Lord Roberts: A BiographyJ. Nisbet, 1914 - 362 էջ |
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Afghanistan Afghans Alumbagh Amir ammunition army arrived attack Ayoob Khan Bloemfontein Boers brave British force British Government camp campaign carried Cavagnari cavalry Cawnpore Chamberlain cheers Chief Colonel column command Commander-in-Chief confidence danger declared defence Delhi disaster duty enemy England face feeling fell felt fighting fire forward fought Frederick Roberts frontier garrison Goorkhas guns hand Havelock heavy held Highlanders hill honour Hope Grant India infantry Kabul Kandahar knew Kotal Ladysmith Lord Kitchener Lord Lytton Lord Roberts Lucknow Mahomed Meerut ment miles morning move native never Neville Chamberlain Nicolson once organisation Outram Peshawur position Pretoria Punjab ready realised regiment relieved ridge round Russia sent sepoys Sher Sherpur Sikhs Simla Sir Colin Sir Donald Stewart Sir Frederick Roberts soldiers staff officer stood strong taken thousand tion took troops Viceroy victory whole words wounded wrote Yakub Khan
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Էջ 345 - Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! The tumult and the shouting dies; The captains and the kings depart: Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Էջ 81 - But to be soldier all day and be sentinel all thro' the night— Ever the mine and assault, our sallies, their lying alarms. Bugles and drums in the darkness, and shoutings and soundings to arms, Ever the labor of fifty that had to be done by five, Ever the marvel among us that one should be left alive, Ever the day with its traitorous death from the loop-holes around, Ever the night with its...
Էջ 81 - Valor of delicate women who tended the hospital bed, Horror of women in travail among the dying and dead, Grief for our perishing children, and never a moment for grief, Toil and ineffable weariness, faltering hopes of relief...
Էջ 107 - For more than forty years,' was his remark to Sir James, — ' for more than forty years I have so ruled my life that when death came I might face it without fear.
Էջ 63 - I might make a commotion, and give the gun time to load ; so in I went at the front rank, cut down the first fellow, slashed the next across the face as hard as I could, when two sowars charged me.
Էջ 96 - Lancers, with their gallant bearing, their flagless lances and their lean but hardy horses, looked the perfection of regular cavalry on active service. Wild and bold was the bearing of the Sikh horsemen, clad in loose fawn-coloured dress, with long boots, blue or red turbans and sashes, and armed with carbine and tulwar. Next to them were the worn and wasted remains of the Eighth and Seventy -Fifth Queen's, who with wearied air stood grouped under their colours.
Էջ 50 - Punjab, but the aspect of affairs most threatening. The whole native Regular army are ready to break out, and unless a blow be soon struck, the Irregulars, as a body, will follow their example. Send for our troops from Persia. Intercept the force now on its way to China, and bring it to Calcutta. Every European soldier will be required to save the country if the whole of the native troops turn against us. This is the opinion of all leading minds here. Every precaution which foresight can dictate...
Էջ 206 - Amir, they should make immediate arrangements for their own safety, either by coming into the British camp, or by such other measures as may seem fit to them. And as the British Government does not make war on women and children, warning is given that all women and children should be removed from the city beyond the reach of harm. The British Government desires to treat all classes with justice, and to respect their religion, feelings, and customs, while exacting full retribution from offenders....
Էջ 206 - Be it known to all that the British Army is advancing on Kabul to take possession of the city. If it be allowed to do so peacefully, well and good; if not, the city will be seized by force. Therefore all well-disposed persons who have taken no part in the dastardly murder of the British Envoy, or in the plunder of the Residency, are warned that if they are unable to prevent resistance being offered to the entrance of the British Army, and...
Էջ 109 - Louder and louder grew the roar; faster and faster became the march ; long and weary was the way ; tired and footsore grew the infantry ; death fell on the exhausted wounded with a terrible rapidity; the travel-worn bearers could hardly stagger along under their loads; the sick men groaned and died— but still ' On ! on !