 I have been told many of the officers and soldiers of this unlucky regiment left it in shame, joined themselves to other bodies of cavalry, and behaved well in the action. But the valiant commander not finding himself comfortable in the place of refuge...  Paul's letters to his kinsfolk [by sir W. Scott]. - Page 168by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Hewson Clarke - 1816 - 690 pages
...joined themselves to other bodies of cavalry, and behaved well in the action. But the valiant commander fled to Brussels, and alarmed the town with a report...that the French were at his heels. His regiment was partly disbanded, and many of its members attached to the service of the commissariat. While the conflict... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 538 pages
...option, submitted to his own decision, was not long in making his choice, and having expressed to the aid-de-camp his sense of the Duke's kindness, and...disbanded, or attached to the service of the commissariat. i These circumstances I communicate to you, not in the least as reflecting upon the national character,... | |
 | George Ramsay - 1828 - 654 pages
...able to resist laughing, when it was communicated by the incensed Aide-de-Camp. I have been told that many of the officers and soldiers of this unlucky...French were at his heels. His regiment was afterwards ma manner disbanded, or attached to the service of the Commissariat." Sir Robert Wilson relates the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 pages
...option, submitted to his own decision, was not long in making his choice, and having expressed to the aid-de-camp his sense of the Duke's kindness, and...disbanded, or attached to the service of the commissariat. 122 LA HAYE SAINTE STORMED. These circumstances I communicate to you, not in the least as reflecting... | |
 | 1854 - 482 pages
...joined themselves to other bodies of cavalry, and behaved well in the action. But the valiant commander fled to Brussels, and alarmed the town with a report...that the French were at his heels. His regiment was partly disbanded, and many of its members attached to the service of the commissariat. While the conflict... | |
 | 1855 - 440 pages
...off his men altogether. He thanked his Grace for the permission, and started for Brussels, alarming the town with a report that the French were at his heels. The Duke of Wellington felt and expressed the greatest anxiety. He exerted himself to the utmost to... | |
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