The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers from Their Foundation as Wynne's Dragoons, in 1689, to the Present DayA. Doubleday, 1908 - 287 pages |
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19th Hussars 2nd Lieut 5th Dragoons 5th Lancers 5th Royal Irish Allies army arrived artillery Athlone attack August battalions battle Belturbet Blenheim Boers British camp campaign Captain captured Colonel column command Cornet corps crossed DATE OF JOINING defence detachment Dragoon Guards Dublin Duke Dutch Elector of Bavaria enemy enemy's English Enniskillen fight fire Flanders flank foot force French gallant garrison Ginckell grenadiers ground guns halted Hamilton Hill horse and dragoons Hussars Inniskilling Ireland James July June Khartoum killed King Ladysmith Liége Lieutenant Lord Major Major-General Malplaquet marched Marlborough Mbulwana Meanwhile Meuse miles morning Mounted Infantry moved Namur Natal night Officers ordered Oudenarde Prince Ramillies RANK rear Regiment retreat rifle river rode Ross ROYAL IRISH DRAGOONS Scheldt Schomberg Scots Scott Chisholme sent Sergeant SERVICES AND REMARKS siege Sir George White soldiers squadrons Suakim town troops village Villeroi William wounded WYNNE WYNNE'S Dragoons zariba
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Page 90 - Tallard's army is taken or destroyed. The bravery of all our troops on this occasion cannot be expressed; the generals as well as the officers and soldiers behaving themselves with the greatest courage and resolution, the horse and dragoons having been obliged to charge four or five several times.