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Throughout the period of the 52nd's existence, the British Army comprised both infantry and cavalry line regiments, as well as the Household Divisions.The regiments of the line were numbered and, from 1781, were given territorial designations – "Oxfordshire" in the 52nd's case – which roughly represented the area from which troops were drawn.
The battalion, still under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Wallace made another bayonet charge at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 and drove the French Army from the village. [16] It went on to fight at the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812 [ 17 ] and scaled the walls of the fortress at the Siege of Badajoz in April 1812. [ 18 ]
"A Scene on the Frontiers as Practiced by the Humane British and Their Worthy Allies!" British officer paying Native Americans to scalp an American soldier]. Engraving by L.G. after William Charles, ca. 1812. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collections. Political Collection. n27914. Width: 7,744 px: Height: 5,456 px: Compression ...
[3] According to historian James Hunter, at a time when the Duke of Wellington who was the British military's most eminent commander could describe his soldiers as "the very scum of the earth" who were eked out of precarious livelihoods on the outermost margins of urban society, the Highlanders of the 93rd Regiment of Foot, were, by contrast ...
The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot, they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.
British Indian Department (41 P) Pages in category "British military units and formations of the War of 1812" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
At Waterloo, of his roughly 73,000 strong army, around 26,000 (36 per cent) were British, [60] though this relatively low number was due to the majority of his Peninsular veterans being shipped elsewhere after Napoleon's first abdication, many being sent to North America to serve in the final months of the War of 1812 against the United States.
In addition to its use in warfare, the bayonet has a long history as a weapon employed in the control of unruly crowds. [1] Prior to the advent of less-lethal weapons, police and military forces called upon for riot control were generally limited to firing live ammunition, or using bayonets or sabre charges.