Life and Campaigns of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Life and Campaigns of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Vol. 2Skirmish at Casa de Salinas Sir Arthur Wellesley narrowly escapes being made prisoner - Panic in Cuesta's army - Desperate attack upon the Sierm de Montalban - Battle of Talavera - The British army in imminent danger, and the contest doubtful - The battle restored by Sir Arthur Wellesley}, foresight and decision - The French signally defeated, and obliged to reeron the Alberche - Extraordinary march of the reinforcement under General Craufurd, and its airival at the camp of the allies - Misconduct of the Spaniards, and cruel punishment in¿icted on them by Cuesta Descent of Soult by the pass of Banos into the valley of the Tugus Sir A. Wellesley marches against the enemy, who had then three corps d'nrinée eoneentrnted at Plasencia - Cuesta inhumzinly abandons the British liospitul at Tuliivem to the enemy, and retires upon oiopesa - Afliiir ut - Illgl'llllllltlc of Cuesta to the allied army - Sir Aithur refuses to continue in Spinn Retires across the Tugus, andtiikes up a posmon Within the Portuguese frontier - The Biitish army i'is'ited by Sickness - 1809. P 13)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.