Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns: From MDCCCVIII to MDCCCXIV.Carey & Lea, 1831 |
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... effort he failed . The Spanish people , though still influenced by fierce and unmitigated hatred towards their invaders , were no longer animated by that uncalculating and convul- sive energy which , in the commencement of the struggle ...
... effort he failed . The Spanish people , though still influenced by fierce and unmitigated hatred towards their invaders , were no longer animated by that uncalculating and convul- sive energy which , in the commencement of the struggle ...
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... efforts might be made for the support of Madrid . The account of his army , however , given by the Spanish General , was abundantly discouraging . He had twenty thousand men under arms ; but they were stated to be in the very worst ...
... efforts might be made for the support of Madrid . The account of his army , however , given by the Spanish General , was abundantly discouraging . He had twenty thousand men under arms ; but they were stated to be in the very worst ...
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... effort may be made , which can alone be efficacious . " . As Sir John Moore had not yet resigned the intention of defending Gallicia , he determined on retiring in such a direction as would facilitate the execution of this measure ...
... effort may be made , which can alone be efficacious . " . As Sir John Moore had not yet resigned the intention of defending Gallicia , he determined on retiring in such a direction as would facilitate the execution of this measure ...
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... efforts of the south . My opinion is , that a battle is the game of Buonaparte , not ours . We should , if followed , take defensive positions in the mountains , where his cavalry can be of no use ; and there either engage him in an un ...
... efforts of the south . My opinion is , that a battle is the game of Buonaparte , not ours . We should , if followed , take defensive positions in the mountains , where his cavalry can be of no use ; and there either engage him in an un ...
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... effort was made to save them from the miserable fate which they so madly courted ; but in vain . The rear - guard was at length compelled to march . A small detachment of cavalry still remain- ed , in hopes that some , at least , of the ...
... effort was made to save them from the miserable fate which they so madly courted ; but in vain . The rear - guard was at length compelled to march . A small detachment of cavalry still remain- ed , in hopes that some , at least , of the ...
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advance arms artillery assailants Astorga attack battery battle BATTLE OF CORUNNA BATTLE OF TALAVERA Benevente besiegers body bridge brigade British army Catalonia cavalry Colonel column command commenced continued Convent corps Corunna crossed Cuesta defence despatched detachment directed division driven Ebro effect efforts embarkation enemy enemy's engagement fire flank force French army Frere front gain possession Gallicia garrison ground guns head-quarters heights hope hundred immediately infantry junction Lord Wellington loss Madrid Marques Marshal Soult Massena meanwhile Miquelets Mortier mountains movement Napoleon night occupied operations Oporto Palafox passed Portugal Portuguese position prisoners reached rear Reding regiment resistance retired retreat river road Romana Salamanca siege Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir John Moore soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish army succeeded success Supreme Junta surrender Tagus Talavera Tarragona thousand tion took town troops Victor Vigo Villa Franca wounded Zaragoza
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Seite 180 - When I shall show myself beyond" the Pyrenees, the frightened leopard will fly to the ocean, to avoid shame, defeat, and death. The triumph of my arms will be the triumph of the genius of good, over that of evil; of moderation, order, and morality, over civil war, anarchy, and the bad passions.
Seite 65 - I hope the People of England will be satisfied! - I hope my Country will do me justice! Anderson, - you will see my friends as soon as you can. - Tell them, every thing - Say to my mother.
Seite 214 - I cannot persuade myself that Lord Wellington will risk the loss of his reputation by giving battle ; but if he does, I have him ! Tomorrow we shall effect the conquest of Portugal, — and in a few days I shall drown the Leopard !" The head-quarters of Lord Wellington were fixed in the Convent of La Trappe, which crowns the Serra.
Seite 72 - Franca) and Astorga is remarkably good, although mountainous ; and, with the sea open to us, we should be able to receive with facility such reinforcements and supplies as the British Government might deem it proper to send.
Seite 63 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Seite 14 - Lisbon ; cover a country where there is a British interest ; act as a diversion in favour of Spain, if the French detach a force against me ; and am ready to return to the assistance of the Spaniards, should circumstances again render it eligible.
Seite 13 - Arms, placed at the disposal of men swayed by petty views and local interests, were wasted and misapplied; and the supplies of money, clothing, and ammunition, so liberally afforded, became a bone of contention and of petty jealousy to the rival authorities. In truth, the provincial governors were actuated by no liberal and enlarged views of the public benefit. Supine in danger, and vain-glorious in prosperity, at once untalented and unenlightened, no men could be more unfitted to direct the resources...
Seite 37 - I am unwilling to enlarge upon a subject in which my feelings must be CHAP. stifled, or expressed at the risk of offence, which, with such an interest at stake, I should feel unwilling to excite, but this much I must say, that if the British army had been sent abroad for the express purpose of doing the utmost possible mischief to the Spanish cause, with the single exception of not firing a shot against their troops, they would, according to the measures now announced as about to be pursued, have...
Seite 57 - Here positive exhaustion compelled a halt ; and the men lay on the open ground for several hours, exposed to the continual action of a heavy rain. But even this brief interval was not granted to undisturbed repose. A cry arose, from time to time, that the enemy were advancing; and, at each alarm, the troops were ordered to fall in. Such an intermission was little calculated to refresh the worn strength of the soldiers ; and, towards evening, when they again resumed their march, little benefit was...
Seite 66 - No coffin could be procured, and the officers of his staff wrapped the body, dressed as it was, in a military cloak and blankets. The interment was hastened : for about eight in the morning some firing was heard, and the officers feared that if a serious attack were made, they should be ordered away, and not suffered to pay...