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 436
... battery of seven guns was constructed , whose fire was commenced on the 18th . In the mean time the batteries in the first parallel continued their fire ; and , on the evening of the 12th , the cannonade had not only con- siderably ...
... battery of seven guns was constructed , whose fire was commenced on the 18th . In the mean time the batteries in the first parallel continued their fire ; and , on the evening of the 12th , the cannonade had not only con- siderably ...
Page 444
... batteries was continued against the face of the bastion of La Trinidad , and the flank of the bastion of Santa Maria ; and on the fourth another battery of six guns had been opened in the morning , in the second parallel , against the ...
... batteries was continued against the face of the bastion of La Trinidad , and the flank of the bastion of Santa Maria ; and on the fourth another battery of six guns had been opened in the morning , in the second parallel , against the ...
Page 551
... batteries in the best situation to fire upon the wall , failed in consequence of the great superiority of the ... battery constructed under cover of the horn work . The cannonade from this battery improved the breach first made ; and the ...
... batteries in the best situation to fire upon the wall , failed in consequence of the great superiority of the ... battery constructed under cover of the horn work . The cannonade from this battery improved the breach first made ; and the ...
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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