The Great Duke, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1911 |
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afterwards allies arms artillery Assaye attack Baird battalions batteries battle bayonet betwixt brigade British army British line broken Burrard Busaco camp campaign career Castlereagh cavalry centre charge Colonel command corps Craufurd crossed Cuesta Dalrymple daring Delaborde Despatches Dragoons Duke enemy enemy's England expedition fell fight fire flank force fortresses French army French column front genius Guards guns Harris held hill horse India infantry Junot King's German Legion knew Light Division Lisbon Loison Lord Lord Mornington Madrid Mahratta Masséna miles military Mornington moved musketry Napoleon officer Peninsula Peninsular War Poonah Portugal Portuguese position pushed ravine reached rear-guard regiments retreat Reynier ridge river road rode Santarem says Napier Scindia Seringapatam Sir Harry Burrard skirmishers soldier Soult Spain Spanish squadrons strike swept swift Tagus Talavera Tippoo Torres Vedras troops turn Victor Vimiero volleys watched Waterloo Wellesley Wellesley's Wellington whole wounded wrote