The first three brigadiers of the Corps were all remarkable men.
The last of the originalBrigadiers was Brigadier-General J.
For a memorable conference had been held between the threeBrigadiers earlier in the day, when roughly the line was divided up, the 2nd being to the south, then the 3rd, the 1st, and finally the 4th near the Sari Bair main ridge.
The Commandant, Colonel Wallace, inspected the units in the making, so did the Brigadiersand the General himself or his representative.
Brigadiers have explained to me how for days, as they could, they gathered 50 or 60 men from this unit and that, and would communicate with the brigadier next along the line, and a transfer would be effected.
Brigadiers and battalion commanders exposed themselves, standing among the bushes and undergrowth, so as to find out where the attack might be coming from, while a tornado of lead swept past them.
The Brigadiers were left the choice of their battalion commanders, and that choice fell on the men actively engaged in leading the young Citizen Army in the various centres, each State contributing its quota.
President had offered to allow him to select out of the new brigadiers four of his own choice.
I will also send in, during the day, the detailed reports of my brigadiers and colonels, and will indorse them with such remarks as I deem proper.
The brigadiers all sat in sullen silence; but Arnold, who had been brooding over his private grievances, suddenly jumped up.
To complete the discussion, it must be noted that there were three brigadiers from Indiana in the Twenty-third Corps at this time, and Hovey was not only the junior of the three but had been the least actively employed in the campaign.
The Conservative Kentucky chap lowered his pistol, and, motioning for the brigadiersto come from behind their trees, advanced to my side.
The brigadiers were obtained, my boy, and, with murder in our hearts, we started forth to seek a spot appropriate for carnage in private.
To all the Brigadiers of Infantry and Artillery and to the Heads of the Administrative Services who laboured under them, the limitations of space forbid my making any individual reference.
Early on the morning of the 10th, I summoned a conference at Maclagan's Headquarters in Corbie, which was attended by the Commanders and certain Brigadiers of the Third and Fourth Divisions.
The stress upon Major-General Gellibrand and his Staff and Infantry Brigadiershad been severe.
At the same time, I am sure that in his quiet, forceful way he did much to ensure on the part of his Divisional Commanders and Brigadiers a sympathetic attitude towards me and the demands I had to make upon them.
The Brigadiersin turn had afterwards to assemble their Battalion Commanders, and decide on detailed plans of action for each separate unit.
The British infantry division was again commanded by General Gatacre, the Brigadiers being Generals Wauchope and Lyttleton.
Four major generals and eight brigadiers were appointed at the same time.
The guard of the camp upon the high grounds was committed to Brigadiers Hamilton and Specht, and that of the redoubts and plain near the river to Brigadier-general Gall.
The assault was to be made by the Americans in two divisions, under Brigadiers Sullivan and Greene, the whole to be commanded by Major-general Putnam.
He was appointed one of the eightbrigadiers when the Continental army was organized in 1775, and early in the following year he was made a major general.
The First Division landed simultaneously with the leading division; the Duke of Cambridge and his staff being early on the beach, the Brigadiers Sir C.
The brigadierspreferred the hours between nine and noon, under the impression that the sun was not so powerful then, on account of the forenoon breezes, as it was earlier in the morning.
England, not one of our generals remained of those who went out originally; the changes among our brigadiers and colonels were almost as great.
Sir George Brown and staff also departed, leaving the force encamped under the command of Sir Richard England, with Brigadiers Sir J.
The Pasha was received by Lord Raglan, Sir George Brown, Brigadier-General Scarlett, the Brigadiers of Division.
Later in the day the Trent, with the 23rd Regiment; the Tonning, with Brigadiers Sir C.
One of Stuart's brigadiers would have probably done the work as well as Stuart himself.
Twelve months previous several of the brigadiers had been civilians.
The young staff officer to whom these instructions were entrusted, misunderstanding the intentions of his chief, communicated the message to the brigadiers with the addition that "they were to await further orders before engaging the enemy.
An anecdote told by one of his brigadiers illustrates his reluctance to say more than necessary.
The hospitality of the plantations was open to the officers, and wherever Stuart and his brigadiers pitched their tents, dances and music were the order of the day.
Brigadiers Du Portail and Knox were each promoted to the rank of major general; and Colonel Govion, and Captain Rochefontain, of the corps of engineers, were each advanced a grade, by brevet.
I think all the brigadiers are satisfied with the rank assigned them by the President.
The brigadiers are not all up north as you suspect.
In France Brigadiers were mainly divided into the sort that came round the front line themselves, and the sort that sent the Brigade-major or somebody else who had broken out into a frontal inflammation to do it for them.
And there, they say, two bright and agéd snakes Who once were brigadiers of infantry Bask in the sun.
THE great auk is but a memory; the bittern booms more rarely in our eastern marshes; and now they tell meBrigadiers are extinct.
The guards withdrew; but after they had proceeded a short distance, were stopped by brigadiers posted for the purpose, and told to return in a few minutes.
And not only the sub-officers, but the colonels, the brigadiers and general officers, were compelled to be upon the spot, and were not at liberty to absent themselves a quarter of an hour from the works.
Against Danbury an expedition was projected; and two thousand men under the command of Governor Tryon, major general of the provincials in the British service, assisted by Brigadiers Agnew and Sir William Erskine, were employed in it.
In the letter written by General Howe, the amount of prisoners is stated at one thousand and ninety-seven; among whom were Major General Sullivan, and Brigadiers Lord Stirling and Woodhull, by him named Udell.
This was tacitly in defiance of the opinion so fully expressed by Washington of the demerits of the man, and the ruinous effects to be apprehended from his promotion over the heads of brigadiers of superior claims.
Three divisions, under Brigadiers Wolfe, Whetmore and Laurens, attempted the landing west of the harbor at a place feebly secured.
All are to vote for the generals (and for the colonels of horse), but the brigadiers are to be voted for only by those who carry shields (i.
The brigadiers are to be voted for only by the hoplites.
Generals have now to be elected, and commanders of horse and brigadiers of foot.
Brigadiers Poor, Patterson, and De Fermoy, who were with St. Clair at Ticonderoga, were included in the order.
Jackson listened without comment, but at the end he said to two of the brigadiers who were sitting with him: "We march again at earliest dawn.
Some of the brigadiers were asleep, and grumbled when Harry awoke them, but the orders soon sent the last remnants of sleep flying.
While Jackson was writing the notes to the brigadiers he looked up once or twice at the darkening skies.
Soon after the halt all the brigadierswere assembled by Lord Chelmsford, who briefly but succinctly expounded to them his intentions and future action.
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