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Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshall the Duke ... - Page 205
by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1851 - 939 pages
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 37

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1839 - 552 pages
...join the expedition : — ' Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army ; and the former has informed...have experienced so many instances, that I can never douht it in any case- All that I can say upon that subject is, that, whether I am to command the army...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 10

English periodicals - 1840 - 708 pages
...Donegal, 1st of August, 1808. " Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army ; and the former has informed...army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to secure its success ; and you may depend upon it, I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them...
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The Military Life of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. &c ...

Basil Jackson, Charles Rochfort Scott - Great Britain - 1840 - 546 pages
...of the corps shall arrive. " Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army ; and the former has informed...never doubt it in any case. All that I can say upon the subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best...
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History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC ...

Archibald Alison - Europe - 1843 - 1154 pages
...apprised me of the arrangements for ib* future command of the army. All that I can say on this subject if, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I ilull do my best to insure its success ; and you may depend on it that I shall not hurry the operations,...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1845 - 776 pages
...writing to Lord Castlereagh, expresses himself on the occasion only thus: — " All I can say on the subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to ensure its success ; and you may depend upon it, that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence...
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The Life of Lord Hill, G.C.B., Late Commander of the Forces

Edwin Sidney - Generals - 1845 - 434 pages
...noble disposition fail full manifestation. " All," he wrote to Lord Castlereagh, " I can say on the subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to ensure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations or commence them...
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Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second ..., Volume 6

Robert Stewart Castlereagh (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1851 - 526 pages
...one of the corps will arrive. Pole and Burghersh have apprized me of the arrangements for the future command of this army ; and the former has informed...am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I will do my best to ensure its success ; and you may depend upon it, that I will not hurry the operations,...
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The Household Narrative of Current Events, Volume 3

Charles Dickens - Periodicals - 1852 - 296 pages
...had been ordered on the same service. But he makes no complaint. " All that I can say," he remarks, " upon that subject is, that whether I am to command...army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to ensure its success ; and you may depend upon it that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence...
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Biographical Memoranda of Arthur, Duke of Wellington ...

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1853 - 236 pages
...Donegal, 1st of August, 1808. " Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army; and the former has informed...army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to secure its success; and you may depend upon it I shall not hurry the operations, or commence them one...
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Characteristics of the duke of Wellington, apart from his military talents

Thomas Philip De Grey (2nd earl.) - 1853 - 226 pages
...Pole have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of their army. " All that I can say is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my best to ensure its success; and you may depend upon it, that I shall not hurry the operations, or commence...
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