History of the War in the Peninsula And in the South of France: From the ...
History of the War in the Peninsula And in the South of France: From the ...
Napier, William Francis Patrick, Sir, 1785-1860
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2®. It took place ten or twelve days later, during which time 5000 British infantry, and 300 artillery horses, had reinforced Cradock's army^ and a regiment of dragooni Digitized by Google A REPLY, ETC. 261 was hourly expected * Since the present accession gj^. j^j^^^ of strevigth,' says sir J. Cradock, * it may he ad- Cradock visable to make a short m>ovement in advance as ^ general JarasLeiria' 3°. Victor, instead of threatening stewart, Portugal, as the reports of the 26th March repre- 6th A...pril, sented him, had engaged with Cuesta, and just ^®®^- fought the battle of Medellin ; moreover, a march to Leiria ardy did not open Lisbon to that marshal. 4°. Lapisse, instead of joining Soult, was moving towards the Tagus by the passes of the Gredos ; tlius, the French were weakened by a diversity of plans while the allies were become stronger. And what more absurd than this writer's notion that the same military movements must be equally good at one time as at another 1 After all, Cradock's march to Leiria was made entirely at the request of lord Beresford: */ consented to generod Beresford) s wish to make a movement in adva/nce, as he said it would give confdence to the body of P(yrtuguese Proops assembled at Thomar, amd enable him to undertake the defence of the bridge amd station at Abra/ntes* — Sir John Cradock to general Kichard Stewart, April 8, 1808.
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