The Guards; or, The Household troops of England, Volume 1Clarke, Beeton, & Company, 1854 - 242 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
allies Annie Walton answered arms army Arrah Neil artillery attack battalions batteries battle Bonaparte brigade of Guards British cannon Captain Barecolt cavalry charge Coldstream Coldstream Guards Colonel column command companion corps cried cuirassiers dear Diggory Falgate door Duke Duke of York Earl of Beverley Emperor enemy enemy's England English exclaimed eyes fire flank followed Foot Guards force France French gazed gentlemen Grenadiers ground hand head heard heart honour horse hour Hull hundred infantry King Lady Margaret landlady look Lord Beverley Lord Walton Majesty Master Miss Walton morning Napoleon never night O'Donnell officers Old Guard Oxford Blues party passed poor Arrah prisoners ranks regiments replied Barecolt retired retreat road Roundhead Royal sent side Sir John Hotham soldiers soon squadrons stood tell Thistleton thought thousand took town troops turned victory wounded young
Popular passages
Page 92 - Windham, with some of his soldiers that had been in the hospital, took up his quarters in a villa ; but on his marching out of it next morning, a shot in the back laid that officer dead upon the spot ; and, as it had been before concerted, the Spaniards of the place at the same time fell upon the poor weak soldiers, killing several, not even sparing their wives. This was but a prelude to their barbarity ; their savage cruelty was only whetted, not glutted. They took the surviving few, hurried and...
Page 102 - Stop!' and the figure came back to the chaise. I had the presence of mind, before I let down the glass, to take out my watch and stuff it within my waistcoat under my arm. He said, 'Your purses and watches!
Page 158 - Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked : but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Page 198 - It is impossible to represent in adequate terms my sense of the conduct of the Guards and German Legion upon this occasion ; and I am quite satisfied, that if it had been possible to maintain the posts which they had gained with so much gallantry, those troops would have maintained them.
Page 134 - That his Royal Highness had not fired.' Lord Rawdon said, ' It was not the Duke's intention to fire : his Royal Highness had come out upon Lieut.-Col. Lennox's desire to give him satisfaction, and had no animosity against him.
Page 35 - Now were brought into service a new sort of soldiers, called Grenadiers, who were dexterous in flinging hand grenados, every one having a pouch full ; they had furred caps with coped crowns like Janizaries, which made them look very fierce, and some had long hoods hanging down behind, as we picture fools. Their clothing being likewise piebald, yellow and red.
Page 178 - As, for the two years during which the Brigade of Guards have been under the command of the Commander of the Forces, not only no soldier has been brought to trial before a general court-martial, but no one has been confined in a public guard, the Commander of the Forces desires that the attendance of this brigade at the execution tomorrow may be dispensed with.
Page 106 - At length, to break the mournful silence, and to express the sympathy they might not speak, the bands struck up a requiem for the dying marshal. The melancholy strains arose and fell in prolonged echoes over the field, and swept in softened cadences on the ear of the fainting warrior — but still Napoleon moved not.
Page 176 - ... ourselves. Will you, or will you not, execute the treaty of Amiens? I have executed it on my part with scrupulous fidelity. That treaty obliged me to evacuate Naples, Tarento, and the Roman States within three months : in less than two months all the French troops were out of those countries. Ten months have elapsed since the exchange of the ratifications, and the English troops are still in Malta and at Alexandria. It is useless to try to deceive us on this point : will you have peace, will...
Page 135 - Lennox, and had only come out on his invitation to give him satisfaction.' Colonel Lennox wished the Duke to fire, which was declined, with a repetition of the reason. Lord Winchilsea then...