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Page 454
In the north, Marmont was making some shew of offensive operations, keeping
Ciudad Rodrigo blockaded; but he had not ventured to make an attack upon, nor
had even repeated his visit to Almeida, having suffered some loss in his former ...
In the north, Marmont was making some shew of offensive operations, keeping
Ciudad Rodrigo blockaded; but he had not ventured to make an attack upon, nor
had even repeated his visit to Almeida, having suffered some loss in his former ...
Page 473
473 L Anecdotes of Marmont. in the vicinity; when the Earl of Wellington placed
those troops in a position, of which the right was upon one of the two heights
called Dos Arapiles, and the left on the Tormes, below the ford of Santa Martha.
473 L Anecdotes of Marmont. in the vicinity; when the Earl of Wellington placed
those troops in a position, of which the right was upon one of the two heights
called Dos Arapiles, and the left on the Tormes, below the ford of Santa Martha.
Page 475
After a variety of evolutions and movements Marmont appeared, at last, to have
determined upon his plan, about two in the afternoon; and under cover of a very
heavy cannonade, which, however, did the British but little damage, he extended
...
After a variety of evolutions and movements Marmont appeared, at last, to have
determined upon his plan, about two in the afternoon; and under cover of a very
heavy cannonade, which, however, did the British but little damage, he extended
...
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