The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome: With an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall MallRoberts, David
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The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome: With an Account of his Campaign on the Peninsula and in Pall Mall
Roberts, David
Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Poetry
[49] Fleets and Armies.
[50] Generals, Commissaries, Medical Staff, Cavalry.
[51] Subjects.
[52] It was supposed the intention of Buonaparte, after having
subjugated the Peninsula, was to have invaded England and Ireland.
[53] Sir A. Wellesley was sent to Portugal with a small force.
[54] Vide the Battle of Vimiera.
[55] Sir H----y B----d and Sir H----w D----e.
[56] Officers.
[57] Lieutenant-Generals and Major-Generals.
[58] There is no doubt many intelligent Major-Generals came out, whose
bad health would not admit their continuing in the Country, and who much
regretted their inability to Serve.
[59] Portugal.
[60] F----d M----l B----d.
[61] The Q----r M----r G----l.
[62] The A----t G----l.
[63] The M----y S----y.
[64] The A----s d-- C---- to the Commander of the Forces on the
Peninsula.
[65] The P----ce of O----ge.
[66] Commissaries.
[67] The Medical Officers.
[68] Dr. M----r.
[69] Divisions and Hospitals.
[70] Return of killed and wounded.
[71] Artillery.
[72] Brigades.
[73] Great guns and mortars, &c. &c.
[74] The O----r C----g the Artillery.
[75] Artillery Officers.
[76] Provost Marshals.
[77] Light and Heavy Cavalry.
[78] In respect to the British Cavalry, many instances were witnessed of
gallant conduct of Regiments, Squadrons, and Individuals: they are all
Brave--but certainly the Officers are generally deficient in knowledge
of Cavalry Tactics; and the men have not that proper regard, and
affection, I may call it, for the noble animal that bears them.
A German Soldier will sell his Bread to feed his Horse--a British
Soldier will sell the Corn to purchase Drink.
The German Officer, and Soldier, are superior to the British, for both
Officer, and Soldier, in the German Cavalry, know their Duty, and feel
a pride in it.
It is not a whimsical Uniform, or a monstrous pair of Mustachios, that
make the Cavalry Officer: but there seems so much attention now-a-days
paid to the external embellishment, that the interior is left to bare
Walls--empty Chambers.
Even the French Cavalry boasted, ‘that give them English Horses, and
they would drive the British Cavalry from the Field’; and there are
folks who are inclined to believe them: then as for Cavalry Generals--I
wish there was a School for Generals.
[79] L----t G----ls and M----r G----ls commanding divisions.
[80] Lt.-Gen. Sir R----d H----l.
[81] Lt.-Gen. Sir T----s G----m.
[82] Lt.-Gen. Sir S----n C----n.
[83] Lt.-Gen. E----l D----e.
[84] Lt.-Gen. C----n.
[85] Maj.-Gen. P--k--m.
[86] Lt.-Gen. Sir T. P----n.
[87] Maj.-Gen. C----e.
[88] Maj.-Gen. Sir T. S----t.
[89] Lt.-Gen. L----h.
[90] M----r-G----l, Ass----t Adj----t-G----l, Ass----t
Q----r-M----r-G----l.
[91] Officers, Commissaries, Guns, Provost Marshals.
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