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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Francis L. Clarke. Anecdotes of Marshal Soult . When Sir Arthur Wellesley first determined upon the expedition to the north of Portugal , against Mar- shal Soult , he had sanguine hopes that the Portu- guese * Marshal Soult is now ...
Francis L. Clarke. Anecdotes of Marshal Soult . When Sir Arthur Wellesley first determined upon the expedition to the north of Portugal , against Mar- shal Soult , he had sanguine hopes that the Portu- guese * Marshal Soult is now ...
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... Soult : his only mode of retreat , therefore , was by the bridge of Arzobispo ; and if he had moved on , the enemy , by breaking that bridge while the army should be en- gaged with Soult and Ney , would thus have deprived them even of ...
... Soult : his only mode of retreat , therefore , was by the bridge of Arzobispo ; and if he had moved on , the enemy , by breaking that bridge while the army should be en- gaged with Soult and Ney , would thus have deprived them even of ...
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... Soult had broken up from Seville , and had advanced towards Estrema- dura , notwithstanding the reports which had ... Soult's advance , had raised the siege of Badajoz , but without the loss of ordnance , or stores of any description ...
... Soult had broken up from Seville , and had advanced towards Estrema- dura , notwithstanding the reports which had ... Soult's advance , had raised the siege of Badajoz , but without the loss of ordnance , or stores of any description ...
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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