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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... towns , and a most extensive plain ; which plain is formed into a sort of semicircle by a chain of distant mountains : all this part of Spain seems to be divided by nature into these sorts of districts or sections . The village or town ...
... towns , and a most extensive plain ; which plain is formed into a sort of semicircle by a chain of distant mountains : all this part of Spain seems to be divided by nature into these sorts of districts or sections . The village or town ...
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... town , when under cover of a low ridge , the column closed and divided into three columns , the infantry being on the right and left , and the cavalry occupying the centre . As the day dawned , a violent storm of rain and thick mist ...
... town , when under cover of a low ridge , the column closed and divided into three columns , the infantry being on the right and left , and the cavalry occupying the centre . As the day dawned , a violent storm of rain and thick mist ...
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... town with cheers , and drove the enemy every where at the point of the bayonet , having only a few of their men cut down by the enemy's cavalry . The enemy's infantry which had got out of the town had , by the time these regiments ...
... town with cheers , and drove the enemy every where at the point of the bayonet , having only a few of their men cut down by the enemy's cavalry . The enemy's infantry which had got out of the town had , by the time these regiments ...
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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