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 39
... horses into a stable where a party of drivers or mu- leteers had kindled a fire : unable to obtain billets we were obliged to remain there our- selves in a very comfortless condition , our baggage not having arrived . 11th . The ...
... horses into a stable where a party of drivers or mu- leteers had kindled a fire : unable to obtain billets we were obliged to remain there our- selves in a very comfortless condition , our baggage not having arrived . 11th . The ...
Page 41
... horse - flesh and Indian corn - flour , and sustained privations under which an English army would have been completely ... horses or in any way facilitate the operations of the enemy ( at the sugges- tion of Lord Wellington ) , they ...
... horse - flesh and Indian corn - flour , and sustained privations under which an English army would have been completely ... horses or in any way facilitate the operations of the enemy ( at the sugges- tion of Lord Wellington ) , they ...
Page 44
... horses . 20th . We left Pombal in the morning and were obliged to take up our nightly quarters at Condexa , in a house so much injured and abused that the floor was not fit to sleep upon , so I lifted a door from its hinges for the ...
... horses . 20th . We left Pombal in the morning and were obliged to take up our nightly quarters at Condexa , in a house so much injured and abused that the floor was not fit to sleep upon , so I lifted a door from its hinges for the ...
Page 63
... horse were repeatedly charged by fourteen squadrons of the enemy , and maintained their superiority , retiring in excellent order upon our infantry . The little 2d battalion of the 5th foot , commanded by Major Ridge , sustained a ...
... horse were repeatedly charged by fourteen squadrons of the enemy , and maintained their superiority , retiring in excellent order upon our infantry . The little 2d battalion of the 5th foot , commanded by Major Ridge , sustained a ...
Page 106
... Horses . 3d Dragoon Guards 450 470 · 270 5th Dragoon Guards 4th Dragoons 380 - 390 - 280 460 · 490 - - 240 11th ... Horse Artillery ( unattached ) 580 -- 520 - - 270 47,470 3,060 6,917 If to these we add the public mules employed in 106 ...
... Horses . 3d Dragoon Guards 450 470 · 270 5th Dragoon Guards 4th Dragoons 380 - 390 - 280 460 · 490 - - 240 11th ... Horse Artillery ( unattached ) 580 -- 520 - - 270 47,470 3,060 6,917 If to these we add the public mules employed in 106 ...
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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