The War in the Peninsula, and Wellington's Campaigns in France and Belgium: With Original Maps and Plans |
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Adour advance allies Almeida Andalusia arrived artillery assault attack Badajos Barosa battalions batteries battle Bayonne Beresford Bidassoa Bidouze Blücher bridge brigade British broken Burgos cannonade cavalry centre charge Charleroi Ciudad Rodrigo Clausel Colonel columns combat command corps Coruña crossed Cuesta D'Erlon defeat detached Douro dragoons driven enemy enemy's fire flank force fortress France French army front Fusiliers garrison Grouchy ground Guards guns heavy heights Hill horses Hussars killed La Haye Sainte light division Light Infantry Lisbon Madrid Marmont Marshal Masséna miles Mont Moore morning moved movement musketry NAPIER Napoleon night numbers o'clock officers Oporto passed Picton Portugal Portuguese position Prussians Quatre Bras reached rear regiments reinforcements reserve retired retreat ridge river road Royal Salamanca sent siege skirmishers soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish squadrons Suchet Tagus Talavera took Torres Vedras town troops valley victory village Waterloo Wavre Wellesley Wellington wood wounded