 | James Carrick Moore - History - 1809 - 558 pages
...him, he halted to watch the event. Three Marshals of France, with as many divisions, were commanded to follow the British closely, and to destroy them, either before or during their embarkation. And some other corps followed those divisions, to support them. Although the Enemy had hitherto been... | |
 | James Carrick Moore, Sir John Moore - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1809 - 376 pages
...him, he halted to watch the event. Three Marshals of France, with as many divisions, were commanded to follow the British closely, and to destroy them, either before or during their embarkation. And some other corps followed those divisions, to support them. Although the Enemy had hitherto been... | |
 | Thomas Burgeland Johnson - 1813 - 456 pages
...him, he halted to watch the event. Three marHials of France, with as many divisions, were commanded to follow the British closely, and to destroy them, either before or during their embarkation. And some other corps followed those divisions, to support them. Although the enemy had hitherto been... | |
 | Francis L. Clarke, William Dunlap - Generals - 1814 - 446 pages
...his personal pursuit, and contented himself with detaching three marshals, with as many divisions, to follow the British closely, and to destroy them either before, or during their embarkation at Corunua, to which place Sir John Moore judged it most prudent to proceed. It is an unpleasant task... | |
 | Great Britain - 1812 - 844 pages
...Junction of 70,000 men, when he halted to watch the event; Buonaparte and Soult. sending three divisions to follow the British closely, and to destroy them, either before or during their embarkation, with other corps to support them. A multitude of severe distresses were now accu- Difficulties on i... | |
 | Francis L. Clarke - 1817 - 630 pages
...his personal pursuit, and contented himself with detaching three marshals, with as many divisions, to follow the British closely, and to destroy them either before, or during their embarkation at Corunna.to which place Sir John Moore judged it most prudent to proceed.f It is an unpleasant *... | |
 | Great Britain - 1828 - 798 pages
...concéntrale во overwhelming a force for their destruction; and what greater disappointment to Buonaparte, than to find that, by the masterly arrangements of...destroy them either before, or during their embarkation. Drunkenness, which may truly be called the besetting sin of the British soldier, favoured the enemy.... | |
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Marshals of France, with as many divisions, were commanded to follow the British closely, and to destroy them, either before or during their embarkation. And some other corps followed those divisions, to support them. Although the Enemy had hitherto been... 