Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: With Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments, Volumes 1-2A. Constable, 1822 - 455 páginas |
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... light infantry discipline , called double- quick marching . When they had advanced within a few yards of the enemy , they poured in a volley of musketry , • A friend of mine , the late Mr Stewart of Crossmount , carried arms on that ...
... light infantry discipline , called double- quick marching . When they had advanced within a few yards of the enemy , they poured in a volley of musketry , • A friend of mine , the late Mr Stewart of Crossmount , carried arms on that ...
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... light infantry . In the wars of Gus- tavus Adolphus , in the civil wars of Charles I. , and on va- rious other occasions , they were often mixed with the ca- valry , affording to detached squadrons the incalculable ad- vantage of ...
... light infantry . In the wars of Gus- tavus Adolphus , in the civil wars of Charles I. , and on va- rious other occasions , they were often mixed with the ca- valry , affording to detached squadrons the incalculable ad- vantage of ...
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... light troops , who were quickly re- pulsed with loss ; and the Highlanders were taken great no- tice of for their ... infantry were form- ed in two lines opposite the space between Fontenoy and the wood of Barri , with their cavalry in ...
... light troops , who were quickly re- pulsed with loss ; and the Highlanders were taken great no- tice of for their ... infantry were form- ed in two lines opposite the space between Fontenoy and the wood of Barri , with their cavalry in ...
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... light infantry of the army , and Fraser's Highlanders . The landing place was occupied by 2000 men , entrenched behind a battery of eight pieces of cannon and ten swivels . Reserving their fire till the boats were near the beach , the ...
... light infantry of the army , and Fraser's Highlanders . The landing place was occupied by 2000 men , entrenched behind a battery of eight pieces of cannon and ten swivels . Reserving their fire till the boats were near the beach , the ...
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... light infantry , and a body of Rangers and Indians , with a detachment of artillery . When joined by the 2d battalion of the Royal Highlanders from the West Indies , this army amounted to 14,500 men . At Fort Edward , the point of ...
... light infantry , and a body of Rangers and Indians , with a detachment of artillery . When joined by the 2d battalion of the Royal Highlanders from the West Indies , this army amounted to 14,500 men . At Fort Edward , the point of ...
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42d regiment afterwards Alexander Alexander Mackenzie ancient arms army Athole attack attempt battalion batteries battle Black Watch brave brigade British Caithness Cameron Campbell Captain cavalry character chief clan Colonel command commenced companies conduct corps defence detachment districts Duke duty embarked enemy enemy's expedition Fencibles fire flank force formed forward Fraser French front garrison Gordon Gordon Highlanders grenadiers habits Highland regiment honour instance James John joined King Laird land landlords Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel light infantry Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellington loss Loudon's Highlanders Lowlands Mackenzie Macleod Major Major-General manner marched Marshal Saxe ment military Munro native neral non-commissioned officers occasion officers ordered party Perth Perthshire possession racter raised rank and file rear recruits redoubt regi regiment rents respect retired retreat Royal Highlanders Scotland second battalion serjeants Sir John Moore soldiers spirit Stewart success Sutherland tenants tion town troops whole