 The attack of the infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was driven from position after position with great slaughter,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 6181816Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 798 Seiten
...; for this stout conflict was maintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a clond of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured...starlight," the elastic vigour of the British spirit. Hanger, and thirst, and weariness vanished at once, as, with the alacrity and precision of a peaceful... | |
 | William Lewis M'Gregor - 1846 - 438 Seiten
...and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using the never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy...sandy plain which yet more obscured every object." In reading a despatch, we are struck with the apparent simplicity and regularity of every movement;... | |
 | 1846 - 840 Seiten
...•artillery, eome of th«m of heavy calibre ; our infantry, using that never-failing weapon, th.-. bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss: the force... | |
 | Henry Hardinge Hardinge (Viscount) - 1846 - 234 Seiten
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force... | |
 | 1846 - 230 Seiten
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force... | |
 | Henry Hardinge (1st Viscount Hardinge.) - 1846 - 182 Seiten
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry, using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. some hours, and only returned to its encampment after ascertaining that it had no enemy before it,... | |
 | Henry Steinbach - 1846 - 206 Seiten
...weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stoat conflict was maintained during an hour and a half...plain, which yet more obscured every object." The loss in this conflict was very severe. It consisted of 13 officers, 2 native officers, 15 serjeants... | |
 | 1846 - 882 Seiten
...bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout VOL. LXXXVII. conflict was maintained during an hour and a half...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object." This victory, though glorious, was dearly purchased. Major-General Sir Robert Sale, the hero of Jellalabad,... | |
 | Henry HARDINGE (1st Viscount Hardinge.), Sutlej river - 1846 - 74 Seiten
...only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained during an hourand-a-half of dim starlight, amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain, which yet n^qre obscured every object. I regret to say this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable... | |
 | Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained DEATH OF SIR ROBERT SALE. 481 during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. " I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force... | |
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