And whereas, the commandant of Charleston, having sent beyond sea the wives and families of all the avowed friends of America in town and country; and the brigadiers of militia had been ordered to retaliate by sending the wives and families of such adherents within the British lines; and it is understood that they are in great distress and poverty.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
The New-Zealanders did not escape this shelling, and their brigadiers were under the strain of intense anxiety, not knowing in their dug-outs, over which the enemy's fire passed, whether their boys were so cut up that a successful assault would be impossible.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs
Not one of the three brigadiers appointed was generally known in Ireland, personally or by his connections.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn