The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index, Volumen5 |
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Página 61
... Portuguese government , was founded upon a comparison of your demand with the estimates of the whole expense of the army . Your demand was stated to be £ 40,000 : the estimate of the total expense £ 240,000 ; of which sum , £ 40,000 was ...
... Portuguese government , was founded upon a comparison of your demand with the estimates of the whole expense of the army . Your demand was stated to be £ 40,000 : the estimate of the total expense £ 240,000 ; of which sum , £ 40,000 was ...
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... Portuguese army may be paid ; nor is it proper that the engagement to the Portuguese Government should be violated in order that the expenses of the British army should be paid . The measure , therefore , which I have adopted , with the ...
... Portuguese army may be paid ; nor is it proper that the engagement to the Portuguese Government should be violated in order that the expenses of the British army should be paid . The measure , therefore , which I have adopted , with the ...
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... Portuguese , and you will see that the allies are at this moment inferior in point of numbers only to the enemy in the Peninsula . However , in this account of the troops of the allies , I do not reckon many garrisons and towns occu ...
... Portuguese , and you will see that the allies are at this moment inferior in point of numbers only to the enemy in the Peninsula . However , in this account of the troops of the allies , I do not reckon many garrisons and towns occu ...
Página 88
... Portuguese army in respect to its numbers . The troops have lately deserted to an alarming degree ; and , in fact , none of the regiments are complete . The Portuguese army is recruited by conscrip- tion constitutionally , very much in ...
... Portuguese army in respect to its numbers . The troops have lately deserted to an alarming degree ; and , in fact , none of the regiments are complete . The Portuguese army is recruited by conscrip- tion constitutionally , very much in ...
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... Portuguese will have become ac- quainted with their ignorance and inefficiency , their respect for them will diminish . " I recommend to you to turn this notion of mine in your mind , and see whether you could not engraft upon the pre ...
... Portuguese will have become ac- quainted with their ignorance and inefficiency , their respect for them will diminish . " I recommend to you to turn this notion of mine in your mind , and see whether you could not engraft upon the pre ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abrantes Almaraz Almeida arrived ARTHUR WELLESLEY artillery Arzobispo assistance attack August Badajoz Believe Berkeley bridge brigade British army Cadiz Captain cavalry Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Commander in Chief Commissary communication copy corps Craufurd cross the Tagus Cuesta DEAR SIR defence Deleytosa desirable dispatch Duque de Alburquerque Duque del Parque Earl of Liverpool Eguia Elvas enemy enemy's England Estremadura Excellency Marquis Wellesley expense forage French Frere frontier give head quarters honor of receiving horses infantry instant Jaraicejo Junta La Mancha Lieut Lisbon LORD Lordship Majesty's Mancha Marshal Beresford means ment numbers obliged officers Old Castille operations opinion Plasencia Portugal Portuguese army Portuguese Government Portuguese troops position probable provisions received your letter regiment respecting sent September Seville Sherbrooke soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish army Spanish Government Spanish troops supply Tagus Talavera transports Truxillo Venegas Vice Admiral Viscount Castlereagh Viseu WELLINGTON
Pasajes populares
Página 290 - I had the honour to lend you the other night at play; and which I shall be much obliged to you if you will let me have some time either to-day or to-morrow. I am sir, Your most obedient, most humble servant, GEORGE TRENT.
Página 316 - 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 67 - ARTHUR WELLESLEY. Lieut. General the Hon. Sir A. Wellesley, KB, to the Right Hon. JH Frere. ' SIR, ' Talavera de la Reyna, 31st July, 1809. ' I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letter which I have received from Don Martin de Garay, upon which I request of you to convey to him the following observations.
Página 108 - I am much afraid, from what I have seen of the proceedings of the Central Junta, that in the distribution of their forces, they do not consider military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue, and the attainment of trifling political objects.
Página 85 - Nothing can be worse than the officers of the Spanish army ; and it is extraordinary that when a nation has devoted itself to war, as this nation has by the measures it has adopted in the last two years, so little progress has been made in any one branch of the military profession by any individual.' . . . . ' I cannot say that they do anything as it ought to be done, with the exception of running away and assembling again in a state of nature.
Página 426 - I will neither endeavour to shift from my own shoulders on those of ministers the responsibility for the failure, by calling for means which I know they cannot give, and which, perhaps, would not add materially to the facility of attaining our object; nor will I give to the ministers...
Página 85 - TOO yards from the place where I was standing,) who were neither attacked, nor threatened with an attack, and who were frightened only by the noise of their own fire...
Página 256 - The forage given to the horses was picked up for them by their riders, wherever they could find it, and was generally wheat or rye, which are considered unwholesome food ; and the consequence was, that, exclusive of the loss by engaging with the enemy, the army lost in the short period of five weeks not less than 1500 horses.
Página 89 - However, I have not entirely made up my mind upon this interesting point. I have a great deal of information upon it, but I should wish to have more before I can decide upon it. In the mean time, I think that Government should look to sending back at least the coppered transports, as soon as the grand expedition shall have done with them ; and as they receive positive intelligence that Napoleon is reinforcing his armies in Spain : for you may depend upon it, that he and his Marshals must be desirous...
Página 373 - ... with the government of Portugal to secure its aid and assistance. It will be right to consider with the Portuguese officers and engineers what points may be immediately strengthened and are most defensible, and what use you can make of the troops with you to support me in my defence of the frontiers, and I shall be glad to hear from you upon this subject. I cannot yet determine the line I shall take up, but generally it will be Almeida, Guarda, Belmonte, Baracal, Celorico, Viseu.