The Aegis of England: Or, The Triumphs of the Late War, as They Appear in the Thanks of Parliament, Progressively Voted to the Navy and Army; and the Communications Either Oral Or Written on the Subject. Chronologically Arranged with Notices Biographical and Military |
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Page 41 - brave and illustrious commanders in the fleets and armies of my country, the unanimous resolution of thanks from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London in Common
Page 351 - in the public service. I request, Sir, you will be pleased to permit me to express my grateful acknowledgments for the flattering terms in which you have conveyed so distinguished a proof of the approbation of the House of Commons ; and have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, your most obedient and most
Page 446 - which their Lordships have conferred upon me. I likewise request your Lordship to accept my acknowledgments for the handsome terms in which your Lordship has conveyed to me the sentiments of the House of Lords. I have the honour to be, My Lord, with the greatest respect, your Lordship's most obedient and
Page 450 - service. I beg your Lordship will accept my thanks for the handsome terms in which you have conveyed to me the sense of the House of Lords. I have the honour to be, My Lord, with the greatest respect, your Lordship's most obedient and
Page 513 - as follows— My Lord, Since last I had the honour of addressing you from this place, a series of eventful years has elapsed ; but none without some mark and note of your rising glory. The military triumphs which your valour has
Page 477 - For the deeds of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, this double harvest of glory in one year, the House of Commons has resolved again to give you the tribute of its thanks ; and I do therefore now, in the name and by the command of the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Page 478 - Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, deliver to you their unanimous thanks for your great exertions upon the 21st of June last, near Vittoria, when the French army was completely defeated by the allied forces under the Marquess of Wellington's command. And also for the valour, steadiness and exertion, so successfully displayed by you in repelling the
Page 478 - of Wellington's command. And also for the valour, steadiness and exertion, so successfully displayed by you in repelling the repeated attacks made on the position of the allied army by the whole French forces under the command of Marshal Soult between the 25th of July and 1st of August.
Page 445 - 1811. I have had the honour of receiving your Lordship's letter of the 29th of April, in which your Lordship enclosed the resolutions of the House of Lords of the 26th April, expressing the approbation of
Page 195 - services of the non-commissioned officers and men of the several corps of militia, which have been embodied in Great Britain and Ireland during the course of the war, and that the same be communicated to them by the colonels or commanding officers of the several corps, who are desired to thank them for their meritorious conduct.