The Victories of the British Armies: With Anecdotes Illustrative of Modern Warfare, Volume 1

20th light dragoons allies Almeida arms army artillery assailants assault attack attempt Badajoz Barosa battalions batteries battle bayonet Beresford besiegers bivouac bridge brigade British British army broken cannon cannonade cavalry centre charge Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel column command commenced corps crossed defence despatched dragoons endeavoured enemy enemy's English fell field fire flank force formed fortress forward French cavalry French Marshal front fusilade garrison ground Guards guns heavy heights hill horse hundred infantry instantly killed light division light troops Lord Wellington loss Marmont Massena ment military morning moved movement musketry nearly night occupied officers passed pickets Portuguese position ramparts reached rear redoubt regiments retired retreat river road Rodrigo Sabugal Scindia shot siege Sierra Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir John Moore soldiers Soult Spaniards Spanish squadrons success Sultaun Tagus thousand tion Tippoo tirailleurs Torres Vedras town victory village volley Wellesley wounded