The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington ...Van Winkle and Wiley, 1814 - 423 sider |
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... night , he thought it advisable to push on with the other two columns , and to begin the attack immediately upo Tuyl .. · This attack was executed with such gallantry and spirit by the troops , that , notwithstanding the natural ...
... night , he thought it advisable to push on with the other two columns , and to begin the attack immediately upo Tuyl .. · This attack was executed with such gallantry and spirit by the troops , that , notwithstanding the natural ...
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... night of the 3d of January . The severity of the weather still increasing , the enemy were induced , on the 4th , to recross the Waal near Bommel . The advanced posts of the allies were immediately driven in , and Tuyl fell into the ...
... night of the 3d of January . The severity of the weather still increasing , the enemy were induced , on the 4th , to recross the Waal near Bommel . The advanced posts of the allies were immediately driven in , and Tuyl fell into the ...
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... night upon Beuren , where General Dalwick was already stationed . This circumstance , and the excessive fatigue which the troops had undergone in those operations , at a season of the year , and in situations , in which they were often ...
... night upon Beuren , where General Dalwick was already stationed . This circumstance , and the excessive fatigue which the troops had undergone in those operations , at a season of the year , and in situations , in which they were often ...
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... night , as we expected , we were informed that we had fifteen miles further to go . Upon this information many began to be very much deject- ed , and not without reason ; for several of us , besides suffering the severity of the weather ...
... night , as we expected , we were informed that we had fifteen miles further to go . Upon this information many began to be very much deject- ed , and not without reason ; for several of us , besides suffering the severity of the weather ...
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... night being at the same time rather unfavourable to their operations . Colonel Wellesley , im- mediately upon entering the Tope , was assailed from it on every side by a hot fire of musketry and rockets , which circumstance , added to ...
... night being at the same time rather unfavourable to their operations . Colonel Wellesley , im- mediately upon entering the Tope , was assailed from it on every side by a hot fire of musketry and rockets , which circumstance , added to ...
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The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington ... Francis L. Clarke,William Dunlap Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1814 |
The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington ... Francis L. Clarke,William Dunlap Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1814 |
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6th division advanced guard allied army arrived artillery assailants attack battalion battle Beresford body bridge brigade British army British troops Cadiz cannon cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Wellesley column commander in chief commenced conduct corps crossed defeat defended detachment Douro dragoons Earl enemy enemy's English fire flank force formed French army front gallant garrison ground guns heights honourable immediately killed King Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant General Sir light division Lisbon Lord Wellington lordship loss Madrid Major marquis Marshal Soult ment military morning moved movements night obliged occupied officers operations passed piquets Portugal Portuguese position possession prisoners Rajah rear guard received regiment repulsed retired retreat river road Salamanca Scindiah sent siege Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir John Moore Sir Rowland Hill Sir Stapleton Cotton Sir William Beresford soon Spain Spaniards Spanish army Tagus taken Talavera tion Tippoo took Tormes town victory village whilst wounded