 | 1849 - 820 pages
...my brave, steady, and ardent infantry, whom I had caused to lie down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe ; ours, comparatively, very (mall. I regret not being able to capture... | |
 | 1850 - 1026 pages
...my brave, steady, and ardent Infantry, whom I had caused to lie down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few Companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe; ours, comparatively very small. I regret not being able to capture... | |
 | Edward Joseph Thackwell - Sikh War, 1845-1846 - 1851 - 396 pages
...my brave* steady, and ardent infantry, whom I had caused to lay down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe ; ours comparatively very small. I regret not being able to capture... | |
 | Sind irregular horse - 1856 - 364 pages
...brave, steady, and ardent Infantry — whom I had caused to lay down to avoid the heavy fire — had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe, ours comparatively very small. I regret not being able to capture... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 446 pages
...brave, steady, and ardent infantry, whom I had cansed to lie. down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's lo=s has been severe ; ours, comparatively, very small."* The force which had passed over... | |
 | Military art and science - 1883 - 648 pages
...It must be a strange kind of battle in which, by the admission of the general, " the infantry had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on...never came to close quarters ; the English, because Shur Singh held a very strong position in the three villages, and the ground between them and their... | |
 | George Bruce Malleson - Battles - 1883 - 464 pages
...It must be a strange kind of battle in which, by the admission of the general, "the infantry had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on...turning movement, and the cavalry never charged, No, Sadiilapur was nothing more than an artillery combat. The armies never came to close quarters ; the... | |
 | Harold Carmichael Wylly - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1908 - 482 pages
...my brave, steady, and ardent infantry, whom I had caused to lie down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe ; ours comparatively small. I regret not being able to capture the... | |
 | Military art and science - 1858 - 660 pages
...brave, steady, and ardent infantry ^ whom I had caused to lay down to avoid the heavy fire, had no chance of firing a shot, except a few companies on the left of the line. The enemy's loss has been severe ; ours comparatively very small. I regret not being able to capture... | |
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... army were employed against my position, which was by no means what I could have wished it ; but the fire of our artillery was so effective, that he did not dare to bring his masses to the front, and my brave* steady, and ardent infantry, whom I had... 