The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index, Volum 7 |
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Side 33
... French Go- vernment ; but having it in my power to give so complete a contradiction to the letter supposed to have been written from Viseu , by the Intendant General Lambert , on the 5th October , as published in the Moniteur ; and to ...
... French Go- vernment ; but having it in my power to give so complete a contradiction to the letter supposed to have been written from Viseu , by the Intendant General Lambert , on the 5th October , as published in the Moniteur ; and to ...
Side 43
... French know this as well as we do , and they scarcely observe those roads . This being the case , the enemy's whole force , which is pretty well concentrated about Torres Novas , Golegão , & c . , might be thrown across the Zezere upon ...
... French know this as well as we do , and they scarcely observe those roads . This being the case , the enemy's whole force , which is pretty well concentrated about Torres Novas , Golegão , & c . , might be thrown across the Zezere upon ...
Side 52
... French army not more than three leagues , and there was nothing to prevent its junction . The French now occupy the right of the Tagus , from the junction of the Zezere to Santarem ; they have their cavalry at Ourem , their head ...
... French army not more than three leagues , and there was nothing to prevent its junction . The French now occupy the right of the Tagus , from the junction of the Zezere to Santarem ; they have their cavalry at Ourem , their head ...
Side 57
... French army must with- draw from Andalusia . I think it not improbable , therefore , that a large part of it , if not the whole of the French army in Andalusia , will be introduced into the southern parts of this kingdom . I do not ...
... French army must with- draw from Andalusia . I think it not improbable , therefore , that a large part of it , if not the whole of the French army in Andalusia , will be introduced into the southern parts of this kingdom . I do not ...
Side 59
... French army , which we certainly cannot beat out of the Pe- ninsula , but to give occupation to as large a portion of it as we can manage , and to leave the war in Spain to the guer- rillas . As long as the French do not interfere with ...
... French army , which we certainly cannot beat out of the Pe- ninsula , but to give occupation to as large a portion of it as we can manage , and to leave the war in Spain to the guer- rillas . As long as the French do not interfere with ...
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9th corps Abrantes Agueda Alentejo Almeida arrived artillery attack Ballesteros Barba de Puerco battalions Beira Believe Benavente boats bridge Brig brigade British army Cadiz Campo Mayor Cartaxo cavalry Celorico Charles Stuart Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Commissary communication DEAR BERESFORD DEAR SIR December desirable detachment dispatch Dom Miguel dragoons Earl of Liverpool Elvas enclose a letter enemy enemy's Estremadura French garrison George Berkeley Guadiana Henry Wellesley honor of receiving horses infantry instant January K.B. MY DEAR la Romana Lieut Lisbon LORD Lordship Major Marques Marshal Sir W. C. Mendizabal ment Miguel Forjaz obliged Officers operations opinion Portugal Portuguese army Portuguese Government provisions received your letter Regent regiment request retired river Romana Sabugal Santarem Secretary sent Sir Brent Spencer Sir W. C. Beresford Sir William Beresford soldiers Soult Spanish troops supply Tagus transports Vice Admiral Villa Fermosa WELLINGTON yesterday Zezere
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Side 148 - Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh, developments of so singular a chain of events.
Side 89 - I had the honour to lend you the other night at play; and which I shall be much obliged to you if you will let me have some time either to-day or to-morrow. I am sir, Your most obedient, most humble servant, GEORGE TRENT.
Side 92 - Regent to remove me from the command of their armies. This would be a measure consistent with his former conduct in this contest, under the circumstances of my having unfortunately fallen in his opinion ; but this measure is entirely distinct from...
Side 217 - Alexander Campbell, with the 6th division, supported the light troops, by which they were attacked in front. These troops were supported by the cavalry, and by the 1st and 5th divisions, and Colonel Ashworth's brigade in reserve. These movements obliged the enemy to abandon all the positions which they successively took in the mountains, and the...
Side 106 - Officer who may come out in future, to settle all his business before he comes out, for that he will get no leave to go home. ' The inconvenience of their going is terrible, and the detail it throws upon me greater than I can well manage ; for I am first to instruct one, then a second, and afterwards, upon his return, the first again, upon every duty. At this moment we have seven General Officers gone or going home; and, excepting myself, there is not one in the country who came out with the army,...
Side 254 - Trusting to the known heroism of British troops, regardless of the numbers and position of their enemy, an immediate attack was determined on. Major Duncan soon opened a powerful battery of ten guns in the centre.
Side 254 - But before we could get ourselves quite disentangled from the wood, the troops on the Barrosa hill were seen returning from it, while the enemy's left wing was rapidly ascending. At the same time, his right wing stood on the plain, on the edge of the wood, within cannon shot.
Side 287 - I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which I have received from...
Side 254 - I received notice that the enemy had appeared in force on the plain, and was advancing towards the heights of.
Side 133 - Denis at Lisbon, who was absent all last year, I believe Mr. Briscall is the only Chaplain doing duty. ' I am very anxious upon this subject, not only from the desire which every man must have, that so many persons as there are in this army should have the advantage of religious instruction, but from a knowledge that it is the greatest support and aid to military discipline and order.