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 xviii
... obliged to retire into Arragon , where , in the succeed- ing November , Major General Stanhope , with a British force of 2000 men at Brihuega , was surprised and made prisoner of war , by the unexpected junction of the French and ...
... obliged to retire into Arragon , where , in the succeed- ing November , Major General Stanhope , with a British force of 2000 men at Brihuega , was surprised and made prisoner of war , by the unexpected junction of the French and ...
Page 38
... 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 June : on which the municipality of that place sent deputies to the French army , with ...
... 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 June : on which the municipality of that place sent deputies to the French army , with ...
Page 313
... obliged him to move towards the frontiers of Portugal in order to refresh his troops , where he had every reason to expect that he might be supplied with every thing he wanted . * 14 . 2 R The artillery and musquetry , to maintain their ...
... obliged him to move towards the frontiers of Portugal in order to refresh his troops , where he had every reason to expect that he might be supplied with every thing he wanted . * 14 . 2 R The artillery and musquetry , to maintain their ...
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