The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, Parte2H. Colburn, 1831 |
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... arms ; for no arms ever constructed by human hands could , if fixed and level- led with mathematical precision , come within fifty degrees of what is told of every Kentucky rifle . Nothing can give a more striking proof of this than the ...
... arms ; for no arms ever constructed by human hands could , if fixed and level- led with mathematical precision , come within fifty degrees of what is told of every Kentucky rifle . Nothing can give a more striking proof of this than the ...
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... arms . Of these three parts of such a system , we have as yet the second part only ; so that a reference to the book had better be delayed till the first and last chapters are added to the volume . But the events of last war , it may be ...
... arms . Of these three parts of such a system , we have as yet the second part only ; so that a reference to the book had better be delayed till the first and last chapters are added to the volume . But the events of last war , it may be ...
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... arms , that we venture to denounce the insufficiency of that mode of training , which , take it as you will , goes no farther than to make a man come into position and pull a trigger ; a thing that , at the best , requires passive ...
... arms , that we venture to denounce the insufficiency of that mode of training , which , take it as you will , goes no farther than to make a man come into position and pull a trigger ; a thing that , at the best , requires passive ...
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... arms of length , rushed fearlessly on the French men - at - arms , tore the battle - axes from their saddles , and " did gallant execution with them . " But on the 16th May 1811 , an entire brigade of British infantry were defeated and ...
... arms of length , rushed fearlessly on the French men - at - arms , tore the battle - axes from their saddles , and " did gallant execution with them . " But on the 16th May 1811 , an entire brigade of British infantry were defeated and ...
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... arms as soon as the French called " Hold - enough . " At Albuera the gallant remnant of the victors had no means of inflicting any pro- portionate loss on their defeated adversaries ; nor could they have stood a renewal of the onset ...
... arms as soon as the French called " Hold - enough . " At Albuera the gallant remnant of the victors had no means of inflicting any pro- portionate loss on their defeated adversaries ; nor could they have stood a renewal of the onset ...
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Página 266 - Whatsoever commissioned officer shall be convicted before a general court-martial of behaving in a scandalous, infamous manner, such as is unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, shall be discharged from the service.
Página 139 - May the Great God, whom I worship, grant to my Country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious Victory; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it; and may humanity after Victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. For myself, individually, I commit my life to Him, who made me, and may his blessing light upon my endeavours for serving my Country faithfully. To him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Página 192 - The president also anxiously hopes that peace, and kindness, and justice, will prevail between your people and those citizens of the United States who visit your islands ; and that the regulations of your government will be such as to enforce them upon all. ' Our citizens who violate your laws, or interfere with your regulations, violate at the same time their duty to their own government and country, and merit censure and punishment.
Página 258 - His, Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. His Highness the Duke of Gloucester.
Página 137 - Command about the twelfth from the rear, leaving the van of the enemy unoccupied; the succeeding ships breaking through, in all parts, astern of their leaders, and engaging the enemy at the muzzles of their guns...
Página 416 - ... as may be established by any law or laws which may be made by his Majesty, his heirs or successors, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province.
Página 424 - ... planing. To remedy this alarming defect we all turned to, and having emptied the damaged boat into the two others, we raised her side as well as we could, and succeeded in restoring the plank at the bottom. Through this accident, some of our biscuit had become injured by the salt-water. This was equally divided among the several boats
Página 544 - ... that, while no physical military qualification was wanting, the fount of honour was also full and fresh within him ! The result of a hundred battles and the united testimony of impartial writers of different nations have given the first place, amongst the European infantry, to the British ; but, in a comparison between the troops of France and England, it would be unjust not to admit that the cavalry of the former stands higher in the estimation of the world.
Página 338 - Company, with a sword of the value of one hundred guineas from the City of London ; an Admiral's medal from his Majesty to be worn round the neck ; and a vase of the value of 300/.
Página 519 - We immediately moved forward to the neighbourhood of the town; and the 18th hussars, under the immediate command of Colonel Vivian, had an opportunity of making a most gallant attack upon a superior body of the enemy's cavalry, which they drove through the village of Croix d'Orade...