A traveller's rambling reminiscences of the Spanish war; with a refutation of the charges of cruelty brought against general Evans and the British legion; and a defence of British policyJ. Ridgway, 1838 - 335 pages |
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Page 109
... marine sights for cannon . Why they are not applied to our Woolwich artillery , or field batteries , I cannot under- stand ; except it is for the sake of still making a thing somewhat difficult , and a matter of calculation where not ...
... marine sights for cannon . Why they are not applied to our Woolwich artillery , or field batteries , I cannot under- stand ; except it is for the sake of still making a thing somewhat difficult , and a matter of calculation where not ...
Page 111
... marine sights are , on the contrary , the perfection of simplicity , merely from the back sights , or tangent scales , being marked by yards instead of degrees . When we arrived in the boat at the Desierto , the enemy were found to have ...
... marine sights are , on the contrary , the perfection of simplicity , merely from the back sights , or tangent scales , being marked by yards instead of degrees . When we arrived in the boat at the Desierto , the enemy were found to have ...
Page 112
... marine sight was screwed where it marked one thousand six hundred yards , and the shot hit the house four more shots were fired , and all hit the house . Now a good aimer , without any knowledge of artillery , could have taken a long ...
... marine sight was screwed where it marked one thousand six hundred yards , and the shot hit the house four more shots were fired , and all hit the house . Now a good aimer , without any knowledge of artillery , could have taken a long ...
Page 120
... Marines in the shoulder . When the bridge was nearly finished , he walked away from the thousands opposed to him with the greatest composure and steadi- ness , not hurrying himself in the least . It was delightful to see so very cool ...
... Marines in the shoulder . When the bridge was nearly finished , he walked away from the thousands opposed to him with the greatest composure and steadi- ness , not hurrying himself in the least . It was delightful to see so very cool ...
Page 121
... Marine Artillery rockets , as well as the fire of the Mezzagagna , the Queen's , Rodil's and the Puyo batteries , which had long thirty - two pounders and smaller guns ; there were also the field batteries of the Legion , the Royal Marine ...
... Marine Artillery rockets , as well as the fire of the Mezzagagna , the Queen's , Rodil's and the Puyo batteries , which had long thirty - two pounders and smaller guns ; there were also the field batteries of the Legion , the Royal Marine ...
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Page 331 - ... part of any province or people, or in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 298 - That an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, praying, that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct, that there be laid before this House an account of the progress made in such inquiry, and of the measures adopted in consequence thereof.
Page 331 - Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, or in the Service of or for or under or in Aid of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country...
Page 28 - Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty, and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajoz!
Page 27 - ... prevailed, and at last, the fury rising to an absolute madness, a fire was wilfully lighted in the middle of the great magazine, when the town and all in it would have been blown to atoms, but for the energetic courage of some...
Page 330 - An Act to prevent the Enlisting or Engagement of His Majesty's Subjects to serve in a Foreign Service, and the fitting out or equipping, in His Majesty's Dominions, Vessels for Warlike Purposes, without His Majesty's Licence...
Page 126 - Were to make their appearance in a few days, was taken possession of, extending about a mile and a half on the other side of the river.
Page 331 - ... agree to enlist or enter himself to serve as a sailor or marine, or to be employed, or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, or in and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used...
Page 331 - Marine, or to be employed or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any Ship or Vessel of War, or in and on board any Ship or Vessel used, or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used for any warlike purpose...
Page 298 - Majesty's royal licence to British subjects to enlist into the service of the Queen of Spain; which Order in Council will expire on the 10th of June next; and praying also that his Majesty will be graciously pleased to give directions that the marine forces of his Majesty shall not be employed in the civil contest now prevailing in Spain, otherwise than in that naval co-operation which his Majesty has engaged to afford, if necessary, under the stipulations of treaty.