The Royal Military Calendar, Or Army Service and Commission Book: Containing the Services and Progress of Promotion of the Generals, Lieutenant-generals, Major-generals, Colonels, Lieutenant-colonels, and Majors of the Army, According to Seniority: with Details of the Principal Military Events of the Last Century, Volume 4John Philippart A.J. Valpy, sold by T. Egerton, 1820 |
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... expedition against Manilla , but which from circumstances did not go on . He was promoted to a company in 1798 , and took the field in 1803 , and served the whole of the campaigns , and was present in all the actions , and at all the ...
... expedition against Manilla , but which from circumstances did not go on . He was promoted to a company in 1798 , and took the field in 1803 , and served the whole of the campaigns , and was present in all the actions , and at all the ...
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... expedition against Martinique , and continued on service in the West Indies , till after the capture of the French Islands ; returned to England , and rejoined the 67th regiment then serving in Jersey . His rank in the Black Corps ...
... expedition against Martinique , and continued on service in the West Indies , till after the capture of the French Islands ; returned to England , and rejoined the 67th regiment then serving in Jersey . His rank in the Black Corps ...
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... expedition to the North of Spain , under the command of Lieutenant - General Sir David Baird , and where , from being the 2nd Lieutenant - Colonel , he was appointed to the Military superintendence of the General Hospitals afloat and on ...
... expedition to the North of Spain , under the command of Lieutenant - General Sir David Baird , and where , from being the 2nd Lieutenant - Colonel , he was appointed to the Military superintendence of the General Hospitals afloat and on ...
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... expedition for the Helder , and was present at the several actions of the 19th of September , the 2d , 3d , and 6th of October , & c . Upon the latter day he commanded the cavalry detached under Colonel Macdonald , which with the ...
... expedition for the Helder , and was present at the several actions of the 19th of September , the 2d , 3d , and 6th of October , & c . Upon the latter day he commanded the cavalry detached under Colonel Macdonald , which with the ...
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... expedition to the West Indies , proceeded with it thither , disembarked on the Island of St. Domingo in the middle of 1796 , and returned in the command of the regiment to England in April , 1797. To- wards the close of the same year he ...
... expedition to the West Indies , proceeded with it thither , disembarked on the Island of St. Domingo in the middle of 1796 , and returned in the command of the regiment to England in April , 1797. To- wards the close of the same year he ...
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12th Aug 1st Jan 25th July 2d batt 38th foot 4th June 4th of June 60th foot action Aid-de-Camp APPOINTED Lieut appointed Lieut.-Col April attack Bath battalion battle of Albuhera battle of Salamanca battle of Talavera battle of Vittoria battle of Waterloo brevet brigade Brigadier-General Madden British C.B. APPOINTED campaign Capt.-Lieut capture cavalry clasp COLONEL Companion Duke of Wellington embarked enemy Ensign expedition foot guards French garrison batt Gibraltar honor of wearing India infantry Ireland Island joined Lieutenancy LIEUTENANT-COLONEL light dragoons Lord Maj.-Gen Major Major-General mand March Nive Nivelle obtained officer served officer was appointed Order placed on half-pay Portugal present promoted rank is stationary received a medal received the brevet regiment regt retreat returned to England Royal Artillery Royal Marines Sept served in Spain severely wounded siege of Badajos Spain Spain and Portugal Staff troops wearing a medal West Indies
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Page 126 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice...
Page 220 - ... of the second and third charges. In allusion to the letter signed by the chief part of the officers, and in which the present proceedings originated, the prince regent has specially observed, that, exclusive of the doubt which may be entertained of their capability to form a judgment so much beyond the scope of their experience in the service, it was worthy of remark, that some who have affixed their names to that paper had never been with the regiment during the period in, question, and others...
Page 134 - J ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character; to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your majesty's person, crown, and dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory, or dominions, but for existence.
Page 232 - It was not a dark night, and the Prussians were wandering about to plunder ; (and the scene in Ferdinand Count Fathom...
Page 133 - Majesty and the country, 1 seized the earliest opportunity to express my desire of undertaking the responsibility of a military command. I neither did, nor do, presume on supposed talents as entitling me to such an appointment: I am aware I do not possess the...
Page 249 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Page 391 - O'Clock in the forenoon of the 26th his Cavalry and Light Troops were discovered advancing on both banks of the Chateauguay, by a Detachment covering a Working Party of Habitant employed in felling Timber for the purpose of constructing abbatis : — Lieuten'.
Page 127 - He thanked the Surgeons for their trouble. Captains Percy and Stanhope, two of his Aides-de-camp, then came into the room. He spoke kindly to both, and asked Percy, if all his Aides-de-camp were well? "After some interval he said, 'Stanhope - remember me to your sister.
Page 126 - He spoke to the surgeons on their examining his wound. but was in such pain he could say little.
Page 126 - I have made my will, and have remembered my servants; Colborne has my will and all my papers.