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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... in 1814 , rejected the whole of the above named articles , abrogated the laws thereby enacted , and punished the parties concerned in framing them . bers , subjected our troops to the most serious privations 4 INTRODUCTION .
... in 1814 , rejected the whole of the above named articles , abrogated the laws thereby enacted , and punished the parties concerned in framing them . bers , subjected our troops to the most serious privations 4 INTRODUCTION .
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... whole population of the kingdom of Portugal had fled into Lisbon , where they had created the greatest scarcity and distress ; --- how every man capable of bearing arms was forthwith enrolled in the " ordinanza " or militia , and sent ...
... whole population of the kingdom of Portugal had fled into Lisbon , where they had created the greatest scarcity and distress ; --- how every man capable of bearing arms was forthwith enrolled in the " ordinanza " or militia , and sent ...
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... whole of the day and night beating about at the mouth of the Tagus , not daring to attempt to pass the bar . 21st . The weather having cleared up , we passed the bar in the morning , and anchored not far from Belem Castle , about noon ...
... whole of the day and night beating about at the mouth of the Tagus , not daring to attempt to pass the bar . 21st . The weather having cleared up , we passed the bar in the morning , and anchored not far from Belem Castle , about noon ...
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... whole of the month that I remained quartered upon them . Position of the Armies . Early in the month of October , after the battle of Busaco , the British army under Lord Wellington having arrived in the lines of Torres - Vedras , which ...
... whole of the month that I remained quartered upon them . Position of the Armies . Early in the month of October , after the battle of Busaco , the British army under Lord Wellington having arrived in the lines of Torres - Vedras , which ...
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... whole of the month of October , and the two first weeks in November , during which period , demon- strations were repeatedly made by the enemy upon different points of our position . Several skirmishes or affairs of out - posts and ...
... whole of the month of October , and the two first weeks in November , during which period , demon- strations were repeatedly made by the enemy upon different points of our position . Several skirmishes or affairs of out - posts and ...
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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