 | British periodicals - 1808 - 704 pages
...whole of the Ereocb force in Portugal was employed, under the command o. the Duke D'Abrantes in persra, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry...half of the British army was actually engaged, he has sus:ained a signal defeat, and has lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twentj - three ammunition - waggons,... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 556 pages
...by that time ar'rived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him again to retire with great loss. In this action, in which the whole of the French force...person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalrv and artillery, and iu which not more than huff • t the British army was actually engaged,... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 514 pages
...by that time arrived in the low "round, and they thus obliged him again to retire with great loss. In this action, in which the whole of the French force...command of the Duke D'Abrantes in person, in which trliecncmy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in which not more than half of the... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 534 pages
...that time, arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him again to retire with great loss. — In this action, in which the whole of the French force...employed under the command of the Duke D'Abrantes (General the Sfllh regiment to you upon this occasion, I cannot avoid to add, that the regular aad... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...had by that time arrived in the low ground ; and they thus obliged him to retire with great loss. Jn this action, in which the whole of the French force...Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke . d'Abrantcs in person, in whiclxthe enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in... | |
 | Convention of Cintra - 1808 - 108 pages
...the whole of the French force ia Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke, B' Ábranles in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in which mt mare than half uf the l British army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and... | |
 | Adam Neale - France - 1809 - 514 pages
...by that time arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him again to retire, with great loss. In this action, in which the whole of the French force...Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke of Abrantes in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery; and in which... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Convention of Cintra - 1809 - 234 pages
...reported, in a never to be forgotten sentence of Sir Arthur's second letter. " In this action," says he, " in which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Due D'ABRANTES in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in... | |
 | France - 1809 - 518 pages
...that time arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him again to retire, with great loss. lu this action, in which the whole of the French force in Portugal was cmployed, under the command of the Duke of Abrantes in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior... | |
 | 1810 - 558 pages
...by that time arrived in the low ground, and they thus obliged him to retire again with great loss, In this action, in which the whole of the French force...certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in which no more than half of the British army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and has... | |
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D'Abrantes in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in which not more than half of the British army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and has lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twentythree ammunition... 
