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 476
... division , under Lieutenant - General Leith , which he placed behind the village of Arapiles , on the right of the 4th division ; and with the 6th and 7th divisions in reserve and , as soon as these troops had taken their stations , he ...
... division , under Lieutenant - General Leith , which he placed behind the village of Arapiles , on the right of the 4th division ; and with the 6th and 7th divisions in reserve and , as soon as these troops had taken their stations , he ...
Page 479
... 6th divisiĆ³n , under Major - General Clinton , to re- lieve the 4th , and the battle was soon restored to its former success . The enemy's right , however , reinforced by the troops which had fled from his left , and by those which had ...
... 6th divisiĆ³n , under Major - General Clinton , to re- lieve the 4th , and the battle was soon restored to its former success . The enemy's right , however , reinforced by the troops which had fled from his left , and by those which had ...
Page 549
... 6th division , which occupied the town of Burgos , and invested the castle on the south - west side , on the enemy's left , whilst a detachment of the 1st division , under Major Lawrie of the 79th regiment , should scale the wall in ...
... 6th division , which occupied the town of Burgos , and invested the castle on the south - west side , on the enemy's left , whilst a detachment of the 1st division , under Major Lawrie of the 79th regiment , should scale the wall in ...
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advanced guard afterwards allied army Anecdotes arrived artillery attack Badajoz battalion battle body bridge brigade Brigadier-General British army British troops Buonaparte Cadiz cannon Captain cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Wellesley column command Commander-in-Chief commenced conduct corps defeat defence detachment division Douro dragoons enemy enemy's fire flank force formed French army front gallant gallantry garrison guns heights Hill honour horse immediately infantry inhabitants killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lord Wellington Lordship loss Madrid Major Major-General Marmont Marquis Marshal ment military Mondego morning moved movements neral night obliged occupied officers operations Oporto party passed picquets Portugal Portuguese position possession prisoners Rajah rear received regiment retired retreat river road Salamanca Scindiah sent siege Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir John Moore Sir William Beresford soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Sultaun Tagus taken Talavera tion Tippoo took town village whilst whole wounded