Sister despatch Duke of Wellington duty enemy enemy's England expected favour force French friends Gibraltar Hawkstone Hill's honour Horse Guards infantry Ireland kind land letter Lieutenant Lisbon Lord Castlereagh Lord Hill Lord Mulgrave Lord Wellington Lordship M.-General Majesty Majesty's Major-General ment Merida military morning move movements night O'Hara occasion officers Oporto orders Ovar passed Portalegre Portugal Prince received remained retired retreat road Royal Highness sent sincerely Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir John Sir Ralph Sir Richard Hill Sir Rowland Hill soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Tagus Talavera tion Toulon town troops whole wish wounded wrote yesterday СНАР
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Página 351 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Página 307 - When the tremendous day was over, Lord Hill and his staff again re-occupied the little cottage they left in the morning. His two gallant brothers, Sir Robert Hill and Colonel Clement Hill, had been removed wounded to Brussels; the party was, nevertheless, nine in number. A soup made by Lord Hill's servant, from two fowls, was all their refreshment, after hours of desperate fighting without a morsel of food. Lord Hill himself was bruised and full of pain. All night long, the groans and shrieks of...
Página 104 - The position taken up by the troops at Talavera extended rather more than two miles : the ground was open upon the left, where the British army was stationed, and it was commanded by a height, on which was placed en echelon, as the second line, a division of infantry under the orders of Major-General Hill.
Página 351 - And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed.
Página 115 - Nearly 2000 ran off on the evening of the 27th from the battle of Talavera, (not 100 yards from the place where I was standing,) who were neither attacked, nor threatened with an attack, and who were frightened only by the noise of their own fire: they left their arms and accoutrements on the ground, their officers went with them; and they, and the fugitive cavalry, plundered the baggage of the British army which had been sent to the rear. Many others went whom I did not see.
Página 121 - I will not make any arrangement either as to the troops that are to comprise it, or as to the officer who is to command it, without offering the command of it to you. " At the same time, I will not separate you from the army, and from my own immediate command, without consulting your wishes...
Página 96 - Murray in the morning with a battalion of the Hanoverian Legion, a squadron of cavalry, and two six-pounders, to endeavour to collect boats, and, if possible, to cross the river at Ovintas, about four miles above Oporto ; and I had as many boats as could be collected brought to the ferry, immediately above the towns of Oporto and Villa Nova.
Página 321 - I have a large sum of money which is entirely at my command, and I assure you that I could not apply it in a manner more satisfactory to me than in accommodating you, my dear Hill, to whom I am under so many obligations, and your father, for whom I entertain the highest respect, although I am not acquainted with him.
Página 107 - The enemy immediately commenced his attack in the dusk of the evening, by a cannonade upon the left of our position, and by an attempt, with his cavalry, to overthrow the Spanish infantry, posted, as I have before stated, on the right: this attempt failed entirely. Early in the night, he...
Página 194 - General conducted this operation, as well as his former advance, entirely to my satisfaction. I regret much that the peculiar situation of Mirabete should have prevented my allowing the gallant corps under his orders to follow up an operation which they had commenced with much spirit, and were so anxious to complete ; but the possession of these forte would not have made amends for the valuable blood which must have been shed in taking them.