 | William Lewis M'Gregor - Punjab (India) - 1846 - 438 pages
...from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of their being irresistible. Their ample and extended line (from their great superiority...infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from their powerful musketry soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected... | |
 | Henry HARDINGE (1st Viscount Hardinge.), Sutlej river - Sikh War, 1845-1846 - 1846 - 74 pages
...expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...the flank movements of our cavalry. The attack of infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the " iSikh army... | |
 | 1846 - 840 pages
...expected from troops who had every thing at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...counteracted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attackof the infantrynow commenced; •and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the... | |
 | Hugh Murray - India - 1850 - 776 pages
...troops who had every thing at stake, "JU^™ ';f and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Seik army that they had met with a foe they little expected. Their whole force was driven from position... | |
 | Charles Mac Farlane - 1853 - 550 pages
...expected from troops who had 'everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...movements of our cavalry. The attack of the infantry now commented, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met... | |
 | 1855 - 800 pages
...expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...that they had met with a foe they little expected. Their whole force was driven from position after position witb great slaughter, and the loss of seventeen... | |
 | Hugh Murray - India - 1859 - 752 pages
...expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority...counteracted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attnck of the infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced tha... | |
 | Hugh Murray - India - 1857 - 746 pages
...of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority of numbers, fsr outflanked ours ; but this was counteracted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attsck of the infsntry now commenced, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 246 pages
...everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from the great superiority of numbers, far outflanked ours ; but this was counteracted by the Sank movements of our cavalry. The attack of the infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from... | |
 | Army - 1869 - 614 pages
...expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. Their ample and extended line, from their great superiority of numbers, far outflanked ours ; but this wag counteracted by the flank movements of our cavalry. The attack of the infantry now commenced, and... | |
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The opposition of the enemy was such as might have been expected from troops who had everything at stake, and who had long vaunted of being irresistible. The ample and extended line, from their great superiority of numbers, far outflanked ours ; but this... 
