The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index, Volumen8 |
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... supply many ; and cows with calf would be very acceptable . Build- ing materials , such as planks , nails , and bar iron , would be very useful ; large casks with iron hoops would also be desirable , particularly at an early period , as ...
... supply many ; and cows with calf would be very acceptable . Build- ing materials , such as planks , nails , and bar iron , would be very useful ; large casks with iron hoops would also be desirable , particularly at an early period , as ...
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... supply many ; and cows with calf would be very acceptable . Build- ing materials , such as planks , nails , and bar iron , would be very useful ; large casks with iron hoops would also be desirable , particularly at an early period , as ...
... supply many ; and cows with calf would be very acceptable . Build- ing materials , such as planks , nails , and bar iron , would be very useful ; large casks with iron hoops would also be desirable , particularly at an early period , as ...
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... supplies for the garrison for one fortnight . 6 All the means of transport which could be collected in this ... supply to Elvas from the British magazines at Abrantes ( which is the resource from which at last it must be drawn ) ...
... supplies for the garrison for one fortnight . 6 All the means of transport which could be collected in this ... supply to Elvas from the British magazines at Abrantes ( which is the resource from which at last it must be drawn ) ...
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... supply any and what accommodation , at Lisbon , for the British soldiers wounded in fighting the battles of Portugal . If I should find the Government still disinclined to at- tend to my requests upon this subject , I propose to send an ...
... supply any and what accommodation , at Lisbon , for the British soldiers wounded in fighting the battles of Portugal . If I should find the Government still disinclined to at- tend to my requests upon this subject , I propose to send an ...
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... supply of provisions for four months . The duty of the garrison , and the discipline of the troops composing it , ought to be most particularly attended to ; and the whole system ought to be founded on the situation in which Elvas is ...
... supply of provisions for four months . The duty of the garrison , and the discipline of the troops composing it , ought to be most particularly attended to ; and the whole system ought to be founded on the situation in which Elvas is ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alentejo Almeida army of Portugal arrived artillery attack August Badajoz Ballesteros Believe Blake brigade British army Cadiz Campo Mayor cantonments Captain Carlos de España Castaños Castille cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Commissary DEAR SIR desirable detachment dispatch division Dom Miguel Earl of Liverpool Elvas enclose enemy enemy's Estremadura Excellency Charles Stuart French Freneda Fuente Guinaldo garrison George Berkeley Graham Guadiana Henry Wellesley Hill honor of receiving horses infantry instant João July June Lieut Lisbon LORD Lord Liverpool Lordship Major General Cooke Major General Peacocke Marmont Marshal Sir W. C. means of transport ment Merida Miguel Forjaz military chest mules obliged Officers operations Portalegre Portugal Portuguese Government provisions Quinta de St received your letter regiment request retired Royal Highness Secretary sent siege Sir Stapleton Cotton Sir W. C. Beresford Sir William Beresford Soult Spain supply Tagus Tarifa tion troops Valencia WELLINGTON
Pasajes populares
Página 32 - I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which I have received from...
Página 343 - Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh, developments of so singular a chain of events.
Página 434 - Regiment, and Major George Napier, who led the storming party of the light division, and was wounded on the top of the breach. I have great pleasure in reporting to your Lordship the uniform good conduct, spirit of...
Página 460 - Ponsonby is killed; and in announcing this intelligence to your Lordship, I have to add the expression of my grief, for the fate of an officer who had already rendered very brilliant and important services, and was an ornament to his profession.
Página 281 - Merida, the grounds over which the troops had to manoeuvre being a plain thinly scattered with oak and cork trees. My object, of course, was to place a body of troops so as to cut off the retreat of the enemy by these roads.
Página 439 - Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Army under the command of his Excellency...
Página 351 - Freneda, 18th December, 1811. ' I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which...
Página 282 - It would be particularly agreeable to me if some mark of the favour of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent were conferred upon General Hill ; his services have been always meritorious, and very distinguished in this country, and he is beloved by the whole army.
Página 433 - ... and formed on the ramparts of the place, each body contiguous to the other ; the enemy then submitted, having sustained a considerable loss in the contest.
Página 440 - ... they are daily acquiring for themselves by their gallantry and good conduct, that their misfortunes do not make so great an impression upon you.