 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1837
...reduced to this necessity, he cannot venture to stop to plunder the country, and he does comparatively little mischief: at all events, the subsistence of...employed against him. ' In proportion as the body of our troojra, to be employed against a freebooter of this description, have the power of moving with celerity,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1837
...reduced to this necessity, he cannot venture to stop to plunder the country, and he does comparatively little mischief: at all events, the subsistence of...the fittest troops to be then employed against him. 1 In proportion as the body of our troops, to be employed against a freebooter of this description,... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1842 - 939 pages
...satisfactory. I have served a good deal in this part of India against this description of freebooter ; and I think that the best mode of operating, is to press...have the power of moving with celerity, will such The Governor General in Council is therefore pleased to authorise a donation for the officers who have... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1859
...dissatisfied ; they perceive that their situation is hopeless, and they desert in numbers daily ; and the freebooter ends by having with him only a few...with celerity, will such freebooter be distressed. When even the SUP. — VOL. iv. H largest and most formidable bodies of them are hard pressed by our... | |
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When reduced to this necessity, he cannot venture to stop to plunder the country, and he does comparatively but little mischief; at all events, the subsistence of his army becomes difficult and precarious, the horsemen become dissatisfied, they perceive... 