Spinola had displayed excellent generalship, but it is not surprising that the young volunteer should have failed upon his first great field day to defeat Maurice of Nassau and his cousin Lewis William.
Moreover he had founded a school out of which apt pupils had already graduated, and it would seem that the Genoese volunteer had rapidly profited by his teachings as only a man endowed with exquisite military genius could have done.
Especially a volunteer ensign mounted upon a rampart, and danced about, waving his flag gaily in the face of the assailants.
A Volunteer Convention, formed with all the regular organization of a representative assembly, but wielding the power of an army, began menacingly to demand the removal of the commercial restrictions which were destroying Irish prosperity.
The approaches to Gavrain were guarded by a mounted volunteer corps called Grassins.
This volunteer force, in which Flood was a colonel, while vigilant for the defence of the island, soon made itself felt in politics.
Nor did the rector volunteer any evidences of the soundness of his theological or political principles.
A good principle in Law, sir," said the Judge, "is not to volunteer information.
But he did not volunteer to be one of those to man the Petrel on her maiden voyage.
After the ranks were broken, Major Sherman and the Judge went to talk to Captain Lyon and the Union Leader, who was now a Colonel of one of the Volunteer regiments.
I have often thought since that that march of the volunteer company to join Clark at the Falls of the Ohio was a superb example of confidence in one man, and scarce to be equalled in history.
At this station some of the queer anomalies of a volunteer army were to be found.
Where there is a piano it is moved into the school, or garage, or whatever the building may be, and at twilight a nun or a volunteermusician plays quietly, to soothe the men to sleep.
There is something magnificent, a contagion of enthusiasm, in the sight of a greatvolunteer army.
Surgeons, nurses, priests, nuns, volunteer workers who substitute for lack of training both courage and zeal, these are a part of the machinery of mercy.
But it costs a country heavy in griefs, does a volunteer army; for the flower of the country goes.
The First Regiment and one battalion of the Second California Volunteer Cavalry, the Fifth California Infantry, and a good battery hold Arizona firmly.
He revenges himself daily for the volunteer cuisine of the American River.
Here and there, some quixotic volunteer makes his way in.
We needn't volunteerto be Henry Peintdexter's 'vengers.
He was captain in a volunteer regiment of Mississippians--for he hails from that State; but he was oftener met with at the monte-table than in the quarters of his regiment.
Zeb has traced the action to its instigator--the ex-captain of volunteer cavalry.
The average examining surgeon had no more knowledge of the business than the recruiting officer, and was inclined to take the patriotism of the volunteer as conclusive evidence of bodily soundness.
His slightly irregular features were covered with large brown freckles, and on his upper lip was a volunteer crop of lightish fuzz, which might, in time, become a moustache.
It is the visiting that makes the difference; last season these visits, volunteer and official, were more than thirty-one hundred.
A secretary of the institute sets out to canvass such quarters of the field as have not been apportioned among themselves individually by the ladies composing the committee of "volunteer garden visitors.
In a moment the Nationals saw their perilous position, and Lieutenant Slater called for a volunteer to tear up the boards and prevent their crossing.
The northward movement of the Confederates against Louisville subsequently caused him to hasten to that city and volunteer his services to General Nelson.
Drafts had been ordered in several of the States to fill up quotas that were not forthcoming under the volunteer system.
Warren, afterward famous as a corps commander, and General Sykes pronounced it the best volunteer regiment that he had ever seen.
Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, in a paper read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion: "With the consent of General Grant, I was permitted to accompany him to the field as a volunteer aid.
Their first work was to bring about a re-inspection of the volunteer forces, which resulted in the discharge of many boys and physically unsound men who had been accepted and mustered in through carelessness.
Young Blair was a volunteer aid, and by his intelligence and energy gave that general the effective help which he needed.
Serrell, a volunteer engineer, who accomplished the work.
He also ordered a general of the State militia to establish a camp of instruction near the city, and gathered there such volunteer companies as were organized and armed.
He looks kinder sickish--begins to cry-- A big volunteerstanding right in his eye!
Finley, frowned upon the whole matter, but after a long struggle was induced to tolerate a commission that should not be clothed with any authority, and should act only in connection with officers of the volunteer army.
I did not and will not volunteer for three months, because I cannot throw my family on the cold support of charity, but for the three years' call made by the President an officer could prepare his command and do good service.
He therefore would not volunteer for such a service, but his mind was occupied with military plans.
A second or third set will rise, and among them I may be, but at present I will not volunteeras a soldier or anything else.
I was serving on the staff of General Patterson as a volunteer aid without pay.
The great body of the volunteer forces was disbanded, the officers and soldiers were returning to their homes.
I do not wish to influence the action of our friends, and do not volunteer opinions.
Only two couples volunteer at one time, and when they are utterly exhausted, others take their place.
The Loyal and Ever-faithful' inhabitants of Santiago meet them on board, and some volunteer to convey the infirm soldiers to the hospitals in town.
In the attack on the city of Charleston, in June 1776, under Sir Henry Clinton, lord Campbell served as a volunteer on board the Bristol, on which occasion he received a wound that ultimately proved mortal.
Of Montgomery's Highlanders one drummer and five privates were killed; and Lieutenant Donald Campbell and volunteer John Peebles, three serjeants and seven privates wounded.
Retaining the confidence of Washington he was a volunteer aid to that commander at the battle of Brandywine.
A volunteer sailor in the Emma's crew, our old friend Sergeant Clearview, had picked up the Commodore's cutlass as it dropped from Deceit's hand.
When the Assembly had been called to order, the King of the Brownies asked, "Who will volunteer to go to America with our dear friends, the Willes?
The following is Warrup's account of the finding of Smith's body, the young volunteer of Grey's party who died.
The late Nicole Le Fevre, of Honfleur, a volunteer in this voyage, had taken exact draughts of all these things.
But a strong, muscular, well-built youth like you should not wait to be called; you should volunteer to serve France.
But we heard later that little Claudis, my aunt's youngest-born, a volunteer not nineteen, died at it.
At this time, "one-half the adult population are in the volunteer service of the United States.
I have no right to pry into your private affairs, sir, but I have special reasons for wanting you to volunteer plenty of information about yourself.
As they walked along the streets Farr did not volunteer information.
The vagrant toiled two weeks at his heavy task and when the man Jose was about again the volunteer slipped away without farewell.
One of my fellow-passengers from Trieste was a young German officer who had fought through the Franco-German campaign and had now obtained leave to volunteer on the Turkish side against Russia.
Amongst us was the English volunteer on the Turkish side, mentioned in the last chapter, who bore the rank of Colonel, and remembered by his old comrades as Schipka Campbell.
He was of course forbidden to enter and after some unseemly altercation outside the bar, two members were found to volunteer to introduce him.
A Gentleman of the army, who was a volunteer on this party, and who with another fell into the hands of the French, wrote the following letter, some time after, to the officer commanding the regiment they belonged to at Fort Edward.
Now this service is consistent with the duty of a patriotic volunteer "collecting men," but is it consistent with the duty of a responsible commander, ordering a battle?
General Warren replied, 'I shall take no command here, I have not yet received my commission; I came as a volunteer with my musket to serve under you, and shall be happy to learn from a soldier of your experience.
But no authority states that General Ward ordered on one of these generals to supercede Prescott; and that their volunteer presence, so far as the fact is concerned, changed the command, is expressly denied by contemporary testimony.
The service performed by the brave Captain Walker, of Chelmsford, so far from being a reckless volunteer dash, was probably done by Prescott's order, and under one of those higher officers.
Browne, a thorough bushman and an excellent surgeon, who went as a volunteer and personal friend.
Gregory, and on the 14th of August he left Brisbane in the Firefly, having on board a party of volunteer assistants who had been stirred by the widespread sympathy with the missing men to take an active part in the relief expedition.
He figured also as a volunteer in two cutting out expeditions; and, besides otherwise coming into contact with the enemy, assisted at the bombardment and capture of Bermeo and Castro.
