 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 ページ
...also made such short marches, none in which they made such long and repeated halts ; none in which tho retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. The army met with no disaster, it suffered no privation but such as mil;ht have been prevented by due... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1852 - 558 ページ
...occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches ; none on which they made such long...were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army,... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1852 - 448 ページ
...necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops had such short marches ; none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. " We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army,... | |
 | George Jones - 1852 - 748 ページ
...made with excellent skill. "None," said Lord Wellington, "was ever known in which the troops made such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; none in which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. The army met... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 404 ページ
...were most severe. The necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops made such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retroatiug armies were so little pressed on their rear by theeuemy. Yet, from the moment... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 410 ページ
...were most severe. The necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops made such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. Yet, from the moment... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Bismark, North Ludlow Beamish - 1855 - 492 ページ
...severe. The Wellington necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops made such short marches ,• none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the note.' ' ' retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. Yet from... | |
 | William Tomkinson - 1894 - 392 ページ
...necessity of retreat existing, none was ever made in which the Troops made such short marches, none in which they made such long and repeated halts, and...which the retreating armies were so little pressed in their rear by the Enemy. We must look therefore for the existing evils and for the situation in... | |
 | Sir Reginald Clare Hart - 1897 - 394 ページ
...the troops had such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy." Again, during the retreat to Corunna, though the army had sustained no defeat — had not even fought... | |
 | Lewis William George Butler - 1904 - 474 ページ
...have occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops had such short marches ; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. " We must therefore... | |
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We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army, to some cause besides those resulting from the operations in which we have been engaged. 
