The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ... with Copious Details and Delineations, Historical, Political, and Military, of the Various Important Services in which He Has Been Engaged in ...J. and J. Cundee ..., [181-?], 1814 - Generals |
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Page 373
... cavalry to conceal its movements : but the Prus- sian infantry judiciously avoided all possible entan- gling themselves in those thickets , and being thus the better enabled to preserve their formation , the pur- . suing cavalry were ...
... cavalry to conceal its movements : but the Prus- sian infantry judiciously avoided all possible entan- gling themselves in those thickets , and being thus the better enabled to preserve their formation , the pur- . suing cavalry were ...
Page 374
... cavalry that had planted itself on the chausseé , which was succeeded by vollies of musquetry from the advancing columns of infantry , so that the ene- my's cavalry were unable to stand against such de- termination . They were of course ...
... cavalry that had planted itself on the chausseé , which was succeeded by vollies of musquetry from the advancing columns of infantry , so that the ene- my's cavalry were unable to stand against such de- termination . They were of course ...
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... cavalry of reserves , under the Grand Duke Constantine , was equally successful , charging the enemy , taking 18 pieces of cannon and many prisoners . But the principal brilliant movement of this day occurred after the allied troops in ...
... cavalry of reserves , under the Grand Duke Constantine , was equally successful , charging the enemy , taking 18 pieces of cannon and many prisoners . But the principal brilliant movement of this day occurred after the allied troops in ...
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Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
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