Napoleon at Fontainebleau and Elba, Being a Journal of Occurrences in 1814–15,: With Notes of Conversations,John Murray, 1869 - 308 pages |
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Page 150 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Page 111 - Neil, after his return to England in April, 1814, had, upon the prospect of hostilities, joined his regiment, the 54th, in Flanders, and served with the Duke of Wellington's army, from the beginning of the campaign until their entry into Paris.
Page 115 - I feel much obliged to him for his conduct in closing, in the town of Cambray, with the light companies of Major General Johnson's brigade, and in leading one of the columns of attack. The one which he commanded escaladed, at the angle formed (on our right side) by the Valenciennes gateway, and the curtine of the body of the place. A second, commanded by Colonel...
Page 98 - Campbell, was unfortunately wounded by a Cossack, in the melee of the cavalry, not being known : the pike was run into his back, but he is doing well.
Page 9 - Cliff camp he devised such improvements in drill, discipline, dress, arms, formations, and movements, as would have placed him for military reforms beside the Athenian Iphicrates, if he had not the greater glory of dying like the Spartan Brasidas. His materials were the 43rd, 52nd, and Rifle Regiments, and he so fashioned them, that afterwards, as the Light Division under Wellington they were found to be soldiers unsurpassable, perhaps never equalled.
Page 32 - The 1st Portuguese regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hill, and the 16th, under Colonel Campbell, being BrigadierGeneral Pack's brigade, were likewise distinguished in the storm, under the command of the Brigadier-General, who particularly mentions Major Lynch.
Page 291 - I have received the commands of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to instruct your Excellency, in that event to encourage the general adoption of a liberal system of toleration with respect to the individuals of the Jewish persuasion throughout Germany, in order that they may not be deprived of those indulgences they have lately enjoyed. 1 am etc. CASTLEUBAGH...
Page 103 - I am to acquaint you, that his royal highness the prince regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, to approve and confirm the finding -and sentence of the court.
Page 192 - ... to the outrages of this abominable population of the South. To die on the field of battle is nothing, but in the mud and by such hands ! ' His fears were justified by the result, for he ran great risk of being torn to pieces. Sir Neil Campbell, the English Commissioner, who accompanied him, says : ' Upon every occasion he evinced, by the finesse to which he had recourse, much anxiety to save his life whenever he considered it in danger.
Page 347 - O ft find it necessary to call him in to tranquillise the country. . . . The present government is too feeble. The Bourbons should make war as soon as possible, in order to establish themselves upon the throne. With such an army as they could assemble it would not be difficult to recover Belgium. It is only for the British there that the French army has the smallest awe.