Wellington's Welsh General: A Life of Sir Thomas PictonAurum Press, 1996 - Всего страниц: 279 A life of Welsh general Sir Thomas Picton, who served under Wellington and played a major part in the Peninsular campaign. Draws upon quotations from other veterans of the campaign and Picton's own letters in the National Library of Wales to chart a career marked by scandal and public controversy. |
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... Napoleon's huge army had entered the Peninsula , Moore decided his only realis- tic option was to withdraw . Hounded by Marshal Soult's superior forces and with his soldiers suffering terrible privations , Moore effected a perilous ...
... Napoleon's huge army had entered the Peninsula , Moore decided his only realis- tic option was to withdraw . Hounded by Marshal Soult's superior forces and with his soldiers suffering terrible privations , Moore effected a perilous ...
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... Napoleon and all his adherents traitors , but The Times was near the mark in anticipating that the disaffected in France , including both the disbanded and the embodied soldiery , would rally to the standard of their old hero . Generals ...
... Napoleon and all his adherents traitors , but The Times was near the mark in anticipating that the disaffected in France , including both the disbanded and the embodied soldiery , would rally to the standard of their old hero . Generals ...
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... Napoleon's information was that they had run to Gembloux , on their homeward route east . Inspecting the Ligny battlefield at 10.00 a.m. next day , he determined to send Marshal Grouchy after them , with 33,000 men , to ensure they ...
... Napoleon's information was that they had run to Gembloux , on their homeward route east . Inspecting the Ligny battlefield at 10.00 a.m. next day , he determined to send Marshal Grouchy after them , with 33,000 men , to ensure they ...
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