The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G.: Peninsula, 1809-1813J. Murray, 1838 |
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Page 500 - Lestrade, and I shall be very much obliged to you if you will let me hear of any fresh, developments of so singular a chain of events.
Page 613 - Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: I lay before you the copy of a Letter which I have received from the...
Page 65 - Unfortunately, however, we have seen that legislative assemblies are swayed by the fears and passions of individuals ; when unchecked, they are tyrannical and unjust ; nay, more : it unfortunately happens too frequently that the most tyrannical and unjust measures are the most popular. Those measures are particularly popular which deprive rich and powerful individuals of their properties under the pretence of the public advantage ; and I tremble for a country in which, as in Spain, there is no barrier...
Page 486 - I would iot run, when the existence of the army was at stake, not only from unfavourable weather, but from the appearance of an enemy, in whose presence I could not have embarked perhaps at all, certainly not without suffering a great loss, and without the possibility of deriving any advantage.
Page 582 - Both attacks succeeded, and the enemy were driven down with immense loss ; and the sixth division having moved forward at the same time to a situation in the valley, nearer to the left of the 4th, the attack upon this front ceased entirely, and was continued but faintly on other points of our line.
Page 582 - Every regiment charged with the bayonet, and the 40th, 7th, 20th, and 23d, four different times. Their officers set them the example, and Major-General Ross had two horses shot under him.
Page 447 - Cadogan, and successively other troops to the same point, and the allies not only gained, but maintained possession of these important heights throughout their operations, notwithstanding all the efforts of the enemy to retake them. The contest here, however, was very severe, and the loss sustained considerable. General Murillo was wounded, but remained in the field; and I am concerned to have to report, that the hon. lieutenant-colonel Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him...
Page 447 - Alava, in front of the enemy's line, which the enemy made repeated attempts to regain. The difficult nature of the country prevented the communication between our different columns moving to the attack from their stations on the river Bayas at as early an hour as I had expected ; and it was late before I knew that the column, composed of the 3rd and 7th divisions, under the command of the Earl of Dalhousie, had arrived at the station appointed for them.
Page 502 - Bilboa, and those of Mondragon and Tolosa, besides his division of the army of Portugal, and his force was considerable.