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 38
... consequence of General Clair- fayt's retreat to Ghent , General Count Walmoden had been obliged to fall back with the Hanoverians , upon the right flank of the Austrians , by which means Bruges had been abandoned as early as the 26th of ...
... consequence of General Clair- fayt's retreat to Ghent , General Count Walmoden had been obliged to fall back with the Hanoverians , upon the right flank of the Austrians , by which means Bruges had been abandoned as early as the 26th of ...
Page 181
... consequence of which falsehood , accompanied by many verbal threats , he was released , and immediately conveyed to Bayonne escorted by a guard ; and there he ar- rived on the 26th of April , had a casile appointed for his residence ...
... consequence of which falsehood , accompanied by many verbal threats , he was released , and immediately conveyed to Bayonne escorted by a guard ; and there he ar- rived on the 26th of April , had a casile appointed for his residence ...
Page 353
... consequence of a small detachment of the enemy being in posses- sion of St. Pedro de Sul ; and , notwithstanding the efforts which he made to arrive in time , he did not reach Sardao till the 28th at night , after ' the enemy was in ...
... consequence of a small detachment of the enemy being in posses- sion of St. Pedro de Sul ; and , notwithstanding the efforts which he made to arrive in time , he did not reach Sardao till the 28th at night , after ' the enemy was in ...
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