Journal of an Officer in the Commissariat Department of the Army: Comprising a Narrative of the Campaigns Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands, in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815; and a Short Account of the Army of Occupation in France, During the Years 1816, 1817, & 1818 |
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Page 30
... Guards lent me his blanket for a few hours , but I had scarcely got to sleep before he called upon me to give it up ; the regiment having orders to fall under arms , and the baggage to be packed with as little delay as possible , in ...
... Guards lent me his blanket for a few hours , but I had scarcely got to sleep before he called upon me to give it up ; the regiment having orders to fall under arms , and the baggage to be packed with as little delay as possible , in ...
Page 38
... guard reached the Coa on the 1st day of April , March 10th . Sunday . It was not until this morning that we left Villa Franca , under directions to proceed as far as Thomar , and there wait for further orders . We passed through Cartaxo ...
... guard reached the Coa on the 1st day of April , March 10th . Sunday . It was not until this morning that we left Villa Franca , under directions to proceed as far as Thomar , and there wait for further orders . We passed through Cartaxo ...
Page 43
... Guards were at bivouac at the foot of a high mountain not far from us . This regiment was one of the two on the march to join Marshal Beresford in the Alentejo . 17th . We came to Pombal , and the town being very much crowded by troops ...
... Guards were at bivouac at the foot of a high mountain not far from us . This regiment was one of the two on the march to join Marshal Beresford in the Alentejo . 17th . We came to Pombal , and the town being very much crowded by troops ...
Page 45
... Guards and Mr. Dumaresq , behaved with great humanity to him . We here sent our servants and muleteers down to Raiva for rations , as nothing could be purchased on the road but fruit --- the few inhabitants left subsisting chiefly on ...
... Guards and Mr. Dumaresq , behaved with great humanity to him . We here sent our servants and muleteers down to Raiva for rations , as nothing could be purchased on the road but fruit --- the few inhabitants left subsisting chiefly on ...
Page 57
... guards , was the officer selected to carry the dispatches to England . 18th . Lord Wellington arrived at Elvas , and there met Marshal Beresford . The 3d and 7th divisions , under the command of Generals Picton and Houston , arriving at ...
... guards , was the officer selected to carry the dispatches to England . 18th . Lord Wellington arrived at Elvas , and there met Marshal Beresford . The 3d and 7th divisions , under the command of Generals Picton and Houston , arriving at ...
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1st Battalion 1st Division 3d division 4th division afternoon amongst arrived artillery assembled attack Badajos baggage battle of Salamanca bridge Brigade of Infantry Buonaparte camp cantonments cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel column command commenced corps ditto divi Division of Infantry Douro Duke of Wellington Elvas encamped enemy enemy's engaged England English fell fire Foot force France French army frontiers Fuentes garrison Guards head-quarters heights high road horses Hussars joined killed Lieut.-Colonel Lieut.-General Lieutenant-General light division Light Dragoons Lisbon Lord Wellington Madrid Major-General Major-General Sir Marshal Beresford Marshal Marmont Marshal Soult ment miles morning mountains moved night Nivelles Northamptonshire o'clock obliged occupied officers ordered Paris passed the river piquets plain Portugal Portuguese position Prince Prussian quarters rear regiment retired retreat Royal Salamanca side Sir Rowland Hill Sir Thomas Picton soon Spain Spaniards storm Tagus thousand Toulouse town troops village Vittoria Waterloo wounded