The annals of the twelfth East Suffolk regiment - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...lives; fate ruled it that Baird should survive; and after disease had failed to rob him of life, or temptation to deprive him of his honour (for at this time Hyder sent some of his principal officers to induce the English to enter his service, offering them three times as much pay as they received in our army, and as many horses, palanquins, and wives as they chose), he was spared to lead this band of soldiers to exterminate a tyrant and prostrate a dynasty. The arrangements for the assault were all completed on the previous evening; ladders, fascines, etc., were conveyed into the trenches unnoticed by the enemy, and before day Sir,--The breach being reported practicable, the Commander-in-Chief desires that the assault may be made this day at one p.m. I have the honour, etc.. (Sd.) BARRY CLOSE, Adjutant General. Hend-Quarters Camp. 4th May, 1799. break the storming parties marched qnietly in, and lay down until the order to assault was given. One o'clock came; the city at that hour was perfectly quiet, while the trenches to all appearance contained nothing but their ordinary guards. Baird now appeared, and at the word "Forward," the forlorn hope rushed on, closely followed by the supporting columns, and in six minutes the British colours were flying above the breach. The storming parties now filed off right and left, and pressed on; the right column halted on the east cavalier, to give the men breathing time after violent exertion under a burning sun, before assailing the palace where it was believed Tippoo had retired. The left column had overcome every opposition, and continued their course along the ramparts, as directed in the orders for the assault. Part of the Twelfth Regiment, either mistaking or disobeying orders, rushed into the body of t...