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... also heavy masses of infantry close behind , as supports to the troops in the village . About 5 P.M. an order arrived from Lord Welling- ton to press the enemy in our front . It was the extreme right of their line ; and the lower road.
... also heavy masses of infantry close behind , as supports to the troops in the village . About 5 P.M. an order arrived from Lord Welling- ton to press the enemy in our front . It was the extreme right of their line ; and the lower road.
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... close to Gamara Mayor . " The left brigade ( General Robinson's ) moved down in contiguous columns of regiments , the 4th being in the centre , the 59th upon the right , and the 57th upon the left . Our light companies ( 1st bri- gade1 ) ...
... close to Gamara Mayor . " The left brigade ( General Robinson's ) moved down in contiguous columns of regiments , the 4th being in the centre , the 59th upon the right , and the 57th upon the left . Our light companies ( 1st bri- gade1 ) ...
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... close to the retaining - wall of the hornwork in their advance , and who , on arriv- ing at the opening into the main ditch , mistook it in the dark and in their ignorance for the main breach , and imagined it to be an opening through ...
... close to the retaining - wall of the hornwork in their advance , and who , on arriv- ing at the opening into the main ditch , mistook it in the dark and in their ignorance for the main breach , and imagined it to be an opening through ...
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... close and destructive fire directed at them from the round tower and other defences on each flank of the breach , and to a profusion of hand - grenades which were constantly rolling down . In going up I passed Jones of the Engineers ...
... close and destructive fire directed at them from the round tower and other defences on each flank of the breach , and to a profusion of hand - grenades which were constantly rolling down . In going up I passed Jones of the Engineers ...
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... close . - " I was then of opinion - and , if you recollect , so expressed myself to you on your visiting me in my tent after our return to camp - that one main cause of failure was the narrow front and consequent length and thinness of ...
... close . - " I was then of opinion - and , if you recollect , so expressed myself to you on your visiting me in my tent after our return to camp - that one main cause of failure was the narrow front and consequent length and thinness of ...
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