ISBN: 9781231110003

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 374 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Pur… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 374 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.8in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814 Excerpt: . . . of Killed, Wounded, and Missing in miction ivith the Enemys Rear Guard, near Morales, on the 2d of June, 1813. Total. --1 lieutenant, 1 rank and file, 4 horses, killed; 1 colonel, 1 Serjeant, 13 rank and file, 12 horses, wounded j 1 captain, 1 Ser jeant, 2 rank and file, 11 horses, missing. Villa diego, June 13, 1S13. My Lord, --The army passed the Carrion on the 7th, the enemy having retired across the Pisuerga; and on the 8th, gth, and loth, we brought forward our left, and passed that river. The celerity of our march up to this period, induced me to make short movements on the nth, and to halt the left on the 12th; but on the latter day I moved forward the right, under Lieut. -Gencral Sir Rowland Hill, consisting of the 2d British, Brigadier-General Murillos Spanish, andtheConde dAmarantes Portuguese divisions of infantry, and the light division, under Major-General Charles Baron Alten, and Major-General Victor Baron Altens, Major-Gen. Fanes, Major-General Longs, the Hon. Brigadier-General Ponsonbys, and Colonel Grants (hussars) brigade of cavalry, towards Burgos, with a view to reconnoitre the enemys position and numbers near that town, and to force them to a decision whether to abandon the castle to its fate, or to protect it with all their force, I found the enemy posted with a considerable force, commanded, as I understand, by General Reillc, on the heights on the left of the Hormaza, with their right above the village of Hormaza, and their left in front of Estepar. We turned their right with the hussars, and Brig. -Gen. Ponsonbys brigade of cavalry, and the light division from lsar, while General Victor Altens brigade of cavalry, and the Hon. Colonel OCallaghans brigade of the 2d division, division, moved up the heights fromHormaza; and th. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<