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... completed on the 18th under cover of Beresford's brigade forming the rear - guard . To give some idea of the discomforts of the retreat , Lord Clyde used to relate how that , for some time before reaching Coruña , he had to march with ...
... completed on the 18th under cover of Beresford's brigade forming the rear - guard . To give some idea of the discomforts of the retreat , Lord Clyde used to relate how that , for some time before reaching Coruña , he had to march with ...
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... completed on the 18th under cover of Beresford's brigade forming the rear - guard . To give some idea of the discomforts of the retreat , Lord Clyde used to relate how that , for some time before reaching Coruña , he had to march with ...
... completed on the 18th under cover of Beresford's brigade forming the rear - guard . To give some idea of the discomforts of the retreat , Lord Clyde used to relate how that , for some time before reaching Coruña , he had to march with ...
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... completed his last move- ment with the left wing of the Allied army , prior to the battle of Vitoria , which was fought on the following day . The French army was posted in front of the town of Vitoria , situated in a plain behind the ...
... completed his last move- ment with the left wing of the Allied army , prior to the battle of Vitoria , which was fought on the following day . The French army was posted in front of the town of Vitoria , situated in a plain behind the ...
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... completed opened on the town . On the 24th the town was on fire , and the journal narrates that the French could be seen feeding the fire near the breach which had been made in the eastern flank wall , and which was considered prac ...
... completed opened on the town . On the 24th the town was on fire , and the journal narrates that the French could be seen feeding the fire near the breach which had been made in the eastern flank wall , and which was considered prac ...
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... counter batteries thereon , and the descent of the ditch completed , has given me great satisfaction . The French army entered Belgium to 1833. ] VISIT TO GERMANY . 55 clear the Belgian 54 [ 1832 . LIFE OF LORD CLYDE .
... counter batteries thereon , and the descent of the ditch completed , has given me great satisfaction . The French army entered Belgium to 1833. ] VISIT TO GERMANY . 55 clear the Belgian 54 [ 1832 . LIFE OF LORD CLYDE .
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