A tour through the naval and military establishments of Great Britain in the years 1816-20. Transl |
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A Tour Through the Naval and Military Establishments of Great Britain in the ... Baron Francois Pierre Charles Dupin Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2016 |
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Pagina 81 - C'ommander-iu-Chief avails himself of this opportunity of addressing himself to those who are the immediate objects of this Order. His Royal Highness entertains a just sense of the Meritorious Services of the Non-Commissioned Officers of the Army, and he is persuaded, that, under the direction of their officers, they have individually, and collectively contributed largely to uphold the character of the British Army in its present pre-eminence, and Hi« Royal Highness rejoices most cordially that...
Pagina 72 - ... a sudden transfer of administration, the general plan of military operations is altered, the organization of the army and all the details which influence the efficiency of regiments, can not be overthrown by the caprice and vanity of the new ministers. It is the masterpiece of the institutions of England, that stability in the system of public service, is combined with the power of changing the directors of the executive authority.
Pagina 98 - perpetual furnisher, with remainder to his heirs, of all the medicines necessary for the general services of the land forces of Great Britain.
Pagina 52 - ... in such a way as to run over a fourth part of the great circle of the globe in less time than a continental army can pass from Spain into Poland, or from France into Russia. Now, when such immense marches are undertaken, the naval army experiences neither fatigues, nor privations, nor wants, nor those epidemics which destroy so many land armies. Without accident to her crew, a ship of war passes the winter in the midst of the polar...
Pagina 29 - ... exceed four hundred. We must observe, however, in the first place, that M. Dupin here hazards a statement not founded in fact ; and, secondly, that a remonstrance on the treatment of prisoners of war, and an affectation of humanity for prisoners, comes with a singularly bad grace from the creature of a tyrant who, under the most cruel and aggravating circumstances, seized and detained civilians and non-combatants, men, women and children, as prisoners of war; who refused to open the doors oj...
Pagina 32 - ... of England to that high pitch of power and glory which it attained in the late revolutionary war. The local circumstances which naturally create an attachment to the seafaring life, are thus described. 'The metropolis of the British Empire includes, within its walls, the most frequented port in the universe. It is the commerce of the sea, which alone has made London the most populous and the most wealthy of the capitals of Europe ; vessels from...
Pagina 107 - ... bestow unqualified praise upon our troops : — " But it is in the relations between the soldier and the citizen that the British army deserves to be named as a model for all nations who cherish both law and liberty. The British government has discovered the secret of constituting an army, formidable alone to foreign nations, and which considers obedience to the civil authority of the country as a part of its glory.
Pagina 103 - Anyone that should kill another on land should be tied to the dead body and buried with it in the earth. Anyone lawfully convicted of drawing a knife or other weapon with intent to strike another, or of striking another so as to draw blood, should lose his hand.
Pagina 71 - ... army, at the conclusion of the war with France, to the superintending care of the commander in chief at the seat of government. Speaking of the newly adopted policy of not suffering a change of ministry to produce the removal of this officer, he says: "In rendering the situation of commander in chief independent of a change of ministry, it appears to me that the British Government have wisely followed the spirit of the constitution and the dictates of prudence. Owing to this distinction, if bv...
Pagina 33 - Europe — in a word, in all parts of the world the central points of the British power participate in the benefits of the commerce of the sea; and by these benefits contribute to the splendour, the wealth, and the power of the people and of the government.