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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... night after the Sabugal engagement , cope with another wretched downpour . So wet was the night , as Donaldson remembered it , that fires had to be kindled in the hollow trunks of chestnut trees , which burned up high as the branches ...
... night after the Sabugal engagement , cope with another wretched downpour . So wet was the night , as Donaldson remembered it , that fires had to be kindled in the hollow trunks of chestnut trees , which burned up high as the branches ...
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... night . The bitter weather was itself a spur , as Donaldson recalled : ' the frost was so excessive that we were almost completely benumbed , and nothing but hard working , I believe , kept us from perishing with the cold'.28 A further ...
... night . The bitter weather was itself a spur , as Donaldson recalled : ' the frost was so excessive that we were almost completely benumbed , and nothing but hard working , I believe , kept us from perishing with the cold'.28 A further ...
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... night to discourage the enemy and hamper their reparations in the breaches . But when Picton came on duty at first ... night of 5 April . Yet Philippon continued to conduct expert defensive operations , having the parapets repaired with ...
... night to discourage the enemy and hamper their reparations in the breaches . But when Picton came on duty at first ... night of 5 April . Yet Philippon continued to conduct expert defensive operations , having the parapets repaired with ...
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