Wellington: a ReassessmentJ. Barrie, 1956 - 278 sider |
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Side vi
... Battles of Roliça and Vimiero . Wellesley superseded in Command . Convention of Cintra . The Court of Inquiry . Wellesley returns to Portugal . Capture of Oporto . Battle of Talavera . A Comparison between Wellesley and Haig . Advance ...
... Battles of Roliça and Vimiero . Wellesley superseded in Command . Convention of Cintra . The Court of Inquiry . Wellesley returns to Portugal . Capture of Oporto . Battle of Talavera . A Comparison between Wellesley and Haig . Advance ...
Side vii
... Battle of Vittoria . Napoleon sends Soult to Spain . Abdication of Joseph . Soult defeated at Sorauren . Situation in Central Europe . Napoleon's Prospects . Armistice of Pleswitz . Its Effect on Wellington's Operations . State of ...
... Battle of Vittoria . Napoleon sends Soult to Spain . Abdication of Joseph . Soult defeated at Sorauren . Situation in Central Europe . Napoleon's Prospects . Armistice of Pleswitz . Its Effect on Wellington's Operations . State of ...
Side 139
... battle had commenced . " In this way , as it was said , 40,000 men were defeated in forty minutes , for the French were crushed by the British infantry and ridden down by the cavalry , so that in less than an hour Mar- mont's line of battle ...
... battle had commenced . " In this way , as it was said , 40,000 men were defeated in forty minutes , for the French were crushed by the British infantry and ridden down by the cavalry , so that in less than an hour Mar- mont's line of battle ...
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