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 29
... troops quartered in Cartaxo ; every hut , nay the very stables were in some instances officers ' quarters , while the soldiers were in a kind of half - bivouac amongst the ruins , and the face of the country for many miles round was ...
... troops quartered in Cartaxo ; every hut , nay the very stables were in some instances officers ' quarters , while the soldiers were in a kind of half - bivouac amongst the ruins , and the face of the country for many miles round was ...
Page 33
... troops by General Mendizabel . February 3d . A few minutes after 11 at night , as I was reading at a table formed by a door placed upon the salt - barrel in the fisherman's house , I was alarmed by the shock of an earthquake : it was ...
... troops by General Mendizabel . February 3d . A few minutes after 11 at night , as I was reading at a table formed by a door placed upon the salt - barrel in the fisherman's house , I was alarmed by the shock of an earthquake : it was ...
Page 43
... troops rested on magazines formed upon the rivers , which were supplied by means of water carriage , subject of course to un- avoidable delays and disappointments . On leaving the Tagus , therefore , our object was to gain the Mondego ...
... troops rested on magazines formed upon the rivers , which were supplied by means of water carriage , subject of course to un- avoidable delays and disappointments . On leaving the Tagus , therefore , our object was to gain the Mondego ...
Page 51
... troops of the 1st and 3d division , under the command of Lieut . - Colonel Wil- liams , of the 60th regiment . This officer was wounded early in the contest , and the com- mand then devolved on Colonel Cameron , of the 79th , who was ...
... troops of the 1st and 3d division , under the command of Lieut . - Colonel Wil- liams , of the 60th regiment . This officer was wounded early in the contest , and the com- mand then devolved on Colonel Cameron , of the 79th , who was ...
Page 52
... troops were called off from the attack at the close of the day , all their attempts against our position having proved fruitless . It was calculated that they left nearly three thou- sand men on the field of battle , besides one ...
... troops were called off from the attack at the close of the day , all their attempts against our position having proved fruitless . It was calculated that they left nearly three thou- sand men on the field of battle , besides one ...
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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