 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...been robbed to complete it. The depots of battalions under Lord Raglan have been similarly treated.' The men sent out to reinforce the army were recruits who had not become fit for foreign service, and the depots at home were too weak to feed the companies abroad.... | |
 | Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - Military art and science - 1876 - 932 pages
...battalions under ' Lord Raglan have been similarly treated. Again, the men sent out to reinforce tho ' Army were recruits, who had not yet become fit for foreign service, and the dep&ts at ' home were too weak to feed the companies abroad. The order to attack Sebastopol ' was sent... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1879 - 1174 pages
...to complete it. The dep6ts of battalions under Lord Raglan have been similarly treated.' Again : — The men sent out to reinforce the army were recruits...had not yet become fit for foreign service, and the depots at home were too weak to feed the companies abroad. The order to attack Sebastopol was sent... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1892 - 1124 pages
...it. The Committee of 1855 on the state of the army before Sebastopol, reported that : The men sent to reinforce the army were recruits who had not yet become fit for foreign service. When the Duke of Newcastle acquainted Lord Raglan that he had 2,000 recruits to send him, he replied... | |
 | Sir John Adye - Afghan Wars - 1895 - 460 pages
...was entirely devoid of reserves. The House of Commons Committee of 1855 reported ' that the men sent to reinforce the army were recruits who had not yet become fit for foreign servic.e. When the Duke of Newcastle acquainted Lord Eaglan that he had 2,000 recruits to send him, he replied... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1892 - 1056 pages
...it. : The Committee of 1855 on the state of the army before Sebastopol, reported that : The men sent to reinforce the army were recruits who had not yet become fit for foreign service. When the Duke of Newcastle acquainted Lord Raglan that he had 2,000 recruits to send him, he replied... | |
 | David Charles Douglas, George Malcolm Young, W. D. Handcock - Great Britain - 1996 - 1050 pages
...date of the expedition to the East, no reserve was provided at home adequate to the undertaking. . . . The order to attack Sebastopol was sent to Lord Raglan on the zgth. of June : the formation of a reserve at Malta was not determined upon until early in November.... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1879 - 1196 pages
...to complete it. The depots of battalions under Lord Raglan have been similarly treated.' Again: — The men sent out to reinforce the army were recruits...to attack Sebastopol was sent to Lord Raglan on the 20th of June. The formation of a reserve at Malta was not determined upon until early in November.... | |
 | Military art and science - 1878 - 528 pages
...robbed to complete it. The dep6ts of battalions uuder Lord Raglan had been similarly treated.' " Again, "The men sent out to reinforce the army were recruits,...had not yet become fit for foreign service, and the depots at home were too weak to feed the companies abroad. The order to attack Sebastopol was sent... | |
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The army in the East has been created by discounting the future; every regiment at home, or within reach, and not forming part of the army, has been robbed to complete it. The depots of battalions under Lord Raglan have been similarly treated. 