| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 860 páginas
...they behave well ; though I acknowledge I have never seen them behave otherwise than ill.' . . . . ' Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...branch of the military profession by any individual.' . . . . ' I cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be done, with the exception of running... | |
| Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 1060 páginas
...sometimes they behave well ; though I acknowledge I hare never seen them behave otherwise than ill. . . . Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...measures it has adopted in the last two years, so 'iltle progress has been made in any one branch of the military profession by any individual. ... I... | |
| Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 1048 páginas
...sometimes they behave well; though I acknowledge I have never seen them behave otherwise than ill. . . . Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...has by the measures it has adopted in the last two year«, so 'iltle progress has been made in any one branch of the military profession by any individual.... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 862 páginas
...they behave well; though I acknowledge I have never seen them behave otherwise than ill.' . . . . ' Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...branch of the military profession by any individual.' . . . . ' 1 cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be done, with the exception of running... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 884 páginas
...they behave well ; though I acknowledge I have never seen them behave otherwise than ill.' . . . . ' Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...branch of the military profession by any individual.' . . . . ' I cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be done, with the exception of running... | |
| William Francis Patrick Napier - 1840 - 868 páginas
...sometimes they behave well; though I acknowledge I have never seen them behave otherwise than ill.' . ..." Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...branch of the military profession by any individual." . . . . ' 1 cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be done, with the exception of running... | |
| Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1842 - 1008 páginas
...most beneficial to the national interests.' 314. To Viscount Castlereagh. Merida, 25th Aug. 1809. ' Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish...in any one branch of the military profession by any indivi dual, and that the business of an army should be so little understood. They are really children... | |
| 1871 - 878 páginas
...can be worse than the officers of the Spanish army," had been his declaration some months before ; " and it is extraordinary that, when a nation has devoted...last two years, so little progress has been made. They are really children in the art of war, and I cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be... | |
| Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 páginas
...rear. Many otf,ers whom I did not see, did the same. Nothing can now be worse than the officers of tho Spanish army ; and it is extraordinary that when a...nation has, by the measures it has adopted in the last ten years, so little progress has been made in any one branch of the military profession, by any individual,... | |
| Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 páginas
...army which had been sent to the rear. Many others whom I did not see, did the same. Nothing can now be worse than the officers of the Spanish army ; and...nation has, by the measures it has adopted in the hast ten years, so little progress has been made in any one branch of the military profession, by any... | |
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