Wellington: a ReassessmentJ. Barrie, 1956 - 278 sider |
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Side 41
... considerable force of cavalry . Monson , however , as Wellesley put it , " advanced without reason and retreated in the same manner , " and got himself soundly beaten by the Mahrattas in a disaster which Wellesley described " as the ...
... considerable force of cavalry . Monson , however , as Wellesley put it , " advanced without reason and retreated in the same manner , " and got himself soundly beaten by the Mahrattas in a disaster which Wellesley described " as the ...
Side 98
... considerable danger , though as he was ill - informed with regard to Soult's movements he did not at the moment appreciate the full extent of the danger . Not for the last time he was to be saved by the jealousy existing between the ...
... considerable danger , though as he was ill - informed with regard to Soult's movements he did not at the moment appreciate the full extent of the danger . Not for the last time he was to be saved by the jealousy existing between the ...
Side 148
... considerable reinforcements from home - particu- larly cavalry , of whom he had always been short - but with the aid of the guerrilleros he set on foot operations all over Spain with the object of perplexing the enemy and of tying him ...
... considerable reinforcements from home - particu- larly cavalry , of whom he had always been short - but with the aid of the guerrilleros he set on foot operations all over Spain with the object of perplexing the enemy and of tying him ...
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action advance Allies Andalusia April arrived artillery attack Badajoz battalions battle Battle of Salamanca beaten Berar brigade Britain British Army brother campaign captured Castlereagh casualties cavalry Charles Oman circumstances Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel column command decided defeated Division Dragoons Duke of Wellington Emperor enemy enemy's Europe expedition fact fighting flank force fortress France French armies frontier garrison Government Governor-General Guards guerrilleros guns hand horse House India infantry Ireland Irish Joseph King later letter Lisbon Liverpool Lord Louis XVIII Madrid Mahratta Marlborough Marmont Marshal Masséna miles military Mysore Napoleon never occasion officers once Paris Parliament Peninsula Peninsular War Peshwa Portugal Portuguese position Prime Minister Prince proved Prussians Raja of Berar regiment retreat Salamanca sent Seringapatam Sindhia soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Tagus Talavera tion Tippoo took Treaty troops victory Waterloo Wellesley Wellesley's whole wrote على