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" From what I have seen of the objects of the French Government and the sacrifices they make to accomplish them, I have no doubt that if the British army were for any reason to withdraw from the Peninsula... "
Adventures of the Connaught Rangers: From 1808 to 1814 - Page 297
by William Grattan - 1847
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59

1816 - 838 pages
...England! On that occasion, the British general returned the following gallant and decisive answer : — " From what I have seen of the objects of the French...doubt, that if the British army were for any reason withdrawn from the Peninsula, and the French government were relieved from the pressure of military...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59

1846 - 798 pages
...England! On that occasion, the British general returned the following gallant and decisive answer : — " From what I have seen of the objects of the French...doubt, that if the British army were for any reason withdrawn from the Peninsula, and the French government were relieved from the pressure of military...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 59

1846 - 816 pages
...England! On that occasion, the British general returned the following gallant and decisive answer : — " From what I have seen of the objects of the French...doubt, that if the British army were for any reason withdrawn from the Peninsula, and the French government were relieved from the pressure of military...
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Life of the Duke of Wellington: Compiled from His Grace's ..., Volumes 1-2

George Soane - 1839 - 838 pages
...themselves under the necessity of withdrawing from this country on account of the expense of the contest. From what I have seen of the objects of the French...doubt that if the British army were for any reason withdrawn from the Peninsula, and the French government were relieved from the pressure of military...
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Life of ... the duke of Wellington

Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...themselves under the necessity of withdrawing from this country on account of the expense of the contest. From what I have seen of the objects of the French...they make to accomplish them, I have no doubt that if thy British army were from any reason to withdraw from the Peninsula, and the French Government were...
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The English Review, Volumes 3-4

1845 - 1072 pages
...the necessity of withdrawing from this country on account of the expense of this contest. From what 1 have seen of the objects of the French government, and the sacrifices they make to accomplish them, 1 have no doubt that if the British army were for any reason to withdraw from the Peninsula, and the...
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Life of ... the duke of Wellington

Andrew Redman Bonar - 1850 - 474 pages
...themselves under the necessity of withdrawing from this country on account of the expense of the contest. From what I have seen of the objects of the French...them, I have no doubt that if the British army were from any reason to withdraw from the Peninsula, and the French Government were relieved from the pressure...
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The patriot warrior: an historical sketch of the life of the duke of ...

Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1853 - 322 pages
...contest in which we are at present engaged, and determine to meet its expense."* And again he says, — " From what I have seen of the objects of the French...from the Peninsula, and the French government were delivered from the pressure of military operations on the continent, they would incur all risks to...
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Leaves from the diary of an officer of the Guards [sir J.S. Cowell-Stepney].

sir John Stepney Cowell- Stepney (1st bart.) - 1854 - 314 pages
...themselves under the necessity of withdrawing from this country, on account of the expense of the contest. From what I have seen of the objects of the French...relieved from the pressure of military operations 54 PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY. on the Continent, they would incur all risks to land an army in his Majesty's...
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England's battles by sea and land, from the commencement of the French ...

William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...sorry if government should think themselves under the necessity of withdrawing from this country Prom what I have seen of the objects of the French government,...sacrifices they make to accomplish them, I have no doub that, if the British army were for any reason to withdraw from the Peninsula, am the French government...
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