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Página 128 - CIUDAD RODRIGO," "BADAJOZ, "SALAMANCA," "VITTORIA," "NIVELLE," "NIVE," "ORTHES," "TOULOUSE," "PENINSULA,
Página 127 - H..RH ALBERT EDWARD, Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, KG., KT, GCB, KP, GCSI, Field Marshal.
Página 46 - He stepped on one side to allow me to pass, and on resuming his place, received a dreadful wound in the groin. The line now advanced, but without firing a shot. The French formation was already broken by their irregular attack upon the Portuguese. The 87th gave them a hearty cheer, or rather a most unearthly howl. This was more than the-French could stand, and they put about.
Página 46 - This was more than the-French could stand, and they put about. The 87th then poured a volley into them, and the whole line charged. It was here I saw Sir Thomas Graham on foot (his horse having been shot under him) waving his cocked hat and cheering on the Guards to the charge. On the right of our line the battle had been fought with great obstinacy, and our loss was here very great. The 2nd Hussars of the King's German Legion made several charges on the French Cuirassiers, who received them a pied...
Página 49 - QuartermasterGeneral's department, and I was ordered to accompany them as Brigade-Major. The 20th Portuguese did not furnish any men. The force which sailed from Cadiz consisted of a troop of the 2nd Hussars (King's German Legion), a battery of Field Artillery, the 47th, 87th, and part of the 95th Regiment (Rifles).
Página 45 - I had foreseen, the enemy made dreadful havoc among them, the old captain with many of the men being wounded. My fellows in the same manner went away in twos and threes. I seized one man in order to drag him back, but he was shot dead while I held him. On looking back to my old post, I saw two French soldiers rifling my old colonel, and then thought it high time to vanish...
Página 41 - Cadiz, an expedition was formed with a view of obliging the enemy to raise the siege. A British force accompanied and formed part of the expedition, and the 20th Regiment of Portuguese furnished its two flank companies on this occasion.
Página 45 - I further urged that our two companies, acting on the defensive against the whole French line, could not succeed, but might in the event of their retreat create some confusion in our own ranks. He, however, chose to remain, and told me to mind my own business.
Página 73 - Highness' gratification at seeing the son of his old friend employed in the responsible situation I then held. I never answered nor took the slightest notice of this letter, and thus from sheer idleness lost a friend who might again have proved of service to me as he had before been at Talavera. "We were apprehensive that the French might make another attempt, but fortunately for us the weather was so excessively wet as to threaten the advent of a second deluge.
Página 56 - Standard) and gun boats at anchor. But it was an open roadstead, and the first westerly wind obliged the fleet to weigh anchor and stand off the coast. The theatre for my " Observation Parties " soon became more circumscribed as the enemy's preparations for the siege were advancing. The French now occasionally pushed forward reconnoitring parties to examine the state of the roads. Our advanced picquet was a small party of German Hussars, but the vedettes had orders not to compromise themselves with...