Wellington, Soldier And Statesman, And the Revival of the Military Power of England
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He had sate down before Burgos by the 10th, but his calculations were wholly frustrated ; the siege is a very remark- able instance of what the value of a weak fortress may be in war ; how it may baffle an enemy, nay, bring him into grave danger. Burgos was an ancient fortification of little strength ; but it was protected by entrenchments within the wall ; it was cov- ered on the northern front by a hornwork ; it had a very able commandant, Dubreton, and a brave garrison of some 2000 men. The ...hornwork was stormed on the 19th, but Wellington had no siege artillery ; his guns were comparatively few and weak ; he had to resort to mines to destroy the defences.
Four assaults were made against narrow breaches; Dubreton and his men still clung to the entrench- ments they had admirably held. But meanwhile a formidable tempest of war had been gathering against the British commander. Massena had been sent to the southern borders of France ; but the veteran refused to take the field ; Clausel had been disabled by a festering wound ; Souham, rather an elderly man, was placed at the head of Marmont's late army, which had been reinforced to 40,000 men by the addition of a levy of conscripts.
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He had sate down before Burgos by the 10th, but his calculations were wholly frustrated ; the siege is a very remark- able instance of what the value of a weak fortress may be in war ; how it may baffle an enemy, nay, bring him into grave danger. Burgos was an ancient fortification of little strength ; but it was protected by entrenchments within the wall ; it was cov- ered on the northern front by a hornwork ; it had a very able commandant, Dubreton, and a brave garrison of some 2000 men. The ...hornwork was stormed on the 19th, but Wellington had no siege artillery ; his guns were comparatively few and weak ; he had to resort to mines to destroy the defences.
Four assaults were made against narrow breaches; Dubreton and his men still clung to the entrench- ments they had admirably held. But meanwhile a formidable tempest of war had been gathering against the British commander. Massena had been sent to the southern borders of France ; but the veteran refused to take the field ; Clausel had been disabled by a festering wound ; Souham, rather an elderly man, was placed at the head of Marmont's late army, which had been reinforced to 40,000 men by the addition of a levy of conscripts.
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