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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 83
Page 169
... Bayonne . Nearly parallel to the Nivelle flows a larger river , called the Nive , which joins the Adour at Bayonne ; and it was over the Nive that the French left and centre , after their defeat , retreated by the bridge of Cambo ...
... Bayonne . Nearly parallel to the Nivelle flows a larger river , called the Nive , which joins the Adour at Bayonne ; and it was over the Nive that the French left and centre , after their defeat , retreated by the bridge of Cambo ...
Page 281
... Bayonne to Bourdeaux , which movement , by re- ference to the map , you will perceive , would have had the effect of completely investing Bayonne . This however , was conjecture ; for the plans of Lord Wellington are so difficult to ...
... Bayonne to Bourdeaux , which movement , by re- ference to the map , you will perceive , would have had the effect of completely investing Bayonne . This however , was conjecture ; for the plans of Lord Wellington are so difficult to ...
Page 282
... Bayonne on the 12th of this month . Thus far I have been fortunate . " I have great pleasure in informing you that the important intelli- gence of Soult's departure from Bayonne , with the principal part of his army , has been just ...
... Bayonne on the 12th of this month . Thus far I have been fortunate . " I have great pleasure in informing you that the important intelli- gence of Soult's departure from Bayonne , with the principal part of his army , has been just ...
Contents
Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
4 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
6th division Adour advance allied army anecdotes arms arrived artillery attack battalion batteries battle Bayonne Blucher Bourbons Bourdeaux brigade Britain British Buonaparte Captain Catalonia cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel command conduct corps Cortes division Duke Emperor enemy enemy's English Europe favour Ferdinand fire foot force France French army Freyre gallant garrison guard happy honour House immediately infantry inhabitants Jean de Luz King King's German Legion Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Sir Lord Castlereagh Lord Wellington Lordship Majesty Major-General Marquis Marshal Marshal Soult ment military Napoleon nation neral Nive occasion occupied officers operations Paris passed peace Portuguese position posts Prince prisoners Pyrenees received Regency regiment respect retired retreat river Royal Highness Senate sent shew Sir John Hope Sir Rowland Hill Sir William Beresford soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Suchet Tarragona tion took town treaty troops victory whilst whole wish wounded