The Life of His Grace Arthur, Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Wellington ...: With Copious Details and Delineations Historical, Political, and Military, of the Various Important Services in which He Has Been Engaged ... Including Numerous Interesting Professional Anecdotes ...J. and J. Cundee, 1812 |
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Σελίδα 181
... means were deficient . He was under the necessity of repairing to the north , to op- pose an incursion of the French ... means were inadequate : he had neither the necessary supplies of men nor of money , and was even with- out the ...
... means were deficient . He was under the necessity of repairing to the north , to op- pose an incursion of the French ... means were inadequate : he had neither the necessary supplies of men nor of money , and was even with- out the ...
Σελίδα 328
... means asserted . with a small division of British troops , Marmont might have been taken ; and it was the peculiar dis- astrous fortune of the whole campaign , that , from the same cause , inadequacy of means , the main force was ...
... means asserted . with a small division of British troops , Marmont might have been taken ; and it was the peculiar dis- astrous fortune of the whole campaign , that , from the same cause , inadequacy of means , the main force was ...
Σελίδα 331
... means , such a failure was not from necessity , but from the exercise of an unreasonable degree of discretion , in the distribution of those means . He would , therefore , wish to ask , whether there were means , and to try the question ...
... means , such a failure was not from necessity , but from the exercise of an unreasonable degree of discretion , in the distribution of those means . He would , therefore , wish to ask , whether there were means , and to try the question ...
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