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 2
... bands under their own chieftains , and retreated into for- tresses or to the mountains , from whence they carried on a desultory warfare against the enemy's foraging parties and other de- tachments , by 2 INTRODUCTION .
... bands under their own chieftains , and retreated into for- tresses or to the mountains , from whence they carried on a desultory warfare against the enemy's foraging parties and other de- tachments , by 2 INTRODUCTION .
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... carried murder and devastation in whatever direction his legions moved . The allied forces retreating through the mountains by Celorico , Pinhances , Gal- izes , & c . on the 27th of September were posted upon the Sierras de Busaco ...
... carried murder and devastation in whatever direction his legions moved . The allied forces retreating through the mountains by Celorico , Pinhances , Gal- izes , & c . on the 27th of September were posted upon the Sierras de Busaco ...
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... carry towards Corunna , hoping to fall in with some British ship of war cruizing off that port . strange vessel gaining upon us , signals were made to her , but none of them being an- swered satisfactorily , it became obvious that we ...
... carry towards Corunna , hoping to fall in with some British ship of war cruizing off that port . strange vessel gaining upon us , signals were made to her , but none of them being an- swered satisfactorily , it became obvious that we ...
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... carry 14 guns , and was probably one of those French privateers which at this period so infested the Bay . Considering how much superior she was to us in strength , it was with aston- ishment we saw her slacken sail and sud- denly give ...
... carry 14 guns , and was probably one of those French privateers which at this period so infested the Bay . Considering how much superior she was to us in strength , it was with aston- ishment we saw her slacken sail and sud- denly give ...
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... assembled in the Tagus to carry home the troops in case of a reverse . On the other hand , the French army , named the army of Portugal , under the c 2 1810. ] 19 JOURNAL OF AN OFFICER . to the fort of Almada. From my room there ...
... assembled in the Tagus to carry home the troops in case of a reverse . On the other hand , the French army , named the army of Portugal , under the c 2 1810. ] 19 JOURNAL OF AN OFFICER . to the fort of Almada. From my room there ...
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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