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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... Salamanca , — the battle of Vittoria , -the siege of St. Sebastian , - the battle of the Pyrenees - to which we have now to add the entrance into Bourdeaux and Toulouse.- And now let us be allowed to demand , whether any General of the ...
... Salamanca , — the battle of Vittoria , -the siege of St. Sebastian , - the battle of the Pyrenees - to which we have now to add the entrance into Bourdeaux and Toulouse.- And now let us be allowed to demand , whether any General of the ...
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... Salamanca , was compelled to retrace his steps to the Portuguese fron- tiers ! Such was the condition of Europe at that period ; but mark the contrast at the last pause from our la- bours : when the usurper of France , the ravager of ...
... Salamanca , was compelled to retrace his steps to the Portuguese fron- tiers ! Such was the condition of Europe at that period ; but mark the contrast at the last pause from our la- bours : when the usurper of France , the ravager of ...
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... Salamanca and the Pyrenees . His person was miraculously spared in every engagement until the last battle of the 10th , when he received a mortal wound at the head of his brigade , in the act of carrying a redoubt on the left of the ene ...
... Salamanca and the Pyrenees . His person was miraculously spared in every engagement until the last battle of the 10th , when he received a mortal wound at the head of his brigade , in the act of carrying a redoubt on the left of the ene ...
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Don Carlos Doyle | 20 |
Passage of the Adour | 383 |
Entre into Bourdeaux | 419 |
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