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 309
... neral Cuesta's retreat should be known : and even after leaving twelve thousand men to watch General Vanegas , and allowing from ten to eleven thousand to have been killed in the late battle , still would there have remained 25,000 men ...
... neral Cuesta's retreat should be known : and even after leaving twelve thousand men to watch General Vanegas , and allowing from ten to eleven thousand to have been killed in the late battle , still would there have remained 25,000 men ...
Page 361
... neral " The inhabitants of some villages have remained in them , confiding in the promises of the enemy , and hoping that by treating the enemies of their country well , they might conciliate and mollify them , and in- spire them with ...
... neral " The inhabitants of some villages have remained in them , confiding in the promises of the enemy , and hoping that by treating the enemies of their country well , they might conciliate and mollify them , and in- spire them with ...
Page 569
... neral M'Kenzie , 297 ; of Sir Ro- bert Wilson , 307 ; of Sebastiani , 327 ; of Augereau , 333 ; of Ge- neral Craufurd , 335 ; of Reg- nier , 340 ; of General Picton , 350 ; of General Leith , 357 ; of General Simon , 352 ; of a ...
... neral M'Kenzie , 297 ; of Sir Ro- bert Wilson , 307 ; of Sebastiani , 327 ; of Augereau , 333 ; of Ge- neral Craufurd , 335 ; of Reg- nier , 340 ; of General Picton , 350 ; of General Leith , 357 ; of General Simon , 352 ; of a ...
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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