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" They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. "
Political and ethical - Page 189
by William Wordsworth - 1876
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Concerning the Relations of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, to Each ...

William Wordsworth - Convention of Cintra - 1809 - 234 pages
...where (as an English general asserts) " a body of a thousand men might stop an army of twenty times the number ?" The third charge relates to the same...To this charge, in so far as it may be thought to criminate the Spaniards, a full answer is furnished by their accuser himself in the following memorable...
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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain

James Carrick Moore - Military art and science - 1809 - 356 pages
...Gallicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through their mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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Parliamentary Papers

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1809 - 1112 pages
...the Galacias, though armed, made noAttempt to flop the Paflage of the French through their Mountains. They abandoned their Dwellings at our Approach, drove away their Carts, Oxen, and every Thing that could be of the fmalleft Aid to the Army. The Confequence has been, that our Sick have been left...
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Letters from Portugal and Spain: Comprising an Account of the Operations of ...

France - 1809 - 518 pages
...Galicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the -French through their mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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Letters from Portugal and Spain: Comprising an Account of the Operations of ...

Adam Neale - France - 1809 - 514 pages
...Galicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through1 their mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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A Narrative of the Campaign of the British Army in Spain: Commanded by His ...

James Carrick Moore - History - 1809 - 558 pages
...Gallicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through their mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 15

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 540 pages
...the Gallicias, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through the mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. ' The consequence his been, that our sick have been...
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 71

English literature - 1809 - 1020 pages
...marches, advancing for six or eight hours in the rain, I reached Be12'izos on the loth inst. iloned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that uur sick have been lelt...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 2

Europe - 1811 - 858 pages
...of Galicia, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through the mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 2, Part 1

1811 - 854 pages
...of Galicia, though armed, made no attempt to stop the passage of the French through the mountains. They abandoned their dwellings at our approach, drove away their carts, oxen, and every thing that could be of the smallest aid to the army. The consequence has been, that our sick have been left...
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