Letters from Portugal and Spain: Comprising an Account of the Operations of the Armies Under Their Excellencies Sir Arthur Wellesley and Sir John Moore, from the Landing of the Troops in Mondego Bay to the Battle at CorunnaRichard Phillips, 1809 - Всего страниц: 348 |
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... means agreeable . We behold an arid , sandy beach , diversified with long rushy grass , but desti- tute of trees and shrubs , and for the most part flat and uninteresting . The fleet is now passing the town and fortifications of Penichè ...
... means agreeable . We behold an arid , sandy beach , diversified with long rushy grass , but desti- tute of trees and shrubs , and for the most part flat and uninteresting . The fleet is now passing the town and fortifications of Penichè ...
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... means of the latter we eked out a few lamps . I left her to distribute to each of the wounded a small portion of the liquid she had made for them , and to attend to their wants during the night . An hospital mate was . likewise left in ...
... means of the latter we eked out a few lamps . I left her to distribute to each of the wounded a small portion of the liquid she had made for them , and to attend to their wants during the night . An hospital mate was . likewise left in ...
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... mean time , Sir John Moore's army continues to land as promptly as the immense swell and heavy surf will permit . Unfortunately many boats have been swampt , and several lives lost in this precarious service . In the evening of ...
... mean time , Sir John Moore's army continues to land as promptly as the immense swell and heavy surf will permit . Unfortunately many boats have been swampt , and several lives lost in this precarious service . In the evening of ...
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... their composition than their numbers ; and if by this means there will remain less opportunity for the army at large to acquire renown , F. by the encounter of an enemy so greatly inferior in CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL . 33.
... their composition than their numbers ; and if by this means there will remain less opportunity for the army at large to acquire renown , F. by the encounter of an enemy so greatly inferior in CAMPAIGN IN PORTUGAL . 33.
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... means unpleasant , having been so fortunate as to form an acquaintance with a very worthy Portuguese clergyman , named Bertrand , who has invited me to reside in his house . There are two other English officers under his roof ; and as ...
... means unpleasant , having been so fortunate as to form an acquaintance with a very worthy Portuguese clergyman , named Bertrand , who has invited me to reside in his house . There are two other English officers under his roof ; and as ...
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Abrantes Almeida appears arms arrived artillery Astorga attack battalion bridge brigade Brigadier-General British army British troops Burgos Captain Castanos castle cavalry centre Colonel command convent corps Corunna dispatch division dragoons embarkation enemy enemy's England English force France French army French troops guard heights hill honour hope horses infantry inhabitants Junot Junta la Romana leagues letter Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Sir John Lisbon Lord Viscount Castlereagh Lord William Bentinck Lordship Lugo Madrid Majesty Majesty's Major-General Marquis miles military morning mountains night officers Oporto orders passed Portugal Portuguese proceed procure rank and file reached received regiment retreat river road Romana Salamanca Santarem sent ships Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir Harry Burrard Sir Hew Dalrymple Sir John Moore soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish armies Tagus tion Torres Vedras town valley Villa Franca Villa Velha village Vimiera waggons whole wounded yesterday
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Стр. 290 - Salamanca which he did not foresee, and was not prepared for; and as far as he is a judge, they have answered the purposes for which they were intended. When it is proper to fight a battle he will do it; and he will choose the time and place he thinks most fit: in the...
Стр. 43 - Majesty's troops have been conspicuous upon this occasion, as you, who witnessed the greatest part of the action, must have observed ; but it is a justice to the following corps to draw your notice to them in a particular manner : viz...
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