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 1816-1818author, 1820 - 501 Seiten |
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... returned in triumph to France , leaving with his brother a very large portion of the French army , under the Marshals Soult , Mortier , Jordan , Victor and Bessieres , to keep the country in subjection , reduce Cadiz and other ...
... returned in triumph to France , leaving with his brother a very large portion of the French army , under the Marshals Soult , Mortier , Jordan , Victor and Bessieres , to keep the country in subjection , reduce Cadiz and other ...
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... returned by us , and as quickly answered by them ; so that every thing seemed to portend the approach of a serious conflict . As far as we could observe , the vessel appeared to carry 14 guns , and was probably one of those French ...
... returned by us , and as quickly answered by them ; so that every thing seemed to portend the approach of a serious conflict . As far as we could observe , the vessel appeared to carry 14 guns , and was probably one of those French ...
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... returned to their homes , which were in general so com- pletely stript of their furniture that an old oak chair or deal table was considered a prize . A great part of the town had been wantonly destroyed , particularly such houses as ...
... returned to their homes , which were in general so com- pletely stript of their furniture that an old oak chair or deal table was considered a prize . A great part of the town had been wantonly destroyed , particularly such houses as ...
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... returned from the mountains . 27th . Left Espinhal , passed through Fosse de Arroz , and in the afternoon came to the river Alva , a branch of the Mondego , about thirty English miles above Coimbra : slept under an apple tree in an ...
... returned from the mountains . 27th . Left Espinhal , passed through Fosse de Arroz , and in the afternoon came to the river Alva , a branch of the Mondego , about thirty English miles above Coimbra : slept under an apple tree in an ...
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... returned to my duties at Lamego . This town is seated on the declivity of a hill , at the foot of which runs the little river Bal- camao , its distance from the river Douro being only six miles : it had been subject to the protection of ...
... returned to my duties at Lamego . This town is seated on the declivity of a hill , at the foot of which runs the little river Bal- camao , its distance from the river Douro being only six miles : it had been subject to the protection of ...
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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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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...