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 206
... whole French army between that place and the capital . On * The whole British returns were one Lieutenant Colonel , two Cap- tains in all 70 killed ; one Lieutenant Colonel , three Majors , six Captains in all 335 wounded . In order to ...
... whole French army between that place and the capital . On * The whole British returns were one Lieutenant Colonel , two Cap- tains in all 70 killed ; one Lieutenant Colonel , three Majors , six Captains in all 335 wounded . In order to ...
Page 220
... whole of this period , Sir Arthur never went under cover at night , but always slept on the ground in the open air ; he was the first up , and the last down , of the whole camp ; sleeping constantly in his clothes , and his horse ...
... whole of this period , Sir Arthur never went under cover at night , but always slept on the ground in the open air ; he was the first up , and the last down , of the whole camp ; sleeping constantly in his clothes , and his horse ...
Page 408
... whole of this business at Fuentes the actions were partial ; yet , from the great numerical supe- riority of the enemy , the British loss was very great . No officers of rank were either killed or wounded , however , except those ...
... whole of this business at Fuentes the actions were partial ; yet , from the great numerical supe- riority of the enemy , the British loss was very great . No officers of rank were either killed or wounded , however , except those ...
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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