Supplementary Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G.: Appendix, 1794-1812J. Murray, 1871 |
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302. oldal - XVII. No native of Portugal shall be rendered accountable for his political conduct during the period of the occupation of this country by the French army ; and all those who have continued in the exercise of their employments, or.
300. oldal - They are to be taken care of whilst they remain in this country at the expense of the British government, under the condition of the same being reimbursed by France when the final evacuation is effected. The English government will provide for their return to France, which will take place by detachments of about one hundred and fifty or two hundred men at a time.
300. oldal - ART. VII. In order to facilitate the embarkation, it shall take place in three divisions ; the last of which will be principally composed of the garrisons of the places, of the cavalry, the artillery, the sick, and the equipment of the army. The first division shall embark within seven days of the date of the ratification ; or sooner, if possible. ART. VIII. The garrison of Elvas and its forts, and of Peniche and Palmela, will be embarked at Lisbon ; that of Almaida at Oporto, or the nearest harbour.
2. oldal - French keep us in a perpetual state of alarm ; we turn out once, sometimes twice, every night ; the officers and men are harassed to death, and if we are not relieved, I believe there will be very few of the latter remaining shortly. I have not had my clothes off my back for a long time, and generally spend the greatest part of the night upon the bank of the river...
436. oldal - I have the honour to transmit to your lordship a copy of a letter I have received from Colonel Cox, late governor of Almeida, and a copy of the capitulation of that place.
301. oldal - France shall have disembarked in the harbours specified, or in any other of the ports of France to which stress of weather may force them, every facility shall be given them to return to England without delay, and security against capture until their arrival in a friendly port.
192. oldal - Assye, must inspire a general sentiment of just confidence in the vigour of our military resources, and in the stability of our dominion and power. Our uniform success in frustrating every advantage of superior numbers, of powerful artillery, and even of obstinate resistance opposed by the enemy, constitutes a satisfactory proof of the established superiority of British discipline, experience, and...
192. oldal - Assye are not inferior to the splendor of the action. The immediate consequences derived from the exertions of that day have been the complete defeat of the combined army of the confederate chieftains ; an irreparable blow to the strength and efficiency of their military resources, especially of their artillery, in the...