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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ...continued to expose themselves with a degree of devotion beyond all praise. Among the most conspicuous was Frederick Lindau, a private of the second light battalion, who although bleeding profusely from two wounds in the head, stood firmly at the small door of the barn, and from thence defended the main entrance. Baring, seeing that the cloth about his head was not sufficient to stop the effusion of blood, repeatedly called upon him to go back; but Landau regardless of his wounds, as of a large bag of gold which he had taken from the enemy, and carried about his person, refused to stir from the spot, "saying: " He would be a scoundrel that deserted you, so long as his head is on his shoulders"! This gallant fellow was afterwards taken prisoner and lost 1815-his treasure. June. More than an hour was occupied in this second Appendix assault of the farm, and now the French, tired from their fruitless efforts, again fell back. The relief thus given to the Germans may be well imagined, but the anxiety of their commander was little diminished; every new attack served more and more to impress upon him the importance of the post, and more clearly to place before his eyes the deep responsibility of the command with which he had been entrusted. Placed with a small body of men in an isolated position, on the retaining of which the lives of his soldiers,--his own honour,--perhaps the safety of the whole army depended; and where he would, in all probability be called upon to make a decision involving all these considerations--major Baring, could not but feel a painful anxiety for the result, which none of the means at his disposal were adequate to remove. On counting the remaining cartridges he found that the men had not, on an average, more than from...
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This two-volume history, published between 1832 and 1837, is the definitive account of what was effectively the Hanoverian army in exile between 1803 and 1816. Its most notable period of service came when it formed part of Wellington's army during the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign.
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- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230286950
- ISBN 13 9781230286952
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages182
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