| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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