England's Artillerymen: An Historical Narrative of the Services of the Royal Artillery, from the Formation of the Regiment to the Amalgamation of the Royal and Indian Artilleries in 1862 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
6-pounders action afterwards Americans appointed April army arrived Artil Artillery Band artillerymen assault attack August Badajoz Balaklava band battalion battery battle Bombardier Borgard brigade British army British artillery Cadiz campaign Captain Captain Sabine capture cavalry Chesney Colonel column commanded by Captain commenced corps December defence despatched detachment Dickson died at Woolwich duty embarked enemy enemy's engaged England English expedition fell field fire force French garrison Gibraltar gunners guns honour Horse Artillery howitzer infantry island January July June killed landed Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lord Lord Raglan Lord Wellington Major Major-General March ment military Minorca morning mortars night non-commissioned officers November occasion October orders ordnance party received regiment retired retreat returned river Royal Artillery Royal Engineers Russians Sebastopol sent September Sergeant served shell ship shot siege Sir John soldiers soon surrendered taken Teesdale tion took troops vessel Victoria cross whole William Woolwich
Popular passages
Page 293 - I ran it through, even from my boyish days To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 326 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 321 - Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way; For honour travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons That one by one pursue: if you...
Page 298 - I was safe under the neck. And a more extraordinary situation I never was in. The head, which is an enormous mass of rock, about thirty-five feet in height, overhangs its base many feet on every side. A ledge of tolerably level rock runs round three sides of the base, about six feet in width, bounded...
Page 24 - From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth.
Page 324 - element,' but the word is over-worn. \Exit. Vio. This fellow is wise enough to play the fool ; And to do that well craves a kind of wit : He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye.
Page 188 - The darkness of the night, during this extraordinary conflict, occasioned several uncommon incidents : our troops having for a moment been pushed back, some of our guns remained for a few minutes in the enemy's hands ; they...
Page 255 - General Williams, you have made yourself a name in history, and posterity will stand amazed at the endurance, the courage, and the discipline which this siege has called forth in the remains of an army. Let us arrange a capitulation that will satisfy the demands of war without outraging humanity.
Page 183 - Forced from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thundering sound...
Page 188 - ... several uncommon incidents : our troops having for a moment been pushed back, some of our guns remained for a few minutes in the enemy's hands ; they were, however, not only quickly recovered, but the two pieces, a...