... were armed and equipped they deserted and returned to their own armies ; so that the French soldiers called King Joseph the administrator in chief of the military depots of the supreme junta. Even French marshals and generals, we are told, were very... Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain - Page 160by Albert Jean Michel Rocca, M. de Rocca - 1815 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
| Europe - 1815 - 772 pages
...French marshals and generals, we are told, were very unwilling to obey a man whom they did not consider a Frenchman, since he had been acknowledged King of...happy, at any price, to have quitted an irregular war, which had become unpopular even in the army. Joseph had neither enough of military talent and authority,... | |
| Walter Scott - Europe - 1815 - 770 pages
...generals, we are told, were very unwilling to obey a man whom they did not consider a Frenchman, since be had been acknowledged King of Spain ; and they often...happy, at any price, to have quitted an irregular war, which had become unpopular even in the army. Joseph had neither enough of military talent and authority,... | |
| M. de Rocca - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1816 - 400 pages
...that our soldiers called King J oseph the administrator and organizer-in-chief of the military dep6ts of the Supreme Junta. The French marshals and generals...have quitted an irregular war, unpopular even in the and th$ more so as it deprived them of the opportunity of distinguishing them" selves elsewhere, and... | |
| English literature - 1915 - 700 pages
...to consider him as a Frenchman after he had been acknowledged Kmg of Spain; and often contradicted and sought to disgust him, that they might be sent back into their favourite Germany. Every day which was passed in Spain appeared to deprive them of an opportunity... | |
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