The Quarterly Review, Volumen219William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1913 |
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... once to protect Salamanca against del Parque and la Romana , Sebastiani had to hasten eastward against Venegas , and Soult could attempt nothing against Wellington , much less advance into Portugal . It was only because starvation drove ...
... once to protect Salamanca against del Parque and la Romana , Sebastiani had to hasten eastward against Venegas , and Soult could attempt nothing against Wellington , much less advance into Portugal . It was only because starvation drove ...
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... once ; his troops dispersed ; Seville tamely opened her gates ; and only the judgment and promptitude of Albuquerque in marching at full speed to Cadiz saved that all - important but ungarrisoned city . Albuquerque's action is applauded ...
... once ; his troops dispersed ; Seville tamely opened her gates ; and only the judgment and promptitude of Albuquerque in marching at full speed to Cadiz saved that all - important but ungarrisoned city . Albuquerque's action is applauded ...
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... Once committed to the subjugation of Andalusia , the French could not have abandoned the task without great loss of prestige . And yet the success of their attack depended ultimately on the British army . Portugal flanks the advance to ...
... Once committed to the subjugation of Andalusia , the French could not have abandoned the task without great loss of prestige . And yet the success of their attack depended ultimately on the British army . Portugal flanks the advance to ...
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... once they would have found half the defenders not yet in position . Nearly all Wellington's troops were already up , and the French had only a weak advance - guard . Had Ney attacked sooner , there is no reason to suppose he would have ...
... once they would have found half the defenders not yet in position . Nearly all Wellington's troops were already up , and the French had only a weak advance - guard . Had Ney attacked sooner , there is no reason to suppose he would have ...
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... once again stripped Andalusia of troops , but , though his advance raised the siege , the desperate conflict of Albuera , the most honourable of all Peninsular blazons on a regimental flag , ' was a real defeat for him . It was a ...
... once again stripped Andalusia of troops , but , though his advance raised the siege , the desperate conflict of Albuera , the most honourable of all Peninsular blazons on a regimental flag , ' was a real defeat for him . It was a ...
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