 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1866 - 614 pages
...Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who hns frequently distinguished himself in his service ; he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge...serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed." The commanderin -chief also alluded to Sir W. Ponsonby as an ornament to bis profession.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...the loss of an officer who his frequently distinguished himself in his service ; he fell g'oriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by...the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our p3sition was repulsed." The commanderin chief also alluded to Sir W, Ponsonby as an ornament to his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 pages
...Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; be fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with...one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on pur position was repulsed." The commanderin-chief also alluded to Sir W. Ponsonby as an ornament to... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1869 - 246 pages
...... In Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service, and he fell...serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed. The Earl of Uxbridge, after having successfully got through this arduous day, received a... | |
 | Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1873 - 154 pages
...In Lieut.-General Sir T. Picton, His Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell...serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed. The Earl of Uxbridge, after having successfully got through this arduous day, received a... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1873 - 614 pages
...the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; he fell gloriou'.y leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by...serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed." The commanderin-chief also alluded to Sir W. Ponsonby as an ornament to his profession.... | |
 | George Thomas Earl of Albemarle - Great Britain - 1876 - 452 pages
...expect to outlive the day. He fell by a cannon ball early in the day, while " gloriously leading the division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of...attacks made by the enemy on our position was defeated." 1 His body was taken to Waterloo and there placed in a rough coffin made by the village carpenter.... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - Great Britain - 1882 - 542 pages
...thanks of Parliament, and within a year fell at Waterloo " gallantly leading his division to a charge of bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy was defeated." * The monument in St. Paul's, erected to his memory by an unanimous vote of the House... | |
 | George Lathom Browne - Great Britain - 1882 - 460 pages
...thanks of Parliament, and within a year fell at Waterloo " gallantly leading his division to a charge of bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy was defeated." ' The monument in St. Paul's, erected to his memory by an unanimous vote of the House... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1884 - 616 pages
...Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge...serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed." The commanderin-chief also alluded to Sir W. Ponsonby as an ornament to his profession.... | |
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Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our... 
