History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, Volume 3Meline, Cans and Company and for G. Pratt, 1839 - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 |
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Alcoy Alicante allies Andalusia Aragon army of Portugal artillery attack battalions battle battle of Salamanca Bilbao Biscay bridge brigade British Burgos Cadiz Caffarelli Castalla castle Catalonia cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo Clauzel colonel column command convoy corps cortez D'Erlon defence defile detachment Duero duke Ebro Elio enemy enemy's English errour Esla Estramadura fight flank force France French armies front Gallicians garrison Guipuscoa guns Hill horsemen hundred infantry insurrection Joseph king king's l'armée l'empereur latter light division lord Wellington lord William lord William Bentinck Madrid Marmont Meanwhile menaced military ministers mountains movement Murray Napoleon numbers officers operations orders Pampeluna partidas passed Peninsula Pisuerga Portugal Portuguese position qu'il re-enforced reached rear regency regiment Reille retired retreat river road Salamanca side siege soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish succour Suchet Tagus Tarragona thousand tion Tormes troops Valencia Valladolid valley Villa Campa village Vittoria Zadora Zaragoza
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Page 65 - Lord Fitzroy Somerset, the only staff-officer who had kept up with him, galloped with these orders out of Sauroren by one road, the French light cavalry dashed in by another, and the English general rode alone up the mountain to reach his troops. One of Campbell's Portuguese battalions first descried him and raised a cry of joy, and the shrill clamour caught up by the next regiments swelled as it run along the line into that stern and appalling shout which the British soldier is wont to give upon...
Page 124 - I saw him late in the evening of that great day, when the advancing flashes of cannon and musketry, stretching as far as the eye could command, showed in the darkness how well the field was won ; he was alone, the flush of victory was on his brow, and his eyes were eager and watchful, but his voice was calm, and even gentle. More than the rival of Marlborough, since he had defeated greater warriors than Marlborough ever encountered, with a prescient pride he seemed only to accept this glory, as an...
Page xlvi - ... with negligence, I cannot expect that British soldiers will be orderly or regular. There are two incitements to men of this description to do their duty as they ought — the fear of punishment, and the hope of reward. As for the first, it cannot be given individually ; for I believe I should find it very difficult to convict any Officer of doing this description of duty with negligence, more particularly as he is to be tried by others probably guilty of the same offence.
Page 356 - French skirmishers, but when in the wood dropped his reins and leaned back as if badly wounded; his horse appeared to canter wildly along the front of the enemy's light troops, and they thinking him mortally hurt ceased their fire and took no further notice. He thus passed unobserved through the wood to the other side of the hill, where there were no skirmishers, and ascending to the open summit above put spurs to his horse and galloped along the French main line, counting their regiments as he passed.
Page 198 - The insubordination and the danger to the whole army were alike glaring, yet the practical rebuke was so severe and well-timed, the humiliation so complete, and so deeply felt, that, with one proud sarcastic observation, indicating contempt more than anger, he led back the troops and drew off all his forces safely.
Page 117 - ... morality ; let a select permanent body of men receiving higher pay form a part of the army, and be charged to follow storming columns to aid in preserving order, and with power to inflict instantaneous punishment, death if it be necessary. Finally, as reward for extraordinary...
Page 394 - Wellington's caution, springing from that source, has led friends and foes alike into wrong conclusions as to his system of war. The French call it want of enterprise, timidity; the English have denominated it the Fabian system. These are mere phrases. His system was the same as that of all great generals. He held his army in hand, keeping it with unmitigated labour always in a fit state to march or to...
Page 362 - Salamanque deviennent aujourd'hui les points essentiels entre lesquels doivent être réparties des forces prêtes à prendre l'offensive contre les Anglais et à faire échouer leurs projets. L'Empereur est instruit qu'ils se renforcent en Portugal, et qu'ils paraissent avoir le double projet ou de pousser en Espagne ou de partir du port de Lisbonne pour faire une expédition de...
Page 117 - ... impossible to restrain their violence they will not be restrained. But let the plunder of a town after an assault, be expressly made criminal by the articles of war, with a due punishment attached ; let it be constantly impressed upon the troops that such conduct is as much opposed to military honour and discipline as it is to morality ; let a select permanent body of men receiving higher pay form a part of the army, and be charged to follow storming columns to aid in preserving order, and with...
Page xxxiii - ... our right ; and shortly after he marched out of the wood opposite to us a strong force of cavalry, and two heavy columns of infantry, pointing them to our front, as if to attack the village and bridge of Albuera : during this time, under cover of his vastly superior cavalry, he was filing the principal body of his infantry over the river beyond our right, and it was not long before his intention appeared to be to turn us by that flank, and cut us off from Valverde.