 | 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,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1808 - 690 pages
...force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke . d'Abrantcs in person, in whiclxthe enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery,...engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and, has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of ail descriptions, and 20,000... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1808 - 514 pages
...force in Portugal was employed under the command of the Duke D'Abrantes in person, in which trliecncmy was certainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and...army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal d« feat, and has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of all... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 556 pages
...retire with great loss. In this action, in which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed under the command of the Duke d'Abrantes in 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,... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 534 pages
...penetrating into the town. On the right of the Junot) in person, in which the enem}1 was ceitainly superior in cavalry and artillery, and in which not more than half of the British army was aoltnlly engaged, he hai sustained a signal defeat, ant! has lo» 13 pieces ot cannon, mid 23 ammunition... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Convention of Cintra - 1809 - 234 pages
...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...half of the British army was actually engaged, he sustained a signal defeat, and has lost thirteen pieces of cannon, &c. &c." In the official communication,... | |
 | France - 1809 - 518 pages
...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...half of the British army was actually engaged, he has susgtaincd a signal defeat, and has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunitionwaggons, with powder, shells,... | |
 | Adam Neale - France - 1809 - 514 pages
...which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke of Abrantes in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior...half of the British army was actually engaged, he has susstained a signal defeat, and has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunitionwaggons, with powder, shells,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1810 - 960 pages
...tb« vth^ltt of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the duke D'Abrante* in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior...army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal dclVat, and has lost thir. In n pieces of cannon, twenty, three ammunition waggons, with powder, shells,... | |
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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... 
