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 70
... soon got the range , and did some execution ; but our advanced troops were soon in motion , for Colonel Sherbrooke immediately pushed forward with the picquets , to a village in front of the left of the hostile army , from which he soon ...
... soon got the range , and did some execution ; but our advanced troops were soon in motion , for Colonel Sherbrooke immediately pushed forward with the picquets , to a village in front of the left of the hostile army , from which he soon ...
Page 116
... soon , therefore , as he had completed his ar- rangements , he continued his march to Poonah , by the road of Baramooty , determined , as soon as his army should arrive within the distance of a forced march , to advance himself , with ...
... soon , therefore , as he had completed his ar- rangements , he continued his march to Poonah , by the road of Baramooty , determined , as soon as his army should arrive within the distance of a forced march , to advance himself , with ...
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... soon obliged a reserve formed beyond the narrow valley , across which the enemy was closely pursued , to share the ... soon dispersed them . At this crisis the exhausted state of the troops made pursuit impos- sible . In the mean time a ...
... soon obliged a reserve formed beyond the narrow valley , across which the enemy was closely pursued , to share the ... soon dispersed them . At this crisis the exhausted state of the troops made pursuit impos- sible . In the mean time 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