Wellington's Campaigns, Peninsula-Waterloo, 1808-15: Also Moore's Campaign of Corunna (for Military Students), Volume 3Hugh Rees, 1907 - 737 pagina's |
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Pagina 609 - Bulow upon the enemy's flank was a most decisive one ; and, even if I had not found myself in a situation to make the attack which produced the final result, it would have forced the enemy to retire, if his attacks should have failed, and would have prevented him from taking advantage of them, if they should unfortu pately have succeeded.
Pagina 697 - L'intention de Sa Majesté est que vous attaquiez aussi ce qui est devant vous, et qu'après l'avoir vigoureusement pressé vous rabattiez sur nous pour concourir à envelopper le corps dont je viens de vous parler. Si ce corps était enfoncé auparavant, alors Sa Majesté ferait manœuvrer dans votre direction, pour hâter également vos opérations. « Instruisez de suite l'Empereur de vos dispositions et de ce qui se passe sur votre front.
Pagina 576 - Hougoumont, which covered the return of that flank : and in front of the left centre, we occupied the farm of La Haye Sainte. By our left we communicated with Marshal Prince Blucher, at Wavre through Ohaim; and the Marshal had promised me, that...
Pagina 112 - It is positively a fact that, during the last seven days, the British army have not received one third of their provisions; that at this moment there are nearly 4,000 wounded soldiers dying in the hospital in this town from want of common assistance and necessaries, which any other country in the world would have given even to its enemies ; and that I can get no assistance of any description from the country.
Pagina 694 - Sombref, si j'en avais besoin. Elle ne retarderait d'ailleurs pas votre marche. Le corps du comte de Valmy, qui a 3,000 cuirassiers d'élite, à l'intersection du chemin des Romains et de celui de Bruxelles, afin que je puisse l'attirer à moi, si j'en avais besoin ; aussitôt que mon parti sera pris, vous lui enverrez l'ordre de venir vous rejoindre. Je désirerais avoir avec moi la division de, la Garde que commande le général Lefebvre Desuoëttes, et je vous envoie les deux divisions du corps...
Pagina 262 - I see that a disposition already exists to blame the government for the failure of the siege of Burgos. The government had nothing to say to the siege. It was entirely my own act.
Pagina 703 - PS Une lettre qui vient d'être interceptée porte que le général Bulow doit attaquer notre flanc. Nous croyons apercevoir ce corps sur les hauteurs de Saint-Lambert; ainsi ne perdez pas un instant pour vous rapprocher de nous et nous joindre, et pour écraser Bulow, que vous prendrez en flagrant délit.
Pagina 408 - French skirmishers, but when in the wood dropped his reins and leaned back as if badly wounded; his horse appeared to canter wildly along the front of the enemy's light troops, and they thinking him mortally hurt ceased their fire and took no further notice. He thus passed unobserved through the wood to the other side of...
Pagina 609 - I determined to attack the enemy, and immediately advanced the whole line of infantry, supported by the cavalry and artillery. The attack succeeded in every point...
Pagina 211 - ... the whizzing flight of the blazing splinters, the loud exhortations of the officers and the continual clatter of the muskets made a maddening din. Now a multitude bounded up the great breach as if driven by a whirlwind, but across the top glittered a range of swordblades...