Fight For The Flags [Illustrated Edition]Pickle Partners Publishing, 6 нояб. 2015 г. - Всего страниц: 276 Includes 15 portraits and 14 maps W. H. Fitchett brings to life some of the most notable clashes of arms between the British and the various enemies that they have fought against, from Minden to the Crimean War, from Blenheim to Salamanca. “Fights for the Flag is as good as Deeds that Won the Empire. To say more than this in praise of the book before us is unnecessary, for Deeds that Won the Empire was one of the best collections of popular battle studies ever given to the public. Mr. Fitchett shows in Fights for the Flag all the good qualities which he showed in his first volume. There is the same admirable clearness of style, the same comprehensive sympathy, the same power to stir the blood and to paint noble deeds in fitting words. We note, too, the same excellent use of telling quotations. Whenever he can Mr. Fitchett gives what the Generals said in their own words, and not a mere rechauffé of their utterances. Thus Mr. Fitchett’s work, though necessarily short and compressed, is never dull. Again, he shows here, as in his former book, the same power of describing localities and for bringing before one the place of battle. No writer ever had more completely the art of making one realise how opposing forces move both by land and sea.”-The Spectator |
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... English blood, an instinctive claim to sea supremacy in the English imagination. England ... line at Trafalgar. In his ship—the James—that is, he outsailed his squadron ... British admiral. But Nelson himself never showed swifter decision or.
... English blood, an instinctive claim to sea supremacy in the English imagination. England ... line at Trafalgar. In his ship—the James—that is, he outsailed his squadron ... British admiral. But Nelson himself never showed swifter decision or.
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... British seaman of 1650 was a rough-looking figure, with tarry hands and weather-battered face. But he had a touch of ... line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near ...
... British seaman of 1650 was a rough-looking figure, with tarry hands and weather-battered face. But he had a touch of ... line drawn straighter than that formed by their ships; thus they bring all their fire to bear upon those who draw near ...
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... British line, and, a fine tactician, threw his own fleet into a half-moon formation, with the huge convoy held in its embrace, and steadily drifted, a great island of canvas, along the French coast. But at daybreak the English, bringing ...
... British line, and, a fine tactician, threw his own fleet into a half-moon formation, with the huge convoy held in its embrace, and steadily drifted, a great island of canvas, along the French coast. But at daybreak the English, bringing ...
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... line till the battle had been raging some hours. Eugene, with 18,000 men, was to attack Tallard's left; Marlborough himself, with his best troops, nearly 30,000 strong— 9000 of them being British—was to attack Blenheim and try and turn ...
... line till the battle had been raging some hours. Eugene, with 18,000 men, was to attack Tallard's left; Marlborough himself, with his best troops, nearly 30,000 strong— 9000 of them being British—was to attack Blenheim and try and turn ...
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... British. They carried with a single rush some mills, which acted as a sort ... line standing erect fired over the heads of their kneeling comrades. The ... British were within thirty yards the French fired. The long front of palisades ...
... British. They carried with a single rush some mills, which acted as a sort ... line standing erect fired over the heads of their kneeling comrades. The ... British were within thirty yards the French fired. The long front of palisades ...
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THE BATTLE OF MINDEN AUGUST 1 1759 49 | |
RODNEY AND DE GRASSE AT THE BATTLE OF THE SAINTS | |
LORD HOWE AND THE FIRST OF JUNE 1794 73 | |
SIR JOHN MOORE AT CORUNNA JANUARY 16 1809 85 | |
WELLINGTON AT SALAMANCA JULY 22 1812 100 | |
SIR AUGUSTUS FRAZER K C B THE SIEGE OF | |
SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON AT NAVARINO OCTOBER | |
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FAMOUS CAVALRY CHARGES 159 | |
THE MEN IN THE RANKS 175 | |
THE LADY WITH THE LAMP 188 | |
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advance afterwards Anson army attack battalions battle BATTLE OF MINDEN bayonets betwixt Blake Blenheim breach brigade British line British ships British soldier broadside broke captain Cardigan carried cavalry centre Centurion charge Ciudad Rodrigo Codrington column command Contades courage Craufurd crest crew daring deck division enemy enemy’s England English fell Ferdinand fierce fight fire flagship flame flank fleet Florence Nightingale force fought French cavalry French line front gallant galleon galloping grey guns Harris head hill horse horsemen infantry Jean Bon Saint-André Lord Cardigan Lord George Sackville Lord Raglan Marlborough Marmont mass Moore Moore’s moved Napier Napoleon Navarino º º o’clock officers regiments retreat ridge rode Rodney round Russian sail sailor Salamanca says Scarlett shot shout siege slope smoke Soult Spain Spanish squadrons swept sword tempest thrust thunder troops tumult Urumea valley valour Vengeur victory Villaret-Joyeuse Wellington whole wounded yards