The Lancers were performed with extreme conscientiousness; and when it was over, every gentleman with any savoir faire to speak of presented his partner with a glass of beer.
But, before he could recant in words, a soldier came up, a medium-sized warrior with a large nose and round little eyes, who had been very funny during the Lancers in directing all the figures by words of military command.
A body of lancers and archers came hastening up, and Richard, seeing all hope of escape gone by, exclaimed, "May the God on whom you laid your hand reward you and your accomplices at the last day!
They will strike the lancers of Santa Anna and save Texas.
Open swung the gate, and in rode the very airy captain of lancers who had been sent to demand the surrender of the fort, but who had insolently neglected to acknowledge the military rank of its commander.
The lancers had not dreamed of such a greeting as that in the night, at the very moment of their supposed success.
They're about four days' march from us, I should say, but the lancerscould get here sooner.
But the river was shallow and fordable at this point, and a party of lancershad already made its way well out from the farther shore.
He did not move, however, during several minutes, for the bugles of the lancers and the shouted orders of the infantry commanders had called a halt.
The lancersmade it a close shave from the Rio Grande to the Nueces, but we've beaten 'em.
Parties of lancers would surely be out, and there were too many of them.
All the while, across the southward prairie, Bowie and his men rode on, and now they knew, from Castro, that General Bravo and his lancers had been seen along the line of the Rio Grande.
He tried to tell how when he reached them, but before he had finished his story of the Comanches and the lancers Tetzcatl turned his mule toward the river.
He can't take this fort with nothing but ranchero lancers and field-guns.
Reckon the lancers are scouting the south prairie after us yet," replied Jim Cheyne.
Half-way between the convent and the church a thick group of swordsmen and lancers closed around the old bear hunter, but he did not die alone.
We could march an expedition along by this route and not find a soul to hinder us, but there'd be a whole brigade of lancers riding this way before we could get the bullion and set out for home.
As he did so a man in the uniform of the Belgian lancers came out of the ruined house.
Taking advantage of the confusion of their foes, the Belgian mounted lancerswere ordered to charge.
Following at a discreet distance, they waited until the lancers halted; then, leaving their cycles by the side of a haystack, they overtook the Belgian troops.
They took the money with them, but our lancers ambushed them and recovered it.
Accordingly the lancers were sent back, while a dozen of the cyclists were ordered to leave their machines at a wayside inn and to ride on the cars.
Colonel Romero and his gay lancers and his picturesque ranchero militia rode away along the well-marked trail so carefully left for them by the Apaches.
Too many lancers and rancheros were out on the war-path, and the thoughts of all the band were turning towards some better refuge north of the United States line.
There were pleasant-voiced introductions among the gentlemen, and the blue-coats and cowboys mingled freely with the lancers and rancheros.
Mrs. Evans and Vic were not one bit more completely in the dark, that morning, than were Colonel Romero and his lancers and his rancheros.
As soon as the order is given and the two little armies stand face to face the Polish Lancers halt and the Old Guard stand still.
He forces on a quick march, but the Polish Lancers are already gaining ground: the sound of their horses' hoofs stamping the frozen ground, the snorting, the clanging of arms is distinctly heard.
We shall have those lancers gliding amongst us soon; but come and lie down behind a tree for a while.
The lancers had disappeared, but a regiment of Croats took their place, and peppered us from a distance with their long guns.
The friendly hussars had been compelled to retreat; the Austrian lancers were working round our left; the Croats, mad for vengeance, were clamouring to be led to the attack; and two light batteries had been pushed up to shell us from the wood.
The Duke of Brunswick placed himself before a regiment of lancers and charged the French infantry; but these stood steady, and received the lancers with so heavy a fire that they retreated in confusion on Quatre Bras.
Riding right through the infantry column the light cavalry fell upon the French lancers and rolled them over with the fury of their charge, and then charged another regiment of lancers and checked their advance.
The Brunswick hussars were now ordered to advance and cover the retreat of the infantry; but as they moved toward the enemy they lost heart, turned, and fled from the field, the French lancers charging hotly among them.
Small party of lancers in full retreat, and the Boers very strong in pursuit.
Close in the rear of the resistless herd then charged the lancers of Paez, with the terrible black bannerol fluttering in the van.
But the lack of uniformity in no wise detracts from valor, nor does it diminish the gayety of these terriblelancers as they lie idly grouped about the flickering fires.
In another moment, eighty or ninety of the lancers of Paez issued from the ravine, and, hurling themselves upon the broken enemy, turned the defeat into an utter rout.
Smuts, when some eighteen miles north-west of Tarkastad, in desperation decided to attack a squadron of the 17th Lancers under Major Sandeman.
The approach of Major Nickalls and another squadron of the Lancers forced the Boers to cease fighting and continue their bolt to the south.
On the evening of the 5th, Colonel Scobell's force (9th Lancers and C.
The 17th Lancerswrought tremendous execution, killing and riding down in all directions.
Meanwhile on the left was taking place the great incident of the battle of Omdurman--the fine charge of the 21st Lancers against enormous odds.
Wild with excitement, coming on to the attack, the Lancers had not a single moment for hesitation.
They charged boldly; and, in turn, the lancerswere taken in rear, and many fell beneath the sabres of the British.
The 9th Lancers kept up the pursuit, and almost for the first time the rebels received a taste of the deadly lance.
Brigadier Hope Grant, with the 9th Lancers and six pieces of cannon, advanced to circumvent the enemy, but were assailed by a heavy fire of grape when they had reached the Ochterliny gardens, which lie near the cantonments.
Their batteries poured upon these unflinching soldiers a storm of grape, and when an opening was made by the cannon, the lancers were ready to rush upon the devoted infantry.
Lancers and 6th Dragoon Guards, six companies of the 60th Rifles, nine companies of H.
Ducrot therefore ordered General Margueritte with three choice cavalry regiments (Chasseurs d'Afrique) and several squadrons of Lancers to charge the advancing lines.
The 21st Lancers had been sent forward over the ridge between Gebel Surgham and the Nile with orders to reconnoitre, and, if possible, to head the Dervishes away from their city.
Footnote 416: The general opinion of the army was that the charge of the Lancers "was magnificent, but was not war.
Hal could not see a yard in front of him; he could not tell how the day went anywhere save in that corner where the Lancers were hemmed in.
There sallied forth a body of Belgian cavalry and the few French that remained of the French Lancers who had borne the brunt of the fighting in the battle in which Hal and Chester had distinguished themselves.
The Lancers were ordered here immediately war was declared, to help check the advance of the invader.
Glancing about the field, Captain Derevaux could see that every officer of the Lancers save himself was down, and that, unless he took the vacant place and rallied them, the few troopers still left would scatter.
Accordingly he turned his horse, just as the Lancers swept past on their first charge, and reined in beside Captain Derevaux.
Now he was dashing along the line of the Lancers on a black charger, and now round the column of the Cuirassiers on a white one.
As the Lancers cantered through the gate three abreast, the head of the Afghan crowd stepped forward, gave them the Muhammadan greeting, and with the confidence of an unassailable argument cried out to them, "We are of the true faith.
The sowars were mounted, and rode in with their lances; the Afghans were unmounted, but their magazines were full, and they fired a volley at the Lancers as they charged.
One set of lancers was danced entirely by the Seven Deadly Sins and their human exemplars; of course seven couples were not sufficient to make up the set, so they had to bring in an eighth sin, I forget what it was.
There are half a dozen Cavalry Regiments against whom no one could throw a stone--the 9th and 16th Lancers are of these.
The Scarlet Lancers had been separated from their helmets for many months.
But it was a great spectacle to see the survival of the fittest squadrons of the Scarlet Lancers filing past.
No one would have accused them of being Lancers if they had met them suddenly on the veldt.
On New Year’s Day an officer of the Lancerswas sleeping in his house, when a shell exploded and buried him in a heap of timber.
But at this moment a large body of Lancers was hurled on their flank.
On the third day they came close to some kopjes, or hills, on which Boers were posted, who stared in amazement at the sight of the 9th Lancers sweeping in open order round the base of the hills.
There was a small bugler of the 5th Lancers who was the envy of every boy in the town.
For the most part the British regained by counterattacks what they lost; but they were unable to retake the Château of Hooge, though the Ninth Lancers and the Fifteenth Hussars made a heroic attempt to regain it.
The "Princess Pats," as they were known at home, turned over their quarters to the Ninth Lancers who were followed by the Fifteenth Hussars and the Second Camerons.
A regiment of lancers was on the nearest flank, and another of cuirassiers was stationed at the opposite.
The artillery still fired occasionally, as on a retreating foe, and the lancers and cuirassiers were charging and manoeuvring, half a mile farther in advance, as if following up their advantage.
Some of the lancers had more terrible tales of the Indians to add to what the travellers already knew.
For the lancers might so easily have had it all their own way; at least twenty redskins had fallen before the carbines of the rancheros, and clearly the rest were surprised and confused.
You lancers prepare to receive their charge," he shouted; and motioned to his own men to draw off and be ready to attack the Seris in the rear.
He was obeyed indifferently; further urged by von Tempsky and Jago, the guides and rancheros were wheeling slowly northwards; but the lancers were evidently more than half minded to charge wholesale at the oncoming savages.
The Red Lancers charged ere they had time to complete their formation, and, reforming on the far side, charged again in splendid style.
The 9th Lancers and two troops of Bengal Artillery were quartered at that station, and at Meerut were the Carabiniers, the 60th Rifles, and the headquarters of the Bengal Artillery.
Fifty infantry against four times that number of mounted men--lancers at that--and not a bush to shelter the foot-soldier from the long spear and the iron hoof!
Why, the battle lasted nearly an hour; and, after having lost half a score of their best men, the valiantlancers rode back to Vera Cruz quicker than they came out of it.
French lancers galloped up to keep the people back, and several carriages, preceded by a plain calash, came in view.
At this moment a Brandenburg regiment of lancers galloped up, headed by Major von Katzeler, Blucher's former adjutant.
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