 | William Hough - India - 1853
...Major Malcolm1 on the 28th of 1 Despatches, vol. ii. p. 354. September, 1803, General Wellesley says, " Their infantry is the best I have ever seen in India,...attack them again, unless we have something nearer in equality of numbers." Colonel Welsh1 says, "a number of orderly books, kept by the European officers,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854
...of Wellington, " was so heavy, I much doubted at the time whether I should be able to prevail on the troops to advance ; and all agree that the battle...troops behaved admirably — the sepoys astonished me. "—WELLINGTON to MAJOB MALCOLM, Oct. 3, 1803; GÜBWOOD, i. 43Г. HISTORY OF EUROPE. 145 force; they... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1860
...of Wellington, " was so heavy, I much doubted at the time whether I should be able to prevail on the troops to advance ; and all agree that the battle...troops behaved admirably — the sepoys astonished me." — WELLIHQTON to MAJOR MILCOLM, October 3, 1803 ; GCRWOOD, i. 437. CHAP, of the Mahratta horse on... | |
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Their infantry is the best I have ever seen in India, excepting our own, and they and their equipments far surpass Tippoo's. I assure you that their fire was so heavy, that I much doubted at one time, whether I should be able to prevail upon our troops... 