Military Memoirs of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
Military Memoirs of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington
Moyle Ie Joseph Moyle Sherer
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Lord Wellington rode instantly to reconnoitre tlie defences of the Retiro. That palace, with the walled and extensive gardens from vvijich it takes its name, stands upon an elevation at the eastern e-xtremity of the city. Upon tliis site, where are also to be found a museum, a porcelain manufactory, a circus for bull- fights, an...ison. Welling- ton directed the exterior encthite to be forced on the following evening. On tlie morning of tlie 14tli the arrangements for at- tacking the garrison in its second line of defence being completed, the commandant surrendered. The trcx^ps were made prisoners of war ; and an arsenal, containing 180 pieces of onhiancc, 20, 000 stand of arms, and military stores of every description, was de- livered into the power of tlic victors. On the morning of the IStii don Carlos de Espafia was ap- pointed governor of Madrid, and the new constitution was pro- claimed amid the loud viva.
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