The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G.: Peninsula, 1809-1813

20th light dragoons Abrantes advanced guard Alberche Alcantara ammunition arrived artillery assistance attack August battalions Believe Brig brigade British army British troops Captain Castello Branco cavalry Coimbra Colonel Bourke Colonel Murray Colonel Trant Commander in Chief Commissary communication Cuesta DEAR SIR DEAR VILLIERS desire detachment dispatch enclose enemy enemy's England force French army Galicia Government honor horses infantry J. H. Frere join July June Junta landed Leyria Lieut Lisbon LORD Lordship Majesty Majesty's Major General Mackenzie Marshal Beresford ment Mondego morning move mules northward obliged Officers operations opinion Oporto Plasencia Portugal Portuguese army Portuguese troops position proposed Quarter Master Ramalhal received your letter regiment respect retreat Right road Santarem Secretary sent ships Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir Harry Burrard Sir Hew Dalrymple Sir John Moore's soon Soult Spain Spanish army supply Tagus Talavera to-morrow Torres Vedras transports Vimeiro Viscount Castlereagh yesterday