Littell's Living Age, Volume 36Living Age Company Incorporated, 1853 |
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Page 7
... French fled helter - skelter - every straggler being cut down by the peasants - and with the clamor of the British cavalry close in their ears . A river , the Cavado , stretched across the fugitives ' course , and a Portuguese guard ...
... French fled helter - skelter - every straggler being cut down by the peasants - and with the clamor of the British cavalry close in their ears . A river , the Cavado , stretched across the fugitives ' course , and a Portuguese guard ...
Page 11
... French , being on front and the flank of the enemy , who found their their way home , were carrying with them the col- communications with France cut off , while the lected pillage of years ; and the aspect of the field British ...
... French , being on front and the flank of the enemy , who found their their way home , were carrying with them the col- communications with France cut off , while the lected pillage of years ; and the aspect of the field British ...
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... French were , for the day , irretrievably men , chiefly veterans , on the frontiers of Flanders . beaten ; and Wellington is reported to have said The duke was suffering under his old embarrass- that , if he had had the army which was ...
... French were , for the day , irretrievably men , chiefly veterans , on the frontiers of Flanders . beaten ; and Wellington is reported to have said The duke was suffering under his old embarrass- that , if he had had the army which was ...
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