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G. WOODFALL, ANGEL COURT, SKINNER STREET, LONDON.
HISTORY
OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR.
BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL.D.
POET LAUREATE,
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE
ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL
INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE
CYMMRODORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC.
A NEW EDITION.
IN SIX VOLUMES.
VOL. IV.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXVIII.
Ἱστορίας γὰρ ἐὰν ἀφέλῃ τις τὸ διὰ τί, καὶ πῶς, καὶ τίνος χάρινἐπράχθη, καὶ τὸ πραχθὲν πότερα εὔλογον ἔσχε τὸ τέλος, τὸ καταλειπόμενοναὐτῆς ἀγώνισμα μὲν, μάθημα δὲ οὐ γίγνεται· καὶπαραυτίκα μὲν τέρπει, πρὸς δὲ τὸ μέλλον οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ παράπαν.
Polybius, lib. iii. sect. 31.
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| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| PAGE | |
| Victor retreats across the Tagus | 1 |
| Alburquerque proposed for the command in La Mancha | 2 |
| Plan of detaching a Spanish force toward Segovia | 4 |
| Jealousy entertained of Cuesta | 5 |
| Sir Arthur confers with Cuesta | 6 |
| He requires that the passages toward the north be occupied | 7 |
| Junction of the British and Spanish armies | 8 |
| Opportunity of attacking the French lost by Cuesta’s indecision | 9 |
| Distress of the British army for means of transport | 10 |
| Sir Arthur halts | 12 |
| Cuesta advances in pursuit of the French | 12< ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |