 | Walter Scott - 1884 - 630 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.... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pages
...line, stimulating it by his own example. According to the Duke of Wellington's despatch, " this was one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position." To defeat it was therefore of vital importance to the success of the day. Picton knew this, and doubtless... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1887 - 256 pages
...Picton received his death wound. "He fell gloriously," said his illustrious Commander, " leading hia " division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the " most furious attacks made by the enemy was defeated." Napoleon now directed his strongest efforts to crush... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 922 pages
...wounded, and at Waterloo on the 18th, while repulsing with impetuous valour what Wellington denominated " one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position," he was struck dead by a ball on the temple. A public monument was erected to his memory in St Paul's... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1890 - 612 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 AV. Ponsonby as an ornament to his profession.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 924 pages
...wounded, and at Waterloo on the 18th, while repulsing with impetuous valour what Wellington denominated " one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position," he was struck dead by a ball on the temple. A public monument was erected to his memory in St Paul's... | |
 | Charles Dalton - Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1890 - 288 pages
...foresaw was to be a tremendous struggle. Fell whilst gloriously leading a charge of infantry to repel " one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position." It is said that on the morning of the 18th June, one of the first questions asked by Napoleon of his... | |
 | William Retlaw Williams - Elections - 1895 - 250 pages
...Wellington in his Despatch, " His Majesty has sustained the " loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service, and he fell,...made by the enemy on " our position was defeated." He was bur. 3 July 1815 in the family vault in the burial ground of St. George, Hanover Square, aged... | |
 | Edward Cotton - Great Britain - 1895 - 366 pages
...Thomas Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished hims«lf in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his...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... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1895 - 496 pages
...line, stimulating it by his own example. According to the Dnke of Wellington's despatch, "this was one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position.11 To defeat it was therefore of vital importance to the success of the day. Picton knew this,... | |
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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... 
