Memoirs of Lieutenant - General Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B. &c: Including His Correspondence, from Originals in Possession of His Family, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1835 |
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Adour advance aide-de-camp allied army amongst artillery assault attack attempt Badajoz bastion battalion battle battle of Orthes bayonet Bayonne brave breach bridge brigade British Captain castle cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Napier columns command commenced confidence consequence continued corps defeat defend ditch divi Duke Duke of Wellington enemy enemy's English fighting fire flank force fortress forward fourth division French army front gallant garrison ground heights honour horse immediately infantry ladders letter Lieutenant light division Lord Wellington Macpherson Major-general Marmont Marshal Beresford Massena ment military morning moved movement Napoleon night numbers observed occasion occupied officers ordered Pamplona passed Picton's division Portuguese position possession rear received regiments retreat river seventh division shot siege sion Sir Rowland Hill Sir Stapleton Cotton Sir Thomas Picton sixth division soldiers Soult success third division thousand tion town Trinidad troops Tyler victory Vittoria whole William Fullarton wounded