 | 1897 - 784 páginas
...the 18th of March it adjudged " the said Lieutenant-General John Whitelocke to be cashiered and to be declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever." This sentence was approved by the King, who directed it to be read at the head of every... | |
 | Edgar Sanderson - 1897 - 412 páginas
...court-martial, held at Chelsea Hospital between January and March, 1808, ended in his removal from the army as " totally unfit and unworthy to serve his majesty in any military capacity whatever". A standing toast of the time was, " A health to gray hairs, and bad luck to white locks",... | |
 | William Henry Fitchett - 1900 - 376 páginas
...to grey hairs, but bad luck to white-locks ! " The unfortunate general was tried by court-martial, cashiered, and declared " totally unfit and unworthy to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatever." But it is curious that the British Government only discovered this sufficiently obvious... | |
 | Sir John William Fortescue - 1910 - 508 páginas
...all the charges, except that of prohibiting all firing during the attack, and was sentenced to be " cashiered and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatever." The finding shows the strength of public feeling at the moment. The first charge may be... | |
 | Charles Greenhill Gardyne - 1901 - 646 páginas
...charge," and which was " sufficiently garrisoned and provisioned ;" for which he was sentenced " to be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatever." This was read at the head of every regiment, as were the sentences for various causes on... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1904 - 792 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 whatever : " consequently, though the sentence implies a much deeper degree of error or culpability,... | |
 | bernard moses, ph.d., ll.d. - 1908 - 380 páginas
...communication open to the fleet, and having an effective force of about five 298 The Eve of Emancipation thousand men, did enter into, and finally conclude...distinction. By the king it was ennobled and permitted to 1 Trial of Lieut.-Gen. Whitelocke, Appendix, vol i., i-iv. The Reconquest 299 employ the title of Excellency;... | |
 | Estanciero - 1910 - 506 páginas
...called upon for his defence. The sentence of the Court was, that " Lieutenant-general Whitelock be cashiered, and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever." Concerning the equity and even lenience of this sentence there can be no question, but in... | |
 | John Augustine Zahm - 1916 - 628 páginas
...commander — General Whitelock — was courtmartialed. The tribunal which tried him adjudged that he " be cashiered and declared totally unfit and unworthy to serve his Majesty in any military capacity whatever." "A Memoir of the Services of Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham, ' ' p. 23. London, 1868. 159 music;... | |
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... 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. 
