Account of the War in Spain, Portugal, and the South of France: From 1808 to 1814 Inclusive ...T. Egerton, 1821 |
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... town of Manresa . The flames illumined the country many miles around , and served as the signal for ample retri- bution ; for as soon as the French columns on XII . the following morning entered the defiles of the 16 ACCOUNT OF THE WAR.
... town of Manresa . The flames illumined the country many miles around , and served as the signal for ample retri- bution ; for as soon as the French columns on XII . the following morning entered the defiles of the 16 ACCOUNT OF THE WAR.
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... column appeared in view , which when joined would have augmented the num- bers of the French to 60,000 infantry ... columns of the French fol- lowed ; and in the afternoon of that day there were some sharp affairs , in which General ...
... column appeared in view , which when joined would have augmented the num- bers of the French to 60,000 infantry ... columns of the French fol- lowed ; and in the afternoon of that day there were some sharp affairs , in which General ...
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... columns ; the right under Major General Howard , by a wide movement to its right , into the rear of Arroya , and the ... column under Colonel Stewart , favoured by a thick mist and deluge of rain , entered the town so unexpectedly , that ...
... columns ; the right under Major General Howard , by a wide movement to its right , into the rear of Arroya , and the ... column under Colonel Stewart , favoured by a thick mist and deluge of rain , entered the town so unexpectedly , that ...
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... column , having made a sufficiently wide movement , approached the rear of the French , and no alternative re- mained for them but to surrender prisoners or disperse . There was little hesitation ; the squares broke , and the men ...
... column , having made a sufficiently wide movement , approached the rear of the French , and no alternative re- mained for them but to surrender prisoners or disperse . There was little hesitation ; the squares broke , and the men ...
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... column of nearly 2,000 men advanced openly to storm the breach from a distance of 250 yards : during its approach the defenders kept up a steady and well - directed fire of musquetry and artillery from the ram- parts with such effect ...
... column of nearly 2,000 men advanced openly to storm the breach from a distance of 250 yards : during its approach the defenders kept up a steady and well - directed fire of musquetry and artillery from the ram- parts with such effect ...
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1st Bn Adour Agueda Alicante allies artillery assailants assault attack attempt Balasteros bank battalions Bayonne besiegers Bidassoa blockade breach bridge brigade British Buonaparte Cadiz cantonments castle Catalonia cavalry centre CHAP Ciudad Rodrigo Clausel Colonel column command commenced corps Cortes crossed defence detached Douro effected efforts endeavoured enemy enemy's exertions favourable fire flank force ford formed fortress France French army French troops front garrison ground Guerrillas heights Hill immediately infantry Joseph Lerida light division Lord Dalhousie Lord Wellington loss Madrid main body Majesty manœuvres Marshal Marmont Marshal Soult Marshal Suchet ment miles military mountain moved movement Murviedro nearly neral night occupied officers operations Pamplona passed Portugal Portugueze position prisoners Pyrenees rear Regiment remained retired retreat river road Rodrigo siege Spain Spaniards Spanish strong success Tagus Tarragona tion town Valencia village Vitoria whilst wounded XVIII
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Página 302 - The French army shall carry with it all its equipments, and all that is comprehended under the name of property of the army...
Página 304 - France shall have disembarked it in the harbours specified, or in any other of the ports of France to which stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to England without delay ; and security against capture until their arrival in a friendly port. ART.
Página 67 - ... musketry, were hurled into the ditch without intermission for upwards of two hours, giving to its surface an appearance of vomiting fire, and producing sudden flashes of light more vivid than the day.
Página 307 - The French army shall be subsisted from its own magazines up to the day of embarkation. The garrisons up to the day of the evacuation of the fortresses. The remainder of the magazines shall be delivered over in the usual form to the British government, which charges itself with the subsistence...
Página 303 - ... the sick, and the equipment of the army. The first division shall embark within seven days of the date of the ratification, or sooner if possible. Art. 8. The garrison of Elvas and its forts, and of Peniche and Palmela, will be embarked at Lisbon.
Página 302 - The cavalry are to embark their horses, as also the generals and other officers of all ranks. It is, however, fully understood, that the means of conveyance for horses at the disposal of the British...
Página 55 - ... M'Kinnon's brigade instantly pushed up the breach, in conjunction with the 5th and 91th regiments, which arrived at the same moment along the ditch from their right. The men mounted in a most gallant manner against an equally gallant resistance ; and it was not till after a sharp struggle of some minutes that the bayonets of the assailants prevailed, and gained them a footing on the summit of the rampart. The defenders then concentrated behind the retrenchment, which they obstinately maintained,...
Página 321 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Página 320 - The violence of the stroke threw him off his horse, on his back. Not a muscle of his face altered, nor did a sigh betray the least sensation of pain. "I dismounted, and taking his hand, he pressed...
Página 302 - Commander-in-chief may judge it unnecessary to embark. In like manner, all individuals of the army shall be at liberty to dispose of their private property of every description, with full security hereafter for the purchasers.