History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in MDCCLXXXIX [i.e. 1789] to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV [i.e. 1815], Volumen12Blackwood, 1847 |
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... army , 107 62. Combat of Roliça , 63. Victory of the British , 73. An armistice is concluded , 60. March of the British troops to Roliça , 61. Advance of the British to attack the French there , 64. The British advance to Vimeira , 65 ...
... army , 107 62. Combat of Roliça , 63. Victory of the British , 73. An armistice is concluded , 60. March of the British troops to Roliça , 61. Advance of the British to attack the French there , 64. The British advance to Vimeira , 65 ...
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... army , · 147 · 148 · 149 26. Movement against Castanos and Palafox , 34. Capitulation of Madrid , 18. Deplorable division of the British and Spanish troops , 19. Movements on the French left before the arrival of Napoleon , 20. Check of ...
... army , · 147 · 148 · 149 26. Movement against Castanos and Palafox , 34. Capitulation of Madrid , 18. Deplorable division of the British and Spanish troops , 19. Movements on the French left before the arrival of Napoleon , 20. Check of ...
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... army on its return , 64. Reflections on the campaign ; its character checkered , but on the whole eminently unfavourable to France , 65. Reflections on the campaign , and effect of Sir John Moore's movement , 66. Errors which he ...
... army on its return , 64. Reflections on the campaign ; its character checkered , but on the whole eminently unfavourable to France , 65. Reflections on the campaign , and effect of Sir John Moore's movement , 66. Errors which he ...
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... army , 22. The Archduke at length advances towards Vienna , 265 · · 266 267 23. Retreat of the Archduke John from Italy , 24. Battle of the Piave , 25. Defeat of the Austrians , 26. Retreat of the Austrians from Italy into Hungary , 27 ...
... army , 22. The Archduke at length advances towards Vienna , 265 · · 266 267 23. Retreat of the Archduke John from Italy , 24. Battle of the Piave , 25. Defeat of the Austrians , 26. Retreat of the Austrians from Italy into Hungary , 27 ...
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... army when the war broke out in 1808 ; and the inferior noblesse , almost all destitute alike of education , vigour , or active habits , took hardly any share in its prosecution . The original . evil of entails had spread to a greater ...
... army when the war broke out in 1808 ; and the inferior noblesse , almost all destitute alike of education , vigour , or active habits , took hardly any share in its prosecution . The original . evil of entails had spread to a greater ...
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Términos y frases comunes
advance Andalusia Andujar arms arrived artillery assailed attack Austria Barcelona battle Baylen Bayonne Bessières Blake British Burgos Cadiz capital capitulation Castanos Catalonia cavalry centre CHAP columns command commenced contest Convention of Cintra corps Corunna defeat defence despatched directed disaster discipline division Duhesme Duke Dupont Ebro enemy English army Erfurth Europe expedition fire force fortresses France French army French troops Galicia gallant Gerona guards guns Gurw honour horse hostile hundred Imperial infantry inhabitants insurrection June Junot junta Lefebvre LIII Lisbon Lond Madrid ment military Moncey Morla mountains Napier Napoleon operations Palafox peasants Peninsula pieces of cannon Portugal prisoners province quarter rear regiment retreat road Saragossa Sierra Morena Sir Arthur Sir David Baird Sir Harry Burrard Sir John Moore soldiers Somatenes Soult South Spain Spaniards Spanish success Thib Thieb thousand strong tion town Valencia Vedel victory vigour Vimeira whole СНАР
Pasajes populares
Página 170 - 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 100 - I was nimuk-wallah, as we say in the East ; I have ate of the King's salt ; and therefore I consider it my duty to serve with zeal and promptitude when or wherever the King or his government may think proper to employ me.
Página 50 - We shall proceed upon the principle that any nation of Europe that starts up with a determination to oppose a power which, whether professing insidious peace or declaring open war, is the common enemy of all nations, whatever may be the existing political relations of that nation with Great Britain, becomes instantly our essential ally.
Página 30 - ... was carried, was regarded with awe, and obeyed without hesitation. Previous to this, we do not hear of its having been adopted in the Lowlands ; but on the present emergency, being fastened to the point of a spear, it was transmitted by the heralds and pursuivants throughout every part of the realm ; from town to town, from village to village, from hamlet to hamlet, the ensanguined symbol flew with...
Página 170 - the people of England will be satisfied ! I hope my country will do me justice ! ' These precious sentences were among the last he uttered : his sufferings were not long : he expired with the hand of Colonel Anderson pressed firmly in his own.
Página 2 - Napoleon, the firmness of Wellington, have been exerted on its plains ; and, like their great predecessors in the wars of Rome and Carthage, these two illustrious chiefs rolled the chariot of victory over its surface, and, missing each other, severally conquered every other opponent till their mutual renown filled the world, and Europe, in breathless suspense, awaited the issue of their conflict on another shore.
Página 100 - Pole and Burghersh have apprised me of the arrangements for the future command of this army; and the former has informed me of your kindness towards me, of which I have experienced so many instances, that I can never doubt it in any case. All that I can say upon that subject is, that whether I am to command the army or not, or am to quit it, I shall do my hest to insure its success...
Página 186 - ... nations so situated the delusive prospect of a peace between Great Britain and France could not fail to be peculiarly injurious. Their preparations might be relaxed by the vain hope of returning tranquillity; or their purpose shaken by the apprehension of being left to contend alone.
Página 38 - Europe,' says the Junta of Seville, 'will applaud our efforts and hasten to our assistance : Italy, Germany, and the whole North, which suffer under the despotism of the French nation, will eagerly avail themselves of the favourable opportunity, held out to them by Spain, to shake off the yoke and recover their liberty, their laws, their monarchs, and all they have been robbed of by that nation. France herself will hasten to erase the stain of infamy, which must cover the tools and instruments of...
Página 38 - France has never domineered over us, nor set her foot in our territory. We have many times mastered her, not by deceit, but by force of arms; we have made her kings prisoners, and we have made the nation tremble — we are the same Spaniards, and France, and Europe, and the world shall see, that we are not less gallant, nor less brave, than the most glorious of our ancestors.