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" I intended they should be, I consider the action that was fought by the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. "
The Edinburgh annual register - Sivu 258
1813
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Nide 19

1811 - 840 sivua
...the Light Division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of- the 2d Corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in.— The 43d regiment, .under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part...

The Edinburgh Annual Register, Nide 4

Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 sivua
...Lord Wellington described this action, though the unavoidable accidents of weather had 80 materially interfered with the operations, and impeded their...cavalry ; that night they continued their retreat, and entered the Spanish frontier on the fourth. 'And on the -eighth the last of Massena's army crossed...

The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ...

Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 sivua
...Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the, whole of the 2d division of the French army, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. It was impossible, he added, for any officer to conduct himself with more ability and gallantry than...

Annals of the Peninsular campaigns, by the author of Cyril Thornton, Nide 3

Thomas Hamilton - 1829 - 488 sivua
...that April, was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been...

Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns: From MDCCCVIII to MDCCCXIV.

Thomas Hamilton - 1831 - 316 sivua
...action that was fought by the light division — by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally — to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." Had the retreat of Regnier not been favoured by the fog, the results of the engagement would have been...

The Georgian Era: Military and naval commanders. Judges and barristers ...

1833 - 646 sivua
...days afterwards, repulsed with great slaughter, at Sabugal, in an action, described by Wellington, as one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in ; and, on the 5th of April, the French quitted Portugal and entered Spain, with an army reduced from...

Memoirs of lieutenant-general sir Thomas Picton, including his correspondence

Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 sivua
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,...

Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.B.C. &c. Including His ...

Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 498 sivua
...light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the second corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in." The allies 'bivouacked on the field of battle, and consequently the victory, although dearly bought,...

The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut ..., Nide 7

Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1837 - 914 sivua
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2d corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43d regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part...

The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington: During His ..., Nide 7

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1837 - 788 sivua
...the Light division, by Colonel Beckwith's brigade principally, with the whole of the 2nd corps, to be one of the most glorious that British troops were ever engaged in. ' The 43rd regiment, under Major Patrickson, particularly distinguished themselves ; as did that part...




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