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-?] - Generals |
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Page 110
... foot . But if we look to the brave but unfortunate province of Catalonia alone , their excesses there , even in this month of October , are sufficient to stamp their name with infamy to the latest ages . In one town alone of that ...
... foot . But if we look to the brave but unfortunate province of Catalonia alone , their excesses there , even in this month of October , are sufficient to stamp their name with infamy to the latest ages . In one town alone of that ...
Page 473
... foot of it , besides 237 prisoners . It is needless to observe that this statement is an evident exaggeration , and still less credit is to be given to the assertion of the wounded assuring him that the assailants had fifty officers ...
... foot of it , besides 237 prisoners . It is needless to observe that this statement is an evident exaggeration , and still less credit is to be given to the assertion of the wounded assuring him that the assailants had fifty officers ...
Page 474
... foot by foot , if at any time he should be obliged to quit his first line , a thing which to him must then have appeared not improbable , as he ac- knowledged that the quantity of ammunition which the English , with their forty - five ...
... foot by foot , if at any time he should be obliged to quit his first line , a thing which to him must then have appeared not improbable , as he ac- knowledged that the quantity of ammunition which the English , with their forty - five ...
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