A Narrative of the Principal Events of the Campaigns of 1809, 1810, & 1811, in Spain and Portugal: Interspersed with Remarks on Local Scenery and Manners. In a Series of Letters |
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1st division 3d regiment Abrantes Alberche Almeida appearance arrived artillery attack Badajos bank Baraçal battalion beautiful betwixt bivouaced bridge brigade of Guards Brigadier-General British army Cameron's brigade cantonments Castel Branco castle Celerico Ciudad Rodrigo Coimbra Coldstream Colonel column combined army command considerable convent corps crossed Cuesta day-break Douro enemy enemy's force forded formed French army French cavalry front frontier Guadiana guards marched guns halted head-quarters hill hour hutted infantry inhabitants instant July King's German legion leagues LETTER Leyria Lieut Lieutenant-General light division Lisbon Lord Wellington Madrid Major-General Marshal Beresford Marshal Soult Massena miles Mondego morning moved movement night noon o'clock officers Olivenza Oporto out-posts passed Pinhel piquets Placentia Portugal Portuguese position Princess quarters rear remained retired retreat river road Santarem Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir William Beresford situated Spain Spaniards Spanish Tagus Talavera town troops Victor village Vizeu whole wood wounded