 | sir James Edward Alexander - 1840 - 620 σελίδες
...in the most gallant style, by the Spanish troops, whose conduct was equal to that of any troops that I have ever seen engaged; and the attack having been...defeated with the same gallantry and determination. The course of the river being immediately under the heights on the French side, on which the enemy... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1842 - 1008 σελίδες
...in the most gallant style by the Spanish troops, whose conduct was equal to that of any troops that I have ever seen engaged ; and the attack, having...defeated with the same gallantry and determination. The course of the river being immediately under the heights on the French side, on which the enemy... | |
 | John Murray (publisher, London.) - 1855 - 554 σελίδες
...them manfully with the bayonet, and driving them back lieadlong. " Their conduct," says the Duke, " was equal to that of any troops I have ever seen engaged." Every repeated French "attack was defeated with the same gallantry and determination." And the Duke... | |
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They were driven back, some of them even across the river, in the most gallant style, by the Spanish troops, whose conduct was equal to that of any troops that I have ever seen engaged ; and the attack having been frequently repeated, was, upon every... 
