 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1851 - 1026 pages
...which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duc D' Ábranles in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior...engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of all descriptions, and 20,000... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - Generals - 1852 - 562 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;...than half of the British army was actually engaged, they sustained a signal defeat ; and lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twenty-three ammunition waggons,... | |
 | Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1853 - 322 pages
...action, 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...engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and has lost 13 pieces of cannon, 23 ammunition waggons, with powder, shells, stores of all descriptions, and 20,000... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - Military art and science - 1853 - 384 pages
...action, 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 lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twenty-three ammunition-waggons, with... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - Military art and science - 1853 - 388 pages
...which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Due d'Abrantcs in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior...half of the British army was actually engaged, he sustained a signal defeat ; and lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twenty-three ammunition-waggons, with... | |
 | Edward Baines - France - 1855 - 618 pages
...the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Duke of Ábranles d| h7 , e E the French sustained a signal defeat, and lost thirteen pieces of cannon, twenty-three ammunition wagons,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 412 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,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 412 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,... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 750 pages
...which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed undnr the command of the Duke d' Abranlos in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior...cavalry and artillery, and in which not more than half the British army was actually engaged, he has sustained a signal defeat, and has lost thirteen pieces... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 410 pages
...which the whole of the French force in Portugal was employed, under the command of the Due D'ABKAXTES in person, in which the enemy was certainly superior in cavalry and urtillery, and in which not more than half of the British army was actually engaged, he sustained a... | |
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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... 
