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 1811-1815; and a Short Account of the Army of Occupation in France During the Years 1816-1818 |
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... woods , by Forcalhos , into Portugal , and before we could get clear of the village the troops were filing through , and all the roads thronged . The face of the country here is covered with extensive woods of stunted oaks and underwood ...
... woods , by Forcalhos , into Portugal , and before we could get clear of the village the troops were filing through , and all the roads thronged . The face of the country here is covered with extensive woods of stunted oaks and underwood ...
Page 78
... woods , through which are causeways or paved roads leading up to the town , which stands about cne league from the shores of the Guadiana , and three from the bridge of Badajos . 15th . The several divisions of the army having assembled ...
... woods , through which are causeways or paved roads leading up to the town , which stands about cne league from the shores of the Guadiana , and three from the bridge of Badajos . 15th . The several divisions of the army having assembled ...
Page 100
... wood at the foot of the hill of Villa Vel- ha . By the time we had crossed the river , night was approaching , and in a very wet and comfortless plight we sought shelter about the country . The village of Villa Velha was one entire mass ...
... wood at the foot of the hill of Villa Vel- ha . By the time we had crossed the river , night was approaching , and in a very wet and comfortless plight we sought shelter about the country . The village of Villa Velha was one entire mass ...
Page 109
... wood of Fragoas , about five miles from the bridge of Salamanca : here we breakfasted , being ordered to remain until further orders . Since day - light we had at intervals heard discharges of artillery in front , from which we supposed ...
... wood of Fragoas , about five miles from the bridge of Salamanca : here we breakfasted , being ordered to remain until further orders . Since day - light we had at intervals heard discharges of artillery in front , from which we supposed ...
Page 113
... wood of Fragoas , and crossing a hill grown over with wild thyme , which perfumed the air , we passed near to the little village of Tejares , about a mile from the bridge , and had then to cross a deep ravine , which being commanded by ...
... wood of Fragoas , and crossing a hill grown over with wild thyme , which perfumed the air , we passed near to the little village of Tejares , about a mile from the bridge , and had then to cross a deep ravine , which being commanded by ...
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1st Battalion 1st Division 3d division 4th division afternoon amongst arrived artillery assembled attack Badajos baggage battle of Salamanca bridge 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 field of battle fire Foot force France French army frontiers Fuentes garrison Guards head-quarters heights high road horses Hussars joined killed 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 prisoners 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
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Page 369 - THERE was a sound of revelry by night ; And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her beauty and her chivalry ; and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Page 369 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.
Page 369 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness...
Page 370 - Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated: who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise! And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal...
Page 370 - Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard too have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill ! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 371 - Battle's magnificently stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heaped and pent, Rider and horse — friend, foe, — in one red burial blent...
Page 371 - Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 369 - As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! arm! it is— it is— the cannon's opening roar! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound, the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear...
Page 345 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Page 471 - William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath...