English Battles and Sieges in the Peninsula: Extracted from His Peninsula WarJ. Murray, 1855 - 469 pagina's "In this publication, the combats of Roriça, Vimiero, and Coruña, and the character of Sir John Moore, have been entirely recomposed. The other battles and sieges are, with more or less compression of details, transcripts from the History of the Peninsula War." - from notice. |
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Adour allies Arcangues army assailed assault attack Badajos Barosa battalions battery battle Bayonne Beresford Bidassoa Bidouze breach bridge brigade British broken castle cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo Clausel Colonel column Combat command covered crossed D'Erlon defence detachment dragoons Duero enemy enemy's English fell fight fire flank force fords fourth division French front Garonne garrison ground guards guns heights Hill Hill's horn-work horsemen hundred infantry killed light division Lord Wellington Maransin Marmont Massena menaced miles mountain movement musketry night Nive numbers o'clock officers opened Pampeluna passed Peyrehorade Picton Pierre Soult Portuguese position pushed rampart ravine rear redoubt regiment Reille reinforced reserve retired retreat Rhune ridge riflemen river road rocks Rodrigo Salamanca sent seventh division shot side siege sixth division skirmishers soldiers Soult Spaniards Spanish squadrons Suchet Tagus Tarragona third division thousand Tormes troops Urumea Val Carlos valley village Villatte wing wounded