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... Spaniards desire aid from England ....... CHAPTER V. 55 Remarks on the Spanish Peninsula - Desire of British Aid - First Military Efforts of the Spaniards - First Siege of Saragossa - Defeats sustained by the French -Capitulation of ...
... Spaniards desire aid from England ....... CHAPTER V. 55 Remarks on the Spanish Peninsula - Desire of British Aid - First Military Efforts of the Spaniards - First Siege of Saragossa - Defeats sustained by the French -Capitulation of ...
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... Spaniards desire aid from England . THE Commencement of the French Revolution had been hailed with delight by many of the noblest and most generous spirits of the human race : they saw in it only the dawning of a bright and auspicious ...
... Spaniards desire aid from England . THE Commencement of the French Revolution had been hailed with delight by many of the noblest and most generous spirits of the human race : they saw in it only the dawning of a bright and auspicious ...
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... Spaniard , of course fol- lowed . * Their commerce almost ceased , their navy was destroyed , the finances were grievously embarras- sed ; public credit at an end , and her supplies of foreign treasure extorted by the French . " The ...
... Spaniard , of course fol- lowed . * Their commerce almost ceased , their navy was destroyed , the finances were grievously embarras- sed ; public credit at an end , and her supplies of foreign treasure extorted by the French . " The ...
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... Spaniards , nor outraged their moral sense he would have encountered a regular military resistance , from a weak , disorderly , and disorganized army , not that moral resistance which is invincible ; he would have contended with the ...
... Spaniards , nor outraged their moral sense he would have encountered a regular military resistance , from a weak , disorderly , and disorganized army , not that moral resistance which is invincible ; he would have contended with the ...
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... Spaniards , were neglected and cast aside . In the course of time , Portugal was occupied by 28,000 French , and 27,000 Spanish troops ; while a reserve army of 40,000 men , was stationed at * Alison's History of Europe , Vol . VI ...
... Spaniards , were neglected and cast aside . In the course of time , Portugal was occupied by 28,000 French , and 27,000 Spanish troops ; while a reserve army of 40,000 men , was stationed at * Alison's History of Europe , Vol . VI ...
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Página 194 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...
Página 274 - Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if he had lived he would have rendered the most important services to his country.
Página 459 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Página 194 - In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately...
Página 457 - Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed.
Página 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Página 451 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Página 231 - In this dreadful situation, while the dead were lying in heaps, and others continually falling, the wounded crawling about to get some shelter from the merciless...
Página 340 - A moment of prosperity blinds them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their tomb. Soldiers! we have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to...
Página 300 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...