 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1838 - 654 pages
...MY DEAR HILL, ' Salamanca, 18th June, 1812. ' I have received your letters of the 13th and 14th. I have never been more annoyed than by 's affair, and...enemy — so little that one would think they cannot mano3uvre, excepting on Wimbledon Common ; and when they use their arm as it ought to be used, viz.,... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1838 - 678 pages
...MY DEAR HILL, ' Salamanca, 18lh June, 1812. ' I have received your letters of the 13th and 14th. I have never been more annoyed than by 's affair, and...situation, never think of manoeuvring before an enemy — 30 little that one would think they cannot manoeuvre, excepting on Wimbledon Common ; and when... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1838 - 650 pages
...MY DEAR HILL, ' Salamanca, 18th June, 1812. ' I have received your letters of the 13th and 14th. I have never been more annoyed than by 's affair, and...galloping at every thing, and their galloping back as last as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their situation, never think of manoeuvring before... | |
 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 620 pages
...which the royals and the 3d dragoon guards had not shown their usual steadiness and discipline. " I have never been more annoyed than by 's affair, and...entirely by the trick our officers of cavalry have of galloping at every thing, and then galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never... | |
 | Military art and science - 1844 - 660 pages
...June 18, 1812 ; to Lieut.-General Sir R. Hill. I have never been more annoyed than by General Slade's affair, and I entirely concur with you in the necessity...— so little— that one would think they cannot manœuvre excepting on Wimbledon Common ; and when they use their arm, as it ought to be used — viz.,... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1852 - 448 pages
...Wellington, in a letter to Sir Rowland Hill ;— " I have never been more annoyed than by this affair. It is occasioned entirely by the trick our officers of cavalry have acquired, of galloping at every tiling, and then galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their situations... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1852 - 440 pages
...Wellington, in a letter to Sir Eowland Hill ;— " I have never been more annoyed than by this affair. It is occasioned entirely by the trick our officers of cavalry have acquired, of galloping at everything, and then galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1852 - 440 pages
...occasioned entirely by the trick our officers of cavalry have acquired, of galloping at everything, and then galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their situations — never think of manoeuvring before an enemy — so little, that one would think they... | |
 | Thomas Philip De Grey (2nd earl.) - 1853 - 226 pages
...disregard of which had led to the present disaster : — "I have never been more annoyed than by '& affair, and I entirely concur with you in the necessity...officers of cavalry have acquired of galloping at everything, and then galloping back as fast as they gallop on. They never consider their situation,... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1869 - 246 pages
...officers of the army. (To the Earl of Liverpool. Fuente Guinaldo, 10th June, 1812.) GALLOPING CAVALRY. I have never been more annoyed than by 's affair, and...officers of cavalry have acquired of galloping at everything, and their galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their... | |
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It is occasioned entirely by the trick our officers of cavalry have acquired of galloping at every thing, and their galloping back as fast as they gallop on the enemy. They never consider their situation, never think of manoeuvring before an enemy —... 
