History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, Volumen1W.J. Widdleton, 1862 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abrantes affairs Alemtejo Almeida arms arrived artillery Astorga Asturias attack Baird Barcelona battalions battle Bessières Blake bridge brigade British army Burgos Cadiz campaign Castaños Catalonia cavalry centre Colonel columns command commenced communication convention Coruña Cuesta defeat defence detachment division Duke Dupont Ebro Elvas Emperor enemy England English army flank force fourth corps France French army Frere Gallicia garrison général guard guns hundred insurrection John Moore's Junot l'armée latter Lisbon Logroño Loison Lord Madrid Marshal military Moncey movement Napoleon occupied officers operations Oporto orders Palafox passed Peninsula Portugal Portuguese position provinces rear Reding Regency regiments reinforced retired retreat river road Salamanca sent Seville siege Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir Hew Dalrymple Sir John Cradock Sir John Moore soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish armies Tagus Tarragona thousand infantry tion town troops Tudela Valladolid Villa Franca Zaragoza
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Página 339 - ... the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice I" In a few minutes afterwards he died, and his corpse, wrapped in a military cloak, was interred by the officers of his staff in the citadel of...
Página 337 - well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with "me.
Página 185 - I was going to send Junot before a council of war, when, fortunately, the English tried their generals, and saved me the pain of punishing an old friend !
Página 274 - ... exposed, our entire supply train, if not the greater part of the army itself, might have been lost. The movements of the enemy showed that they expected this, and, as they themselves acknowledged, they were prepared to cut off our retreat in that direction. I therefore concentrated all our forces on the right bank of the river. During the night of the 26th and morning of the 27th, all our wagons, heavy guns, &c., were gathered there.
Página 514 - Baird's retreat, and am taking measures to " form our junction, whilst the French are wholly occupied with " Madrid. - " We are bound not to abandon the cause as long as there is hope. " But the courage of the populace of Madrid may fail ; or at any rate they may not be able to resist. In short, in a moment things may be as bad as ever, unless the whole country is animated, and " flocks to the aid of the capital. " In this part the people are passive.
Página 334 - ... melancholy but graceful termination to the campaign. About two o'clock in the afternoon a general movement along the French line gave notice of an approaching battle, and the British infantry, fourteen thousand five hundred strong, immediately occupied the inferior range of hills already spoken of.
Página 29 - France while Bonaparte held the sceptre, and the moment that the fear of his power ceased to operate, it was quite certain that their apparent friendship would change to active hostility ; the proclamation issued by the Spanish cabinet just before the battle of Jena was evidence of this fact.
Página 335 - Dalmatia made no idle evolutions of display, for distributing his lighter guns along the front of his position, he opened a fire from the heavy battery on his left, and instantly descended the mountain with three columns, covered by clouds of skirmishers. The British...
Página 495 - British army shall be restored on the completion of the articles which concern the army ; and the officer of the navy on the disembarkation of the French troops in their own country. The like is to take place on the part of the French army.
Página 339 - ... by the decisive vigour of his actions. He maintained the right with a vehemence bordering upon fierceness, and every important transaction in which he was engaged increased his reputation for talent, and confirmed his character as a stern enemy to vice, a stedfast friend to merit, a just and faithful servant of his country.