| 1833 - 646 páginas
...lives of the British prisoners. He was, however, found guilty, and sentenced to " be cashiered, and be declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever ; which sentence, notwithstanding his former services, was carried into effect, with the approbation... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 628 páginas
...of the two Sovereigns, in the strongest Point of View. Though General Whitelock was adjudged to be " cashiered, and declared " totally unfit and unworthy to serve His " Majesty in any military Capacity what" ever;" — consequently, though the Sentence implies a much deeper Degree of Error or Culpability,... | |
| William Russell - 1839 - 696 páginas
...and the general, on his return home, was tried by a court-martial, whose sentence was, "that he be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever" — a decision confirmed by the king, and approved of by the public. It was, however, thought... | |
| William Russell - 1841 - 690 páginas
...and the general, on his return home, was tried by a court-martial, whose sentence was, "that he be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever" — a decision confirmed by the king, and approved of by the public. It was, however, thought... | |
| Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 páginas
...defence, but the verdict was crushing enough still — " that the said LieutenantGeneral Whitelocke be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever." A much greater man, the Duke of Wellington, then Sir Arthur Wellesley, was concerned in... | |
| William MacCann - 1853 - 400 páginas
...he was tried by court-martial ; the judgment against him being that Lieutenant-General Whitelocke be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever. Thus terminated an expedition, and the hopes of acquiring a boundless territory, which had... | |
| Edward Baines - 1855 - 618 páginas
...of the columns should be unloaded, and that no firing should be permitted on any account; and being T ) D & 3 M w ݘ+ I 4 87 F Կ * 1ꞷ NB k > g B . H k whatever, was cashiered«! * General Whitelocke'» Despatches, dated Bueno« Ayres. July 7th, 1807.... | |
| Charles Knight - 1861 - 622 páginas
...the English populace, who nickDamed him general Whitefeather ; was tried by court-martial, and was declared " totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military Buenos Ayres. capacity whatever." There can be little question that Mr. Wvndham WM decided in the appointment... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1865 - 470 páginas
...protracted, by royal favor ; and when, at last, he was declared, by the sentence of the court-martial, 1 " totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever," the multitude complained that he had escaped too easily. Such was the end of one of the... | |
| George Bryan - 1869 - 242 páginas
...Martial, as approved by his Majesty, as follows :— " That the said Lieutenant-General Whitelocke be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever." The remains of the late Duke of Wellington were laid in great state in this hall for several... | |
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