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 139
... immediately put his army in motion on the 16th , and descended the Adjuntee Ghaut on the 19th ; at which time Seindiah had moved to the northward ; but he halted on the return of the Bri- tish , and returned to Taptee , where the Rajah ...
... immediately put his army in motion on the 16th , and descended the Adjuntee Ghaut on the 19th ; at which time Seindiah had moved to the northward ; but he halted on the return of the Bri- tish , and returned to Taptee , where the Rajah ...
Page 462
... immediately driven in by the British advance , and on that very evening they thought proper to evacuate Salamanca , leaving a gar- rison of about eight hundred men in their fortifications which they had erected on the ruins of the ...
... immediately driven in by the British advance , and on that very evening they thought proper to evacuate Salamanca , leaving a gar- rison of about eight hundred men in their fortifications which they had erected on the ruins of the ...
Page 534
... immediately above Seville , on the morning of the 27th at six o'clock . The Spanish troops formed the advance , and the French advance was soon driven in ; when the ca- valry retired leaving the infantry in the plain , who , thus ...
... immediately above Seville , on the morning of the 27th at six o'clock . The Spanish troops formed the advance , and the French advance was soon driven in ; when the ca- valry retired leaving the infantry in the plain , who , thus ...
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