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... - Battle of Talavera - Effects of the Vic- tory - Difficulties - Sir A. Wellesly proceeds to Ba- dajos - Preparations for the Defence of Portugal .. 130 CHAPTER IX . PAGE . British Head - quarters fixed viii CONTENTS .
... - Battle of Talavera - Effects of the Vic- tory - Difficulties - Sir A. Wellesly proceeds to Ba- dajos - Preparations for the Defence of Portugal .. 130 CHAPTER IX . PAGE . British Head - quarters fixed viii CONTENTS .
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Andrew Redman Bonar. CHAPTER IX . PAGE . British Head - quarters fixed at Vizen - Arrangement of the Forces - Motions of Beresford and Hill - Junot advances upon Astorga - Battle of Busaco - Move- ments of the opposing Armies - Portugal ...
Andrew Redman Bonar. CHAPTER IX . PAGE . British Head - quarters fixed at Vizen - Arrangement of the Forces - Motions of Beresford and Hill - Junot advances upon Astorga - Battle of Busaco - Move- ments of the opposing Armies - Portugal ...
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... head - quarters ; but the time of mercy was past , and the only alternative left to him was an unconditional surrender . The Bombay army was assailed by 6000 native troops , and Sally's Frenchmen , but after repeated fierce at- tempts ...
... head - quarters ; but the time of mercy was past , and the only alternative left to him was an unconditional surrender . The Bombay army was assailed by 6000 native troops , and Sally's Frenchmen , but after repeated fierce at- tempts ...
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... head . The body was thrown out of the palan- quin , and lay covered by heaps of the slain . The palace surrendered after a brief parley , and General Baird , who had languished in rigorous con- finement three years within the town , now ...
... head . The body was thrown out of the palan- quin , and lay covered by heaps of the slain . The palace surrendered after a brief parley , and General Baird , who had languished in rigorous con- finement three years within the town , now ...
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... head of a large body of horse- men . Thus Dhoondiah , though he had been de- feated by Colonels Stevenson and Dalrymple , his followers almost cut to pieces , and stripped of his guns , baggage , and elephants , by a native prince , was ...
... head of a large body of horse- men . Thus Dhoondiah , though he had been de- feated by Colonels Stevenson and Dalrymple , his followers almost cut to pieces , and stripped of his guns , baggage , and elephants , by a native prince , was ...
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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...