History of the King's German Legion, Volume 2Thomas and William Boone, 1837 - 4 pages |
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18th June 1st hussars 1st light 2d light 7th line 7th line battalion Adour allied army allied troops Alten April artillery attack August battery battle of Waterloo Batty's Bayonne breach brigade British captain cavalry centre charge Charles Charles Alten colonel column command corps Decken despatch detachment directed Dörnberg dragoons duke of Cambridge enemy enemy's fifth division fire flank force forward Frederick French front gallant garrison Göhrde guards guns Hanover Hanoverian Heise horsemen horses hundred infantry Jones's Sieges Journal July King's German Legion left wing lieut lieutenant lieutenant-colonel light division line battalion line battalion-captain line battalion-lieut Lord Wellington loss major major-general March Narrative night o'clock officers picquet Portuguese position prisoners rear regiment retired retreat right wing river road royal highness Sept serjeant severely wounded sir Rowland Hill sir Stapleton Cotton skirmishers slightly wounded Soult squadron thousand village Wallmoden whole
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