The Life of the Most Noble Arthur, Marquis and Earl of Wellington ...J. and J. Cundee, 1814 - Generals |
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Portrait and Vignette Titlepage to face each other | 74 |
Sir Arthur Wellesley discovering the Dead Body of Tippoo | 81 |
Battle of Assye | 130 |
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advanced guard afterwards allied army Anecdotes arrived artillery attack battalion battle body bridge brigade Brigadier-General British army British troops Buonaparte Cadiz cannon cavalry charge Ciudad Rodrigo Colonel Wellesley column command Commander-in-Chief commenced conduct corps defeat defence detachment Douro dragoons enemy enemy's fire flank force formed French army front gallant gallantry garrison guns heights Hill honour horse immediately infantry inhabitants killed Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lord Wellington Lordship loss Madrid Major-General Marmont Marquis Marshal ment military Mondego morning moved movements neral night obliged observed occupied officers operations Oporto party passed picquets Portugal Portuguese position possession prisoners proceeded Rajah rank rear received regiment retired retreat river road Salamanca Scindiah sent siege Sir Arthur Wellesley Sir David Baird Sir John Moore Sir William Beresford soldiers soon Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish Sultaun Tagus taken Talavera tion Tippoo took town village whilst whole wounded