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... without making a lodgment on the glacis ; and the ditch , a dry one , is not more than half deep enough . This fortress , the principal one to the north of the Douro , stands on rather advantageous ground , and , TREATISE ON THE.
... without making a lodgment on the glacis ; and the ditch , a dry one , is not more than half deep enough . This fortress , the principal one to the north of the Douro , stands on rather advantageous ground , and , TREATISE ON THE.
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... writing the above , I have been informed that the fortress of Valença has undergone a thorough repair , and is now mounted with upwards of fifty pieces of cannon . f Quitting Valença , the road to Villa Nova de DEFENCE OF PORTUGAL . 9.
... writing the above , I have been informed that the fortress of Valença has undergone a thorough repair , and is now mounted with upwards of fifty pieces of cannon . f Quitting Valença , the road to Villa Nova de DEFENCE OF PORTUGAL . 9.
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... fortress , the General's position might have been good ; but that is not the case . It is simply an extensive line of works , ilk planned , erroneously situated , and by no means answering to the ideas , I had formed . of a chef d'œuvre ...
... fortress , the General's position might have been good ; but that is not the case . It is simply an extensive line of works , ilk planned , erroneously situated , and by no means answering to the ideas , I had formed . of a chef d'œuvre ...
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... fortress , situated on the summit of a preci- pice near the Lima , the country is one conti- nued ridge of mountains . There are no roads except such as are passable only by a single mule , and from that the rider is fre- quently ...
... fortress , situated on the summit of a preci- pice near the Lima , the country is one conti- nued ridge of mountains . There are no roads except such as are passable only by a single mule , and from that the rider is fre- quently ...
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... fortress has neither outworks nor glacis , conse- quently is exposed to be battered to the foun- dation from the adjacent heights , by which it is commanded in several points , and at very short distances : it cannot therefore be ...
... fortress has neither outworks nor glacis , conse- quently is exposed to be battered to the foun- dation from the adjacent heights , by which it is commanded in several points , and at very short distances : it cannot therefore be ...
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Page 204 - Vimeiro stands in a valley, through which runs the river Maceira; at the back, and to the westward and northward of this village, is a mountain, the western point of which touches the sea, and the eastern is separated by a deep ravine from the heights, over which passes the road which leads from Lourinha, and the northward to Vimeiro.
Page 259 - At six in the morning of the 27th, the enemy made two desperate attacks upon our position, the one on the right, the other on the left of the highest point of the Sierra.
Page 207 - The 2d battalion, 43d regiment, was likewise closely engaged with them in the road which leads into Vimiera ; a part of that corps having been ordered into the church-yard to prevent them from penetrating into the town. On the right of the position they were repulsed by the bayonets of the 97th regiment, which corps was successfully supported by the 2d battalion 52d regiment, which, by an advance in column, took the enemy in flank.
Page 262 - Sardao, with the intention that he should occupy these mountains, but unfortunately he was sent round by Oporto, by the general officer commanding in the north, in consequence of a small detachment of the enemy being in possession of St.
Page 261 - Macbean, made a gallant and successful charge upon a body of another division of the enemy, which was endeavouring to penetrate in that quarter. In this attack...
Page 209 - Ferguson's brigade, six pieces of cannon were taken from the enemy, with many prisoners, and vast numbers were killed and wounded. The enemy afterwards made an attempt to recover...
Page 260 - Champelmond, directed by Colonel MacKinnon ; Major-General Leith also moved to his left, to the support of Major-General Picton, and aided in the defeat of the enemy on this post by the 3d battalion Royals, the 1st battalion, and the 2d battalion 38th regiment.
Page 208 - Taylor was unfortunately killed. Nearly at the same time the enemy's attack commenced upon the heights on the road to Lourinha — This attack was supported by a large body of cavalry, and was made with the usual impetuosity of the French troops.
Page 204 - On the eastern and southern side of the town is a hill which is entirely commanded, particularly on its right, by the mountain to the westward of the town, and commanding all the ground in the neighbourhood to the southward and .eastward, on which...
Page 203 - I have above stated, with a view to cover the retreat of his defeated army ; in all of which he was, however, repulsed ; but he succeeded in effecting his retreat in good order, owing, principally, to my want of cavalry, and, secondly, to the difficulty of bringing up the passes of the mountains with celerity, a sufficient number of troops, and of cannon to support those which had first ascended. The loss of the enemy, has, however, been very great, and he left three pieces of cannon in our hands....