... anyone leaving without my permission. Is that clear!” The sergeant grabbed a couple of officers and headed to the door with the large red ‘B’ pri... ...going to hear from me,” Jacobs protested. Barton just shrugged. “Go for it.” A dozen officers sat in various corners of the studio painstakingly... ...he said compassionately, “but I only have a few questions.” “I already gave one of your officers a statement,” she replied, sucking in a deep sigh... ...ccidentally ran across my desk. They’re going to equip the space station with six special weapons directed so that they cover the planet.” “Nuclear?... ...mn memo that’s why.” “So give,” Radcliff said. “What else did it say?” “It said that the weapons would be deployed within two months with the Russia... ... the Russians and Chinese full cooperation.” “Why do you assume that they’re not nuclear weapons?” “If they were nuclear it would have to be approv... ...is a surprise party for one of the Generals, and we’re the surprise. We were part of his infantry in Vietnam.” “So, why are we parking so far away?... ...d. “What the hell do you know about orders? We’re talking Vietnam, here. He was one of my infantrymen. We just finished visiting the sites, and my pl...

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...res for cessation of hostilities refused -- Retreating through a hail storm of weapons -- Towers built to provide protection for the retreating Spania... ...reight, the second for soldiers and a dining saloon, and the upper used by the officers for quarters, and as a promenade-deck. All the floors of the r... ... spectres give an omen of approaching death, as in the story told by Grant: An officer of the English Navy was pacing the deck when his sister's spiri... ... and the spirit could be seen laughing in glee at the horror of the affrighted officer as he stared death in the face. Sometimes ghosts appear only at... ...he year 1250, Ulan, having a great army of one hundred thousand horse, besides infantry, used policy, and having hid a great part of his men, brought ... ... of a large and prosperous nation, Zingis armed his people with bows and other weapons, and began the conquest of other nations. Whenever he captured ... ... formed, and the Captain General with a number of his attendants, having their weapons concealed under their garments, got in the boats and pulled for... ...become, that Cortez placed himself at the head of an army of 130 horsemen, 250 infantry, and 10,000 Mexicans, with which he made a forced march, and e... ...upon the violator of his authority. At the head of 100 Spanish horsemen, fifty infantry, and 3000 Mexican soldiers, Cortez left Mexico on the 12th of ...

...lonia; various peace groups such as Flemish Action Committee Against Nuclear Weapons and Pax Christi Member of: ADB, Benelux, BLEU, Coun- cil of Europ... ... National holiday: Independence Day, 4 August Branches: President is an army officer; military council of unknown number; 21-member military and civil... ...posed of the Bailiff (President ex officio), 12 Conseillers, 2 nonvoting Law Officers of the Crown, 33 popularly elected People's Deputies, 10 Douzain... ... Conseillers it is composed of the Bailiff, 12 Jurats, 12 Conseillers, 2 Law Officers, 33 People's Deputies, 34 Douzaine Representatives, and 4 Aldern... ...tlantic satellite stations Defense Forces Branches: National Army (including Infantry Battalion, Military Police Brigade, Navy, Air Force) Military ma...

...solar system: Sun, Moon, Earth, the Milky Way. 42. Divisions, departments, officers, and courses of study of the University of Chicago, in all offi... ...th century; Fifth Dynasty; Fifty-fourth Congress, Second Session; Fifteenth Infantry I. N. G.; Sixth Con- gressional District, Second Ward; Fifth Av... ...hese discoveries-gunpowder, printing-press, compass, and telescope-were the weapons before which the old science trembled;" "But here we are trenchi... ...uld be hyphenated : father-love (but: fatherland), mother-tongue, .brother-officer, sister-nation, foster-son, daughter-cells, parent-word. I 75. ...

...nd file - and he is accountable to them the same way a CEO (Chief Executive Officer) answers to the corporation's major shareholders. To make sure t... ... same deranged logic extends to the construction and maintenance of nuclear weapons by countries like the USA, the UK, France, and Israel: they ar... ...rymen by hiring the former enemy, the Persians, to supplant his Macedonian infantry. Alexander the Great was clearly insane, even by the cultural ...

...ay in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flash- ing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upo... ...s in epi- thets and phrases of courtesy toward a formal people, and as the officers of the French Guard were gentlemen of birth, he 10 Beauchamp’s Ca... ...ar my knock at your door.’ Now, could he trust her? The widow of a British officer killed nobly fighting for his country in India, was a person to be ... ...pmates yawned wearily for the signal, and shiploads of red coats and blue, infantry, cavalry, artil- lery, were singing farewell to the girl at home, ... ... entrusted with a holiday duty. ‘I see with shame (admiration of them) old infantry cap- tains and colonels of no position beyond their rank in the ar... ...’m a politi- cal veteran, sir; I speak from experience. We must employ our weapons, every one of them, and all off the grindstone.’ ‘Very well,’ said ... ...ell,’ said Beauchamp. ‘Now understand; you are not in future to employ the weapons, as you call them, that I have objected to.’ Timothy gaped slightly... ...matter of taste. ‘Matters of taste, monsieur, are not, I think, decided by weapons in your country?’ said M. d’Orbec. ‘We have no duelling,’ said Beau...

... young Nevil Beauchamp was throwing off his midshipman?s jacket for a holiday in the garb of peace, we had across Channel a host of dreadful military officers flashing swords at us for some critical observations of ours upon their sovereign, threatening Africa?s fires and savagery....

...to the old man who carefully hung the rifle and sword on a nail beside the weapons of the master of the house, which were suspended between two large ... ... Hadji Murad had done, and hung them up on the same nails as his leader’ s weapons. “Who is he?” asked the old man, pointing to the new- comer. ... ... Hadji Murad was spending the night, three soldiers and a non-commissioned officer left the fort and went beyond the Shahgirinsk Gate. The soldiers, d... ...“He’ll pay it back again,” said Panov . “Of course he will! He’s a good officer,” assented Avdeev . “Good! good!” gloomily repeated the man who ... ...d he to Avdeev , “you and Bondarenko; and when you’ve given them up to the officer on duty come back again. Mind,” he added, “be careful to make them ... ...his feet, setting his cap straight as he did so. Hadji Murad put on his weapons and then his burka. Eldar did the same, and they both went silently... ...th, January 1852. The detachment ordered for the raid consisted of four infantry battalions, two companies of Cossacks, and eight guns. The column ...

...f the front, in the big automobile or the re- served compartment, with his officer or so in charge, passes— importantly. One meets a pair of eyes that... ...number of the Corriere della Sera, that were pressed upon me by a friendly officer, were unfortunately lost on the line between V erona and Milan thro... ...ove through the gates of the villa past a single sentinel in an ordi- nary infantry uniform, up to the door of the house, and the number of guards, se... ...with men’s gear, waggons with casks, waggons discreetly veiled, columns of infantry, cavalry, batteries en route. Every waggon that goes up full comes... ...allery, and saw the highest points upon the hillside to which the Austrian infantry clam- bered in their futile last attacks. Below me were the ruins ... ...wer. The first person I spoke to upon the platform at Modane was a British officer engaged in forwarding Italian potatoes to the British front in Fran... ... war has depended largely upon two factors. One of these is invention. New weapons and new methods have become available, and have modified tactics, s... ... Without these provisions it would be merely preventing the use of certain weapons; it would be doing nothing to pre- vent countries strangling or suf...

... with him— my Lord Marlborough’s and my Lord Sunderland’s, and many of the officers of the Guards, in which he served in the old King’s time; and my l... ...se to leave them. As a compan- ion he was so moody and silent that the two officers, his fel- low-sufferers, left him to himself mostly, liked little ... ...ures si- lently before they pass to the rank of warriors in the tribe. The officers, meanwhile, who were not let into the secret of the grief which wa... ...two boys at their game and said—’Y ou see, sir, children are taught to use weapons of death as toys, and to make a sport of murder;’ and as she spoke ... .... ’Twas a weak, priest-ridden, woman-ridden man, with such puny allies and weapons as his own poor nature led him to choose, contending against the sc... ...d without their soup-kettles, which are as much the palladia of the French infantry as of the Grand Seignior’s Janissaries, and round which they rally... ...ontaining ammunition of all sorts, and was escorted out of Ostend by 2,000 infantry and 300 horse. At the same time M. de la Mothe quitted Bruges, hav... ...od; and formed his own army in battle facing ours, in eight lines, four of infantry in front, and dragoons and cavalry behind. 121 Thackeray The Fren...

...Hall, R.N., who was for some time, between the years 1824 and 1828, senior officer of a small British Squadron on the West Coast of South America. His... ...in Blake, command- ing a London ship in which I served in 1884 as Sec- ond Officer. Captain Blake was, of all my command- ers, the one I remember with... ...ities, re- ferred for some reason or other to the “well-known fact” of two officers in Napoleon’s Grand Army hav- ing fought a series of duels in the ... ...utenants in the Maipu valley. Scouts sent afar brought news of a column of infantry advancing through distant passes to the re- lief of the fort. They... ... would be difficult to imagine for heroes of this leg- end two officers of infantry of the line, for example, 137 Joseph Conrad whose fantasy is tame... ...ve seen me in Russia picking off the dodg- ing Cossacks with a beastly old infantry musket. I have a natural gift for firearms.” In this strain Genera... ...unless totally paralyzed by discomfiture) would have been to stoop for his weapons, exposing himself to the risk of being shot down in that position. ... ...the rival defeated! —utterly defeated, crushed, done for! He picked up the weapons mechanically, and, in- stead of firing them into General Feraud’s b...

...h. “That’s all you want to do.” There was sudden change from the ponderous infantry of theory to the light and speedy infantry of practice. The regi- ... ...r so won-drously that a nervous laugh went along the regi-mental line. The officer’s profanity sounded con- ventional. It relieved the tightened sense... .... The following throng went whirling around the flank. Here and there were officers carried along on the stream like exas- perated chips. They were st... ...ching every head they could reach. They cursed like highway-men. A mounted officer displayed the furious anger of a spoiled child. He raged with his h... ...idst of the other battery’s formation would appear a little thing when the infantry came swooping out of the woods. The face of a youthful rider, who ... ...sen beings. The separation was as great to him as if they had marched with weapons of flame and banners of sunlight. 58 The Red Badge of Courage He c... ...hing about and throwing interrogations at the heedless bands of retreating infantry, finally clutched a man by the arm. They swung around face to face... ...huddled no more like sheep. They seemed suddenly to be-think them of their weapons, and at once com-menced firing. Belabored by their officers, they b... ...h looks of uplifted pride, feeling new trust in the grim, always confident weapons in their hands. And they were men. 103 Stephen Crane CHAPTER XXI P...

...ong the fair sex, drunk harder, read more, been a hand- somer man than any officer now serving Her Majesty. When I first went to India in 1802, I was ... ... sword—that as soon as I had made a favourable impression on my commanding officer (which I did not doubt to create), I would lay open to him the stat... ...ilver spurs and tassels, set off to admiration the handsome persons of the officers of our corps. We wore powder in those days; and a regulation pigta... ...th Macgillicuddy, I was fool enough to go out with small swords:—miserable weapons, only fit for tailors.— G . O’G . G . 14 Major Gahagan We asked th... ...umna; it consisted of eleven regiments of cavalry and twelve battalions of infantry, and was commanded by General Lake in person. Well, on the 1st of ... ...ear to me. There was — “Mrs. Major-General Bulcher, wife of Bulcher of the Infantry. “Miss Bulcher. “MISS BELINDA BULCHER (whose name I beg the printe...

...as thirty, and seemed forty at the least. Both wore the red rosette of the officers of the Legion of honor. A few spare locks of black hair mixed with... ...he hospitality already refused to them. Deaf to the voice of some of their officers, who warned them of probable destruction on the morrow, they spent... ...na. It was towards midnight when this great general, followed by one brave officer, left the cabin he occupied near the bridge, and studied the specta... ...ts us when we see it in animals. “This is the first time I ever saw thirty infantry- men on one horse,” cried the grenadier who had shot the mare. It ... ... Russian outposts. He himself wore the soiled fantastic clothing, the same weapons, as 45 Balzac on the 29th of November, 1 81 2. He had let his bear...

..., named Bixiou, already a widower, a major in the Twenty-Fourth 15 Balzac Infantry, who subsequently perished at Lutzen, leaving be- hind him an only... ...lustering, and without real merit beyond the vulgar brav- ery of a cavalry officer, he was to her mind a man of genius; whereas Joseph, puny and sickl... ...aterloo—in which he was slightly wounded, and where he won the cross of an officer of the Legion of honor—he happened to be near Marshal Davoust at Sa... ...al Boeotia; he acquired the habits, manners, style, and life of a half-pay officer; indeed, like any other young man of twenty-one, he exaggerated the... ...even refused opportunities which were offered to him for employment in the infantry with his rank of lieutenant-colonel. In his mother’s eyes, Philipp... ...n his hulk, thanks to the wonderful ease and address with which he handled weapons, to his bodily strength, and also to his extreme cleverness. But he... ... put him in the Guard as captain, which gave him the grade of major in the infantry; but he could not get him the cross. “The Emperor says that you wi... ...boots, buckskin gloves, and a hat. Giroudeau sent him some linen, with his weapons and a letter for Carpentier, who had formerly served under Giroudea...

...k-deep for everlasting in a burning marl, and hear him howling. We have no weapons in these times—none! Our curses come back to roost. This is one of ... ...erning a young Italian ballet girl who had been carried off by an Austrian officer, under the pretext of her complicity in one of the antecedent consp... ...reatures do? Would you let the van-regi- ment in battle be the one without weapons? It’s slaughter. She’s like a lamb to them. You hold up your jewel ... ... people to come up the mountain, and you know them; and one is an Austrian officer, and he is an Englishman by birth, and he is coming to meet some En... ...fists up, against all English persons. The Englishman who is an Aus- trian officer is quartered at Verona, and the Signor AntonioPerirles said that th... ...as from a rock of defence. A group of officers, of the cavalry, with a few infantry uni- forms skirting them, were sitting in the pleasant cooling eve... ...ady should remember him in public places. He was famous for skill with his weapons. He waltzed admirably; erect as under his Field-Marshal’s eye. In t... ...her than any immediate settled scheme to watch at the gates. Artillery and infantry were in motion before sunrise, from various points of the city, be... ...trians have certainly a matchless cav- alry. The artillery seems good. The infantry are fine men— very fine men. They have a “woodeny” movement; but t...

...patriots as too aristocratic. These soldiers belonged to a demi-brigade of infantry quartered at Mayenne. During these troublous times the inhabitants... ... Mayenne and Ille-et-Vilaine were at this time under the command of an old officer who, judging on the spot of the measures that were most opportune t... ...n along the route made the success of this measure problematical. This old officer, who, under instruction of his superiors, kept secret the disasters... ...s of the keenest interest; he marched in silence, surrounded by five young officers, each of whom respected the evident preoccupation of their leader.... ...us attention as though he hoped to detect some stifled sound, some echo of weapons, or steps which might give warning of the expected attack. His blac... ...d into the ditch. These Bretons,” added Hulot to Gerard, “will make famous infantry if they take to rations.” Gudin’s emissary started on a run to Fou... ...n at Marche-a-T erre. The young chief sprang between them and struck their weapons from their hands with the barrel of his own carbine; then he demand... ...er he can lead us a pretty dance. He has already formed companies of light infantry who oppose our troops and neutralize the efforts of the government... ...retched out upon long tables, and in the corners of the room a quantity of weapons and stacked carbines. These things bore witness, though she did not...

...hrough the Patent-office I also found a hospital for sol- diers. A British officer was with me who pronounced it to be, in its kind, very good. At any... ...s now called all the world over—is a handsome mansion fitted for the chief officer of a great republic, and nothing more. I think I may say that we ha... ...- cal power, as power is counted in the States. They vote for no political officer, not even for the President, and return no member to Congress, eith... ...and we were shown over two of them. They certainly seemed to be formidable weapons for river warfare, and to have been “got up quite irrespec- tive of... ...r east or west of them—at any rate this may be said of them as regards the infantry. But perhaps the greatest charm of the place to me was the beauty ... ...Their cavalry regiments are, in general, more numer- ous than those of the infantry, and on this occasion we saw, I believe, about 1200 men pass by us... ...eriod of five years. That, at least, is the amount allowed to a private of infantry or artillery. The cost of the cavalry uniforms and of the dress of... ...an time. But as regards 158 North America V ol. 2 790 of these now famous weapons, it must be explained they had been sold by the government as perfe... ...chase was made. The muskets, it seems, were not absolutely useless even as weapons of war. “Consider- ing the emergency of the times?” a competent wit...

...ry of T ours) in Thierry’s ‘Lettres sur l’Histoire de France;’ the Russian officer’s adventures, and those of Prascovia Lopouloff true Elisabeth of Si... ...w a Roman soldier did his duty. In like manner the last of the old Spanish infantry origi- nally formed by the Great Captain, Gonzalo de Cordova, were... ...rong position at Klostercamp. On the night of the 15th of October, a young officer, called the Chevalier d’Assas, of the Auvergne regi- ment, was sent... ... to the valley called the Forum or Marketplace to give their votes for the officers of state who were elected ev- ery year; especially the two consuls... ...ere filled with a deep, solemn thought that, by offering themselves to the weapons of the barbarians, they might atone for the sin sanctioned by the R... ...recog- nized him, they closed in on him, and pierced his breast with their weapons; but even as he fell the superstition that a devoted leader was sur... ...any deal- ings with Rome, would speak a little Latin, and have a few Roman weapons as great improvements upon their own. Their fortifications were won... ... in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, of whom he had formed a regiment of infantry. With him was his son Montagu Bertie, Lord Willoughby, a noble-loo...

...d the two gentlemen, taking each a wing of the Major, walked out with that officer, grinning at each other over his head. 15 Thackeray And, now havin... ...ght her away from Mrs. O’Dowd’s after a general handshaking from the young officers, who ac- companied her to the fly, and cheered that vehicle as it ... ...PTER XVIII In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries THE REGIMENT WITH ITS OFFICERS was to be transported in ships provided by His Majesty’s governmen... ...Y ou don’t know military affairs, my dear. I do, and I tell you there’s no infantry in France can stand against Rooshian infantry, and no general of B... ... the women were praying ten miles away, the lines of the dauntless English infantry were re- ceiving and repelling the furious charges of the French h... ...nt Spooney of that corps. A loud and violent fracas took place between the infantry Colonel and his lady, who were dining at the Cafe de Paris, and Co... ...brain. The Colonel plays a good knife and fork at tiffin and resumes those weapons with great success at dinner. He smokes his hookah after both meals...

...stry every where manacled, bewildered; and only Rebellion thriving. Of sub-officers, soldiers and sailors in mutiny by land and water. Of sol- diers, ... ...sand seen filing, from far and near, with military music, with Munici- pal officers in tricolor sashes, towards and along the Rhone- stream, to the li... ...light on many things. For it is with Bouille as with all French Commanding Officers; only in a more emphatic degree. The grand Na- tional Federation, ... ...lesse in epaulettes; the grim Patriot Swiss of Chateau-Vieux, effervescent infantry of Regiment du Roi, hot troopers of Mestre-de-Camp! Walled Nanci, ... ...ought; and argumentative men and messmates, flinging down the wine-cup and weapons of reason and repartee, met in the measured field; to part bleeding... ...nt, from his interior sanctuaries, coldly bids all visitors ‘give up their weapons;’ and shuts the door again. The weapons given up form a heap: the c... ...mpmartin, and subalterns be- neath him, and General Choisi above him, with Infantry and Cavalry, and proper cannon-carriages rattling in front, with s... ...d at Coblentz, from Fifteen to Twenty thousand stand now brandishing their weapons, with the cry: On, on! Yes, Messieurs, you shall on;—and divide the...