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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... received a letter from the Duke of York , ( which had come round by Sluys in con- sequence of great part of the country being in pos- session of the enemy , ) desiring him to embark his whole army , and to join him at Antwerp : but the ...
... received a letter from the Duke of York , ( which had come round by Sluys in con- sequence of great part of the country being in pos- session of the enemy , ) desiring him to embark his whole army , and to join him at Antwerp : but the ...
Page 308
... received intelligence that the French had arrived from Placentia at Naval Moral , by which movement they got between him and the bridge of Almaraz ; and , about an hour afterwards , he received a letter from General O'Donoghue ...
... received intelligence that the French had arrived from Placentia at Naval Moral , by which movement they got between him and the bridge of Almaraz ; and , about an hour afterwards , he received a letter from General O'Donoghue ...
Page 417
... received accounts that Soult was then in full force having received considerable reinforce- ments even at that early period . He also received accounts which left no doubt of the destination of the French army to the southward , and ...
... received accounts that Soult was then in full force having received considerable reinforce- ments even at that early period . He also received accounts which left no doubt of the destination of the French army to the southward , and ...
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