To help him do so The Prince had conferred control of his land forces on a soldier who was different from him in almost every respect save one: both were eccentrics of the purest ray serene.

The addition of endurance training later, when the body is mature enough to benefit from it without danger of injury, provides that final quality that makes the top athlete, soldier or citizen.

later he flees in panic from the family table just as his theft is about to be discovered and is blocked at the front door by a soldier who accusingly holds out a pair of handcuffs which he has brought to Gargery's forge for mending.

Charles Thiot, a splendid Georgia soldier, differed from most of his comrades in the ranks in that he was the owner of a large plantation, well-educated, and nearly fifty years of age.

An Ohio soldier who, from a comrade just returned from leave, received an unfavorable comment on the conduct of his sister, took pen in hand and delivered himself thus: `` dear Sis.

Initiation into combat sometimes elicited from soldier correspondents choice comments about their experiences and reactions.

A Massachusetts soldier, who seems to have been a Civil War version of Bill Mauldin, wrote: `` the officers consider themselves as made of a different material from the low fellows in the ranks.

The book, which fictionalized the Alcott family during the girls ' coming-of-age years, recast the father figure as a soldier, away from home while he fought in the Civil War.

* 1948 – The Hadassah medical convoy massacre: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem.

The contemporary ecclesiastics recorded with wonder many instances of the Visigoths ' clemency: Christian churches saved from ravage ; protection granted to vast multitudes both of pagans and Christians who took refuge therein ; vessels of gold and silver which were found in a private dwelling, spared because they " belonged to St. Peter "; at least one case in which a beautiful Roman matron appealed, not in vain, to the better feelings of the Gothic soldier who attempted her dishonor.

Ibn al-Athir ( 1166 – 1234 ) describes Alfonso as a tireless soldier who would sleep in his armor without benefit of cover, who responded when asked why he did not take his pleasure from one of the captives of Muslim chiefs, responded that the man devoted to war needs the companionship of men not women.

Depiction of a soldier wearing a plumed pot helmet, Hallstatt culture Bronze belt plaque from Vače, Slovenia, ca.

Freddy Quinn sings the song from the point of view of the reluctant but forced soldier, Heidi Bruhl from the point of view of the crying girlfriend of the soldier.

Carbines were short enough to be loaded and fired from horseback but this was rarely done-a moving horse is a very unsteady platform, and once halted a soldier can load and fire more easily if dismounted, which also makes him a smaller target.

Some sources derive the name of the weapon from the name of its first users — bernarda troopers called " carabiniers ", from the French carabine, from the Old French carabin ( soldier armed with a musket ), perhaps from escarrabin, gravedigger, perhaps from scarabee, scarab beetle.

Roman soldier 175 a. C. from a northern province, ( re-enactment ).

A bas-relief of a soldier and horse with saddle and stirrup s, from the tomb of Chinese Emperor Taizong of Tang ( r. 626-649 ), c. 650

* Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington ( 1876 – 1941 ), British soldier and nobleman

** Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, English soldier, ( in battle )

* Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier ( d. 1230 )

* October 25 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier ( b. 1180 )

* Lord Edward Somerset ( 1776 – 1842 ), British soldier, son of the 5th duke of Beaufort

* Sir Edward Bellingham, 5th Baronet, Irish politician and soldier

* John Mitchell ( Medal of Honor ), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, see 5th Infantry Regiment

" The fifth scream was used for the soldier in the alligator scene — but the 4th, 5th, and 6th screams recorded in the session were also used earlier in the film — when three Indians are shot during a raid on a fort.

* George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon ( 1770 – 1836 ), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician

Leighton was an enthusiastic volunteer soldier, enrolling with the first group to join the 38th Middlesex ( Artists ) Rifle Volunteers ( later to be known as The Artists Rifles ) on 5th October 1860.

* Arthur Wellesley, 5th Duke of Wellington ( 1876 – 1941 ), British soldier

Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford KP, MVO ( 19 October 1864 – 21 August 1915 ), known as Lord Silchester until 1887, was an Irish peer and soldier.

Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington, soldier, scholar, MP

Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and 5th Duke of Lennox KG, PC ( 3 August 1791 – 21 October 1860 ), styled Earl of March until in 1819, was a British soldier, politician and a prominent Conservative.

Field Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll ( June 1723 – 24 May 1806 ), styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.

Only nine Alpini regiments remain in service today, and only four still train every soldier in ski warfare: the 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment, 5th Alpini Regiment, 6th Alpini Regiment regiments and 7th Alpini Regiment.

The last soldier from the UK to die, George Edwin Ellison of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, was killed earlier that morning at around 9: 30 a. m. while scouting on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium.

* John McHugh ( Medal of Honor ), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, see 5th Infantry Regiment ( United States )

* 4 August-Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, peer and soldier ( born 1888 ).

* 10 June-William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, soldier ( born 1873 ).

* 21 August-Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford, peer and soldier ( born 1864 ).

The 5th ( Royal Irish ) Lancers also has the grim honour of being the regiment of the last British soldier to die in the Great War.

* 16 October — Edmond Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, peer and soldier ( died 1967 ).

Hugh Dubh O ' Neill, 5th Earl of Tyrone (" Black Hugh ", meaning " swarthy " or " dark tempered ") ( 1611 – 1660 ) was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century.