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 233
... Adour , and the front covered by a morass , occasioned by a rivulet which falls into the Adour . The right of the centre rested upon this same morass , and its left upon the river Nive . The left was between the Nive and the Adour , on ...
... Adour , and the front covered by a morass , occasioned by a rivulet which falls into the Adour . The right of the centre rested upon this same morass , and its left upon the river Nive . The left was between the Nive and the Adour , on ...
Page 241
... Adour , both above and below the confluence of the Nive , it followed that previous to our army passing the Nive , supplies of all sorts could be brought down the Adour , unmolested , to the gar- rison of Bayonne and to Soult's army ...
... Adour , both above and below the confluence of the Nive , it followed that previous to our army passing the Nive , supplies of all sorts could be brought down the Adour , unmolested , to the gar- rison of Bayonne and to Soult's army ...
Page 264
... Adour towards Dax . * On the 18th of December , the right wing of the British and Allied army , occupied a position between the Adour and the Nive , commanding the navigation of both those rivers ; whilst the centre and left were posted ...
... Adour towards Dax . * On the 18th of December , the right wing of the British and Allied army , occupied a position between the Adour and the Nive , commanding the navigation of both those rivers ; whilst the centre and left were posted ...
Contents
Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
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