 | 1839 - 618 pages
...or desirable on military grounds, but because they think the army, as an instrument of mischief, is safer in his hands than in those of another ; and...12,000 men in Estremadura, not because more are not, or V x1 to the defence both of Portugal and the south of Spain ; and further, that, notwithstanding the... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1834 - 606 pages
...or desirable on military grounds ; but because they think the army, as an instrument of mischief, is safer in his hands than in those of another ; and...question, but because they are averse to placing a large body under the Duque de Alburquerque, who I know that the Junta of Estremadura have insisted... | |
 | William Walton - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1837 - 442 pages
...change in the character of the offices which gave a title to a seat in that body may render necessary."* the distribution of their forces they do not consider...they leave 12,000 men in Estremadura, not because they are not or may not be deemed necessary in any military view of the question, but because they... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) - 1838 - 620 pages
...or desirable on military grounds ; but because they think the army, as an instrument of mischief, is safer in his hands than in those of another ; and...any military view of the question, but because they arc averse to placing a large body under the Duque de Alburquerque, who 1 know that the Junta of Estremadura... | |
 | William Walton - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1837 - 446 pages
...in his hands than in those of another ; and they leave 12,000 men in Estremadura, not because they are not or may not be deemed necessary in any military...placing a larger body under the command of the Duke of Albuquerque, whom, I know, the junta of Estremadura have insisted should be employed to command... | |
 | English literature - 1839 - 578 pages
...or desirable on military grounds, but because they think the army, as an instrument of mischief, is safer in his hands than in those of another; and they...question, but because they are averse to placing a large body under the Duque de Albuquerque, who I know that the Junta of Estremadura have insisted should... | |
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... military defence and military operations, so much as they do political intrigue, and the attainment of trifling political objects. They wish to strengthen the Army of Venegas, not because it is necessary or desirable on military grounds, but because... 