The Waterloo Roll CallW. Clowes, 1890 - 256 Seiten |
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18th June 1st Ft 25 July 25th Foot 2nd dau 60th Foot 7th Hussars Adjt Aftds Afterwards Lt.-Col Afterwards Maj.-Gen AIDE-DE-CAMP Alex Alexander appointed April Artillery ASSISTANT-SURGEONS Baron Bart Batt battle battle of Waterloo British brother bt.-maj C.B. for Waterloo Cameron Campbell CAPTAINS cavalry Charles Ciudad Rodrigo clasps Col.-in-Chf command cornet Corps Corunna Dgns DRAGOONS Duke Earl Edward eldest dau Eliz Ensign Francis French George Guards Henry horse Hougomont Hussars James Lace gold Lace silver lieut Lieut.-Col LIEUT.-COLONEL LIEUTENANTS Living in 1830 Lord Lt.-Col Lt.-Gen MAJOR OF BRIGADE March Mary officer PAYMASTER Placed on h. p. Promoted capt QUARTERMASTER Quatre Bras Quitted the service recd REGIMENT OF FOOT regt Retd Richard Robert Salamanca Sept Sergt Served severely wounded siege Sir John Sir Wm SURGEON Thomas Thos troop Walcheren expedition Waterloo day Wellington William wnded
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Seite 166 - Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills...
Seite 72 - It was dusk, when two squadrons of Prussian cavalry, both of them two deep, passed over me in full trot, lifting me from the ground, and tumbling me about cruelly ; the clatter of their approach, and the apprehensions it excited, may be easily conceived ; had a gun come that way it would have done for me.
Seite v - ... their graves, and stamp disgrace and infamy on the brows of our children ; and shall we, too, make this base and dastardly surrender to an enemy whom, within these twelve years, our countrymen have defeated in every quarter of the world ? No ; we are not so miserably fallen ; we cannot, in so short a space of time, have become so detestably degenerate ; we have the strength and the will to repel the hostility, to chastise the insolence of the foe.
Seite 223 - ... very soon lost the combat, for I parried it and cut him down through the head ; so that finished the contest for the eagle. After which I presumed to follow my comrades, eagle and all, but was stopped by the general, saying to me, " You brave fellow, take that to the rear : you have done enough until you get quit of it ;" which I was obliged to do, but with great reluctance.
Seite 106 - So thus did both these nobles die, Whose courage none could stain. An English archer then perceived The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Seite 223 - T cut him from the chin upwards, which went through his teeth ; next I was attacked by a foot soldier, who, after firing at me, charged me with his bayonet — but he very soon lost the combat, for I parried it and cut him down through the head ; so that finished the contest for the eagle. After...
Seite 230 - The colonel, knowing the character of the man, expressed his surprise at tho request made at such a moment. Graham explained that his brother lay wounded in one of the buildings then on fire ; that he wished to remove him to a place of safety, and that he would then lose no time in rejoining the ranks. The request was granted ; Graham succeeded in snatching his brother from the terrible fate which menaced him, laid him in a ditch in rear of the enclosure and, true to his word, was again at his post.
Seite 78 - Weep not, he died as heroes die, The death permitted to the brave ; Mourn not, he lies where soldiers lie, And valour envies such a grave.
Seite 223 - ... it was in the first charge I took the Eagle from the Enemy ; he and I had a hard contest for it ; he thrust for my groin— I parried it off, and cut him through the head ; after which I was attacked by one of their lancers, who threw his lance at me, but missed the mark, by my throwing it off with my sword by my right side ; then I cut him from the chin upwards, which went through his teeth ; next I was attacked by a foot soldier, who, after firing at me, charged me with his bayonet — but...
Seite 134 - The answer was, that two thirds of their number were down, and that the rest were so exhausted, that leave to retire, even for a short time, was most desirable ; some of the foreign corps, who had not suffered, to take their place. General II.