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... retreat and evacuate . Later in 1809 a new British force commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley , the future Duke of Wellington , landed and obliged Soult to retreat . An English army was to remain on the peninsula despite efforts to ...
... retreat and evacuate . Later in 1809 a new British force commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley , the future Duke of Wellington , landed and obliged Soult to retreat . An English army was to remain on the peninsula despite efforts to ...
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... retreat and again they fell back . His effective army was now greatly reduced and chances of a decisive victory were fading fast . Yet , as with Spain , only on a larger and more critical scale , Napoleon would not go back on a plan of ...
... retreat and again they fell back . His effective army was now greatly reduced and chances of a decisive victory were fading fast . Yet , as with Spain , only on a larger and more critical scale , Napoleon would not go back on a plan of ...
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... retreat , a loss that could never be made up . On October 19 , finally persuaded that there would be no negotiations , Napoleon came out of Moscow . He wanted to take the southern , Kaluga road , but found Kutuzov barring it in force ...
... retreat , a loss that could never be made up . On October 19 , finally persuaded that there would be no negotiations , Napoleon came out of Moscow . He wanted to take the southern , Kaluga road , but found Kutuzov barring it in force ...
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