The HussarG.B. Zieber & Company, 1845 - 284 páginas |
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... picket of a serjeant and twelve , mounted at sunset to protect the kraal . Two acted as videttes - two more patrolled - and the remainder tying up their horses , were accustomed to sleep round a fire , or otherwise dispose of themselves ...
... picket of a serjeant and twelve , mounted at sunset to protect the kraal . Two acted as videttes - two more patrolled - and the remainder tying up their horses , were accustomed to sleep round a fire , or otherwise dispose of themselves ...
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... pickets , and passing patrols nightly along the coast . We thought nothing of these things , and very little of our drilling and parades , but we found the major grow daily more and more strict ; for every petty irregularity which used ...
... pickets , and passing patrols nightly along the coast . We thought nothing of these things , and very little of our drilling and parades , but we found the major grow daily more and more strict ; for every petty irregularity which used ...
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... picket , consisting of de- tachments from all arms , was ordered to mount every day in front of the Royal Hotel ; so that each of us in his turn , had the honour to be inspected by Royalty , the King himself making it a point to be ...
... picket , consisting of de- tachments from all arms , was ordered to mount every day in front of the Royal Hotel ; so that each of us in his turn , had the honour to be inspected by Royalty , the King himself making it a point to be ...
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... picket , held the right of the line , which rendered it necessary for his Majesty to begin his inspection with us . The appearance , first of one man and then of another , struck him , and he stopped to ask questions . " What countryman ...
... picket , held the right of the line , which rendered it necessary for his Majesty to begin his inspection with us . The appearance , first of one man and then of another , struck him , and he stopped to ask questions . " What countryman ...
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... pickets , to be sure , and paraded once a day , besides attending faithfully to our stable - duty , and preserving good order but he never harassed us with work that was not called for ; and as to punishments , there were none , because ...
... pickets , to be sure , and paraded once a day , besides attending faithfully to our stable - duty , and preserving good order but he never harassed us with work that was not called for ; and as to punishments , there were none , because ...
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20th Light Dragoons Abrantes Accordingly advance Alcoy appeared arms army arrived ascertained barracks batteries became began Bishopric of Cologne brought Captain carbines carried cavalry Colonel Colonel Adam columns command comrades consequence corps course detachment dragoons duty effect enemy enemy's English eyes fell fire fleet force Foreign Hussars forward French front gave ground guard Guernsey guns halted hand head horses hour immediately infantry kraal lady look Lord William Bentinck Monte Video Moreover morning mounted moved never night o'clock occupied officer once ourselves outposts parade party passed patrols picket Port au Prince position prisoners pushed quarters rear received regiment retreat returned road rode scarcely seemed sent sergeant ship Sicily side Sir David Baird skirmishers soldiers soon sort Spaniards Spanish squadron stood Tarragona thing tion told took Tortosa town troops videttes village whole wine
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Página 3 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 30 - keeping the word of promise to the ear, and breaking it to the hope...
Página 145 - ... breeches, our hands, arms, and swords, were all besmeared with blood. Moreover, as the enemy gave way we continued to advance, amid a cloud of dust so thick, that to see beyond th« distance of those immediately* about yourself, was impossible.
Página 158 - ... which heroic achievement he was created a count of the sacred Roman Empire, December 14, 1595. He was a brother-in-law to Henry, Earl of Southampton ; but he was a Roman Catholic, and this fact debarred him from any official service under the Virginia Company, which was soon after incorporated. While it is not necessary for me to give a detailed account of the North Virginia colony, because its history has been fully and fairly written, still in order to understand the colonial movement as it...
Página 6 - Sir," said he, in his slightly-broken English, " by reminding you of a passage in the life of Frederic the Great. There was a poor curate, who, after many years' faithful service in the diocese, applied to the bishop for a vacant living. ' Ah !' replied the bishop, who fully acknowledged his merits ; ' so you knew that that living was vacant did you? Well, I am very sorry I cannot give you...