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" The attack of the infantry now commenced, and the roll of fire from this powerful arm soon convinced the Sikh army that they had met with a foe they little expected ; and their whole force was driven from position after position with great slaughter,... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Página 618
1816
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen59

1846 - 798 páginas
...; for this stout conflict was maintained during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst a clond of dust from the sandy plain, which yet more obscured...starlight," the elastic vigour of the British spirit. Hanger, and thirst, and weariness vanished at once, as, with the alacrity and precision of a peaceful...
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The History of the Sikhs: Containing the Lives of the Gooroos; the ..., Volumen2

William Lewis M'Gregor - 1846 - 438 páginas
...and the loss of seventeen pieces of artillery, some of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using the never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy...sandy plain which yet more obscured every object." In reading a despatch, we are struck with the apparent simplicity and regularity of every movement;...
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Bulletins and Other State Intelligence

1846 - 840 páginas
...•artillery, eome of th«m of heavy calibre ; our infantry, using that never-failing weapon, th.-. bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss: the force...
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The War in India: Despatches of Lt.-Gen. Viscount Hardinge, Governor-general ...

Henry Hardinge Hardinge (Viscount) - 1846 - 234 páginas
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force...
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The War in India: Despatches of ...

1846 - 230 páginas
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force...
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The War in India: Despatches of Visct. Hardinge, Lord Gough, Sir Harry Smith ...

Henry Hardinge (1st Viscount Hardinge.) - 1846 - 182 páginas
...of them of heavy calibre ; our infantry, using that never-failing weapon, the bayonet, whenever they stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster,...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. some hours, and only returned to its encampment after ascertaining that it had no enemy before it,...
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The Punjaub: Being a Brief Account of the Country of the Sikhs

Henry Steinbach - 1846 - 206 páginas
...weapon, the bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stoat conflict was maintained during an hour and a half...plain, which yet more obscured every object." The loss in this conflict was very severe. It consisted of 13 officers, 2 native officers, 15 serjeants...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year ...

1846 - 882 páginas
...bayonet, whenever the enemy stood. Night only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout VOL. LXXXVII. conflict was maintained during an hour and a half...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object." This victory, though glorious, was dearly purchased. Major-General Sir Robert Sale, the hero of Jellalabad,...
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Despatches of the British Generals During the Campaign on the Sutlej: With ...

Henry HARDINGE (1st Viscount Hardinge.), Sutlej river - 1846 - 74 páginas
...only saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained during an hourand-a-half of dim starlight, amidst a cloud of dust from the sandy plain, which yet n^qre obscured every object. I regret to say this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable...
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The Victories of the British Armies: With Anecdotes Illustrative of Modern ...

Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - 1847 - 560 páginas
...saved them from worse disaster, for this stout conflict was maintained DEATH OF SIR ROBERT SALE. 481 during an hour and a half of dim starlight, amidst...sandy plain, which yet more obscured every object. " I regret to say, this gallant and successful attack was attended with considerable loss ; the force...
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