The History of Napoleon the First: 1808-1811Macmillan, 1886 |
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1810 THE HISTORY advantage Alexander amongst Andalusia Archduke attack Austria Badajoz battle Bernadotte Berthier bishops blockade Cadiz calculated campaign Caulaincourt cause cavalry central junta centre Champagny Ciudad Rodrigo Coïmbra command consequence continental system corps d'armée Council Danube Davout declared decree defend desired Despatches divisions doubt effect Emperor Empire enemy England Essling Europe fact favour force Fouché France French Galicia HISTORY OF NAPOLEON Holland honour Imperial King Joseph Lannes Legislative Body less letter Lisbon Madame de Staël Madrid March Marshal Masséna Mémoires menaced military Minister Moniteur moreover nation never occupied Old Castile operations Oporto Paris peace Peninsula Pius VII Poland Pope Portugal position possessed pretext Prince Eugène provinces received reproached resistance retreat Russia seized sent soldiers Soult Spain Spaniards Spanish success Sweden Tagus thousand tion town troops victory Vienna Wellesley Wellington whole wished wrote
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Page 183 - My correspondence with General Cuesta has been a very curious one, and proves him to be as obstinate as any gentleman at the head of any army need be.
Page 376 - If we can maintain ourselves in Portugal, the war will not cease in the Peninsula, and if the war lasts in the Peninsula, Europe will be saved.
Page 374 - I should fail, they will not inquire whether the failure is owing to my own incapacity, to the blameless errors to which we are all liable, to the faults or mistakes of others, to the deficiency of our means, to the serious difficulties of our situation, or to the great power and abilities of our enemy. In any of these cases, I shall become their victim ; but I am not to be alarmed by this additional risk ; and whatever may be the consequences, I shall continue to do my best in this country.