Written by Mr. Garrel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas (who is married to Mr. Garrel) and Arlette Langmann, the film has a curiosity about how women deal with a selfish and unreliable man that feels more gallant than empathetic.
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123–130 he seems to have regarded Tecumseh very highly, calling him "the Wellington of the Indians", and saying "a more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not I believe exist".Tupper (1847) p. 253 Brock made a number of commitments to the Shawnee.
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" Joe Langston noted that "[Keith's] writing [was] strangely free from any hate of a particular people". Dorothy Canfield Fisher praised the book by saying "To read this book is like living through an experience rather than just reading about it". Joyce Nienstedt wrote that it was much more than a war book. Louise Parks Banes opined that "No more gallant story has ever been written than Three Came Home.
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Glover, p 137 Merle was wounded while General of Brigade Jean François Graindorge fell mortally wounded.Horward-Pelet, p 180 Wellington rode up to Colonel Alexander Wallace of the 88th and remarked, "Wallace, I have never witnessed a more gallant charge."Glover, p 138 Seeing Heudelet's second brigade standing immobile at the foot of the ridge, Reynier rode up to BG Maximilien Foy and demanded an immediate attack. With the Allies out of position after defeating the first two attacks, Foy hit a weak spot in their defences.
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The New York Times exclaimed, "Never has a more gallant officer trod a plank". Praise from The Cincinnati Gazette went even further: "The selection of Captain Phelps for this important expedition has proven one of the best that could have been made. …"Slagle, 1996, p. 175 After the fall of Fort Henry, Foote, by order of General Grant, in turn ordered Phelps to proceed upriver with his fleet of timberclads and capture the strategically important Memphis & Charleston Railroad bridge. Here Phelps discovered the fleeing Confederates had obstructed the 1,200-foot-long trestle.
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The ballad begins with a call to "Lariston, Lion of Liddisdale" to respond to a heavily armed English raid. ("Lock the door, Lariston, Lowther comes on / The Armstrongs are flying, their widows are crying..."). The second verse is a roll-call of English names, singling out Bewcastle and Ridley, and warning that they are "relentless, determined, and nigh". The third presents Elliot's response, a heroic greeting to his opponents as "brave foemen / ... no men / more gallant to meet in the foray or chase", followed by a listing of Scots names, continued in the fourth verse ("Margerton, Gornberry, Raeburn, and Netherby...") and a challenge to fight "at the Breaken Tower" in Liddesdale.
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Post war, both General Hancock and U.S. President Calvin Coolidge were unrestrained in their praise for the actions of the 1st Minnesota. Gen. Hancock, who witnessed the action firsthand, placed its heroism highest in the annals of war: "No soldiers on any field, in this or any other country ever displayed grander heroism". Gen. Hancock ascribed unsurpassed gallantry to the famed assault stating: "There is no more gallant deed recorded in history". Emphasizing the critical nature of the circumstances on July 2 at Gettysburg, President Coolidge considered: "Colonel Colvill and those eight companies of the First Minnesota are entitled to rank as the saviors of their country".
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There he joined the first battalion of the 88th, which had suffered in the Talavera campaign, and restored it to be one of the finest corps in the army. It greatly distinguished itself at the Battle of Busaco, where it was on the left of the third division. When the French had gained the ridge and seemed to have cut the army in two, a charge made by the 88th, with one wing of the 45th Foot, drove them down headlong. Wellington, riding up, said, ‘Wallace, I never saw a more gallant charge than that just made by your regiment,’ and made special reference to it in his despatch. Picton, who was with another part of his division at the time, gave Wallace the credit of ‘that brilliant exploit.’ He commanded the 88th at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, and was again particularly mentioned in Wellington's despatch. He was also mentioned in the despatch after the Salamanca, where he was in command of the right brigade of the third division.
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