The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium: With Original Maps and PlansF. Warne & Company, 1878 - 471 σελίδες |
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... lost , De Laborde promptly withdrew to a second position , the narrow ravines and steep hills behind Columbiera , where the overhanging rocks and clumps of wild myrtle and tangled shrubs offered great protection to his musketry ...
... lost , De Laborde promptly withdrew to a second position , the narrow ravines and steep hills behind Columbiera , where the overhanging rocks and clumps of wild myrtle and tangled shrubs offered great protection to his musketry ...
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... lost 300 men in their desperate attempts to reach the plateau , rallied on meeting the 9th , and with unabated ardour returned to the con- test . Both regiments formed on the crown of the hill , and here both Lake and Stewart fell . The ...
... lost 300 men in their desperate attempts to reach the plateau , rallied on meeting the 9th , and with unabated ardour returned to the con- test . Both regiments formed on the crown of the hill , and here both Lake and Stewart fell . The ...
Σελίδα 43
... lost in the dense masses of shrubs . The main road from Lourinham to Torres Vedras divides at the north - east of the series of heights — one branch proceeding through Vimiera , the other winding along the east of the heights , but both ...
... lost in the dense masses of shrubs . The main road from Lourinham to Torres Vedras divides at the north - east of the series of heights — one branch proceeding through Vimiera , the other winding along the east of the heights , but both ...
Σελίδα 67
... lost , that other marauders were caught in the act even within sight of the gallows . Six three - pounders , which had been brought up from Coruña without Moore's orders and were not horsed , were here thrown down the rocks on the ...
... lost , that other marauders were caught in the act even within sight of the gallows . Six three - pounders , which had been brought up from Coruña without Moore's orders and were not horsed , were here thrown down the rocks on the ...
Σελίδα 69
... lost , 16,000 infantry and 1,800 cavalry were still under arms , and Moore had 40 pieces of artillery . With these he took up a position : his right resting on flat ground in a bend of the Minho , his centre among vineyards , and his ...
... lost , 16,000 infantry and 1,800 cavalry were still under arms , and Moore had 40 pieces of artillery . With these he took up a position : his right resting on flat ground in a bend of the Minho , his centre among vineyards , and his ...
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Adour advance Albuera allies Almeida Andalusia arrived artillery assault attack Badajos Barosa battalions batteries battle Bayonne Beresford Bidassoa Bidouze Blücher bridge brigade British broken Burgos cannonade cavalry centre charge Charleroi Ciudad Rodrigo Clausel Colonel columns combat command corps Coruña crossed Cuesta D'Erlon defeat detached Douro dragoons driven enemy enemy's fire flank force fortress France French army front Fusiliers garrison Grouchy ground Guards guns heavy heights Hill horses Hussars killed La Haye Sainte light division Light Infantry Lisbon Madrid Marmont Marshal Masséna miles Mont Moore morning moved movement musketry NAPIER Napoleon night numbers o'clock officers Oporto pass Picton Portugal Portuguese position Prussians Quatre Bras reached rear regiments reserve retired retreat ridge river road Royal Salamanca sent siege skirmishers soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish squadrons Suchet Tagus Talavera took Torres Vedras town troops valley victory village Waterloo Wavre Wellesley Wellington wood wounded
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Σελίδα 188 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd...
Σελίδα 188 - In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field ; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon friends and foes, while the horsemen hovering on the Hank threatened to charge the advancing line.
Σελίδα 75 - I hope the people of England will be satisfied!" "I hope my country will do me justice!
Σελίδα 441 - The Commissaries of the army will provide for the wants of the troops in the usual manner, and it is not permitted either to soldiers or officers to extort contributions.
Σελίδα 112 - The army behave terribly ill ; they are a rabble, who cannot bear success any more than Sir John Moore's army could bear failure.
Σελίδα 230 - Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows,' the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajos. On the third, when the city was sacked, when the soldiers were exhausted by their own excesses, the tumult rather subsided than was quelled.
Σελίδα 440 - As the army is about to enter the French territory, the troops of the nations which are at present under the command of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington are desired to recollect that their respective Sovereigns are the Allies of his Majesty the King of France, and that France therefore ought to be treated as a friendly country.
Σελίδα 188 - But suddenly and sternly recovering, they closed on their terrible enemies, and then was seen with what a strength and majesty the British soldier fights In vain did Soult, by voice and gesture, animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans, extricating themselves from the crowded columns, sacrifice their lives to gain time for the mass to open out on such a fair field; in vain did the mass itself bear up, and, fiercely striving, fire indiscriminately upon...
Σελίδα 361 - Although circumstances may alter the relations in which he has stood towards them for some years so much to his satisfaction, he assures them he will never cease to feel the warmest interest in their welfare and honour, and that he will be at all times happy to be of any service to those, to whose conduct, discipline and gallantry, their country is so much indebted.
Σελίδα 65 - The commander of the forces has observed with concern, the extreme bad conduct of the troops, at a moment when they are about to come into contact with the enemy, and when the greatest regularity and the best conduct are the most requisite.