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 66
... Colonel Wellesley , which had marched by the left , moved parallel at some distance on the right flank of the army . Even * Lieutenant - General Harris , afterwards Sir George , ( as Knight of the Bath , ) was the eldest son of a ...
... Colonel Wellesley , which had marched by the left , moved parallel at some distance on the right flank of the army . Even * Lieutenant - General Harris , afterwards Sir George , ( as Knight of the Bath , ) was the eldest son of a ...
Page 207
... Sir Arthur advanced with a strength of nearly 18,000 effective men , in pursuit of the enemy , and took up his ground that evening at the village of Vimiera , which he occupied . In the evening of that very day , Lieutenant Gene- ral Sir ...
... Sir Arthur advanced with a strength of nearly 18,000 effective men , in pursuit of the enemy , and took up his ground that evening at the village of Vimiera , which he occupied . In the evening of that very day , Lieutenant Gene- ral Sir ...
Page 212
... Major - General Wellesley , it is necessary to mention that he was superseded in the command in the very middle of it by Lieutenant - General Sir Harry Burrard , who landed soon after the enemy's attack had commenced . He did not claim ...
... Major - General Wellesley , it is necessary to mention that he was superseded in the command in the very middle of it by Lieutenant - General Sir Harry Burrard , who landed soon after the enemy's attack had commenced . He did not claim ...
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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