I have found," said the Duke, "that raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in downright hard fighting with the enemy : at Waterloo, the young ensigns and lieutenants, who had never before seen a battle, rushed... Out-door Papers - Strana 38autor/autoři: Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1863 - 370 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 str.
...raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in lownright hard fighting with the enemy : at Waterloo, the young...ensigns and lieutenants, who had never before seen a battle, rushed to meet death as if they had been playing at cricket" The Duke says t&at the Lord'a... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 434 str.
...have found," said the Duke, "that raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in downright hard fighting with the...ensigns and lieutenants, who had never before seen a battle, rushed to meet death as if they had been playing at cricket." The Duke thinks very highly... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 362 str.
...found," said the Duke, " that raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in downright hard fighting with the...ensigns and lieutenants, who had never before seen a battle, rushed to meet death as if they had beep playing at cricket." ;• i ' ' • • '''.' -... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 364 str.
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| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1886 - 390 str.
...conveyed a despatch during a naval engagement, swimming through double lines of fire. Indeed, nmong heroic races, young soldiers are preferable for daring;...circumspect to follow him ; but to perform a difficult manosuvre in face of an enemy requires Sicinius with forty-five scars on his breast. " The very apprehension... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1887 - 452 str.
...found," said the Duke, " that raw troops, however inferior to the old ones in manoeuvring, are far superior to them in downright hard fighting with the enemy: at Waterloo, the young ensigns and * It must not be tuppos ed from this and other tucli-like quaint fancier, in which he occasionally... | |
| Daniel George - 1938 - 496 str.
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| Samuel Rogers - 1952 - 296 str.
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