English blood running in their veins. Such superb martial spectacles are rare in modern war. Ordinarily it should always be possible to bring up reserves under some sort of cover from shrapnel fire. Here, for a mile and a half, there was nothing to conceal... In the Side Shows - Page 27by William Wedgwood Benn Stansgate (Viscount) - 1919 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1916 - 550 pages
...mouse, much less some of the most stalwart soldiers England has over sent from her shores. Despite tho critical events in other parts of the field, I could...on ; not a man was there who hung back or hurried. By the time the Yeomanry, already somewhat thinned, had reached their new position behind Chocolate... | |
| 1916 - 522 pages
...mouse, much less some of the most stalwart soldiers England has ever sent from her shores. Despite tha critical events in other parts of the field, I could...like men marching on parade. Here and there a shell woulil take toll of a cluster ; there they lay ; there wan no straggling ; the others moved steadily... | |
| 1918 - 772 pages
...admiration of the Yeomanry, when he wrote in his final Dardanelles dispatch of the Suvla Bay fight— " The advance of these English Yeomen was a sight calculated...on. Not a man was there who hung back or hurried. But such an ordeal must consume some of the battle- winning fighting energy of those subjected to it,... | |
| 1922 - 316 pages
...there was nothing to conceal a mouse, much less some of the most stalwart soldiers England has over sent from her shores. " Despite the critical events...there they lay ; there was no straggling; the others mov"d steadily on ; not a man was there who hung back or hurried." By the time they reached their new... | |
| Frank Fox - 1923 - 392 pages
...Major-General. The C.-in-C., Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, in his despatch on the operations of this day said : The advance of these English yeomen was a sight calculated...on ; not a man was there who hung back or hurried. On August 22 the division marched to Chocolate Hill and dug in. Major Palmer with " A " Squadron now... | |
| Weston Jarvis - 1928 - 330 pages
...operations in the Peninsula from July to October, has used the following words with regard to it : " The advance of these English yeomen was a sight calculated...on; not a man was there who hung back or hurried. But such an ordeal must consume some of the battle-winning fighting energy of those subjected to it,... | |
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