Peninsular Sketches: By Actors on the Scene, Том 2William Hamilton Maxwell Henry Colburn, 1845 |
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7th hussars Adour advance amongst appeared arms arrived artillery attack Badajoz baggage bank battle battle of Vittoria bayonet Bayonne Bidassoa bivouack bound bridge British Captain cavalry centre chasseurs close COLBURN'S PUBLICATIONS Colonel column commanded corps crossed d'Erlon dragoons Duke of Dalmatia Duke of Wellington enemy enemy's English fire formed forward French army front gallant garrison ground guns halted head heights high road hill horse infantry killed light division Lisbon Lord Lynedoch Lord Wellington miles military morning mountains moved movement mules musketry night o'clock observed occupied officers Pamplona passed Peninsular war picket Portuguese position prisoners Pyrenees quarter rear regiment retired retreat right flank river round shot Salamanca scene shells shot side skirmishers small 8vo soldiers soon Soult Spaniards Spanish Three Vols tion took town troops turned valley videttes village Vittoria whole wounded yards
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