Wellington: a ReassessmentJ. Barrie, 1956 - 278 sider |
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Side vi
... Retreat of Masséna . CHAPTER V THE PENINSULA : ON THE OFFENSIVE page 117 Wasted State of the Country . French Atrocities . Wellington harries their Retreat . Quarrel between Masséna and Ney . Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro . Marmont ...
... Retreat of Masséna . CHAPTER V THE PENINSULA : ON THE OFFENSIVE page 117 Wasted State of the Country . French Atrocities . Wellington harries their Retreat . Quarrel between Masséna and Ney . Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro . Marmont ...
Side 119
... retreat ; Masséna had hoped to seize Coimbra and secure the high road to Oporto as well as the line of the Douro , but he was frustrated partly by the incompe- tence of his subordinates and partly by the vigour of the pursuit . Reynier ...
... retreat ; Masséna had hoped to seize Coimbra and secure the high road to Oporto as well as the line of the Douro , but he was frustrated partly by the incompe- tence of his subordinates and partly by the vigour of the pursuit . Reynier ...
Side 144
... retreat cost the British some 3,000 casualties . The weather could not have been worse , while the misdirection of the supply column , which got com- pletely separated from the marching troops , occasioned the most severe privations ...
... retreat cost the British some 3,000 casualties . The weather could not have been worse , while the misdirection of the supply column , which got com- pletely separated from the marching troops , occasioned the most severe privations ...
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