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... Hill - Junot advances upon Astorga - Battle of Busaco - Move- ments of the opposing Armies - Portugal abandoned by the French - March to Lisbon - Sufferings of the Portuguese CHAPTER X. Operations in the South - West of Spain - Battle ...
... Hill - Junot advances upon Astorga - Battle of Busaco - Move- ments of the opposing Armies - Portugal abandoned by the French - March to Lisbon - Sufferings of the Portuguese CHAPTER X. Operations in the South - West of Spain - Battle ...
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... Hill and Lawrence . Colonel Wellesley's brigade was stationed in the trenches to support the assault if necessary . At one o'clock the awful stillness was broken by the voice of Sir David Baird , who called out , " Now my brave fellows ...
... Hill and Lawrence . Colonel Wellesley's brigade was stationed in the trenches to support the assault if necessary . At one o'clock the awful stillness was broken by the voice of Sir David Baird , who called out , " Now my brave fellows ...
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... hill to hill . 66 " The movement , " says Alison was not that of faction or party , it animated alike men of all ranks , classes , and professions . The flame spread equally in the lonely mountains as in the crowded cities ; among the ...
... hill to hill . 66 " The movement , " says Alison was not that of faction or party , it animated alike men of all ranks , classes , and professions . The flame spread equally in the lonely mountains as in the crowded cities ; among the ...
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... hill and dale . The news spread with the utmost rapidity : and as the French troops were chiefly drawn towards one point , the aroused exer- tions of the Spaniards met at first with little oppo- sition . This was no transient ebullition ...
... hill and dale . The news spread with the utmost rapidity : and as the French troops were chiefly drawn towards one point , the aroused exer- tions of the Spaniards met at first with little oppo- sition . This was no transient ebullition ...
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... hills which closed the valley , so as from the rocky thickets and close underwood , to open a for- midable fire upon the assailants . General Welles- ley divided his force into three columns ; the right of Portuguese , and 50 horse ...
... hills which closed the valley , so as from the rocky thickets and close underwood , to open a for- midable fire upon the assailants . General Welles- ley divided his force into three columns ; the right of Portuguese , and 50 horse ...
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Seite 194 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm, weakened the stability of their order...
Seite 274 - Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him His Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal and tried gallantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if he had lived he would have rendered the most important services to his country.
Seite 459 - Bulow, upon the enemy's flank, was a most decisive one; and even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack, which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortunately have succeeded.
Seite 194 - In vain did Soult with voice and gesture animate his Frenchmen ; in vain did the hardiest veterans break from the crowded columns and 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...
Seite 457 - Picton his Majesty has sustained the loss of an officer who has frequently distinguished himself in his service ; and he fell gloriously leading his division to a charge with bayonets, by which one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy on our position was repulsed.
Seite 195 - ... by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves...
Seite 451 - The whole, therefore, of the latter, which had not already been taken by the troops in their attack of the successive positions taken up by the enemy in their retreat from their first position...
Seite 231 - In this dreadful situation, while the dead were lying in heaps, and others continually falling, the wounded crawling about to get some shelter from the merciless...
Seite 340 - A moment of prosperity blinds them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their tomb. Soldiers! we have forced marches to make, battles to fight, dangers to...
Seite 300 - The officers and soldiers of the army must recollect that their nations are at war with France solely because the Ruler of the French nation will not allow them to be at peace, and is desirous of forcing them to submit to his yoke...