 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...made upon it. In one of these the enemy carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it...infantry with his cavalry, but these attacks were invariably unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunities to our cavalry to charge, in one • of which... | |
 | William Siborne - Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1848 - 868 pages
...upon it. In one of these the Enemy carried the Farm House of La Haye Sainte'; as the Detachment of the Light Battalion of the Legion which occupied it,...occupied the only communication there was with them. 830 The Duke of Wellington's Waterloo despatch, The Enemy repeatedly charged our Infantry with his... | |
 | Battle of Waterloo - 1849 - 114 pages
...upon it. In one of these, the enemy carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it...attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, and they afforded opportunity to our cavalry to charge ; in one of which, Lord E. Somerset's brigade, consisting of the... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 pages
...enemy carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the German Legion, which occupied it, had expended all its ammunition,...they afforded opportunities to our cavalry to charge, m one of which Lord E Somerset's brigade, consisting of the Life Guards, the Eoyal Horse Guards, and... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 pages
...of the German Legion, which occupied it, ad expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied ie only communication there was with them. " The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his ivalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful; and iey afforded opportunities to our cavalry... | |
 | Edward Baines - France - 1855 - 618 pages
...In one of these, the enemy carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the lieht battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended...repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry ; but theee attacks were uniformly unsuccessful, ;md they afforded opportunities to our cavalry to charge,... | |
 | Ludwig von Reiche - Generals - 1857 - 468 pages
...Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the German legion, which occupied it, hat expended all its ammunition; and the enemy occupied...attacks were uniformly unsuccessful; and they afforded opportutugal, Spain, Ihe Low Countries, and France from 17M to 1815. Compiled from official ami aulhenlic... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1915 - 878 pages
...says, ' carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte as the detachment of the light battalion of the German Legion, which occupied it, had expended all its ammunition,...occupied the only communication there was with them.' Wellington repeated that statement obstinately year by year, telling Stanhope, for example, that '... | |
 | Thomas Carter - 1861 - 232 pages
...French carried the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the German Legion, which occupied it, had expended all its ammunition,...occupied the only communication there was with them. Repeated charges were made by the French cavalry upon the infantry, but these attacks were uniformly... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1862 - 738 pages
...or separate, were made upon us. In one of these the enemy carried the farm-house of La Haye Sainte. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his...cavalry, but these attacks were uniformly unsuccessful. They were repeated till about seven in the evening, when a desperate effort to force our left centre... | |
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Sainte, as the detachment of the light battalion of the legion which occupied it had expended all its ammunition, and the enemy occupied the only communication there was with them. The enemy repeatedly charged our infantry with his cavalry, but these... 
