The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Volume 13

by Arthur Wellesley

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 ...and disbelief of Massena's being left where he is, till death shall have swept away his whole army (26 Jan., 1811), 190; soldiers of his army made to move about and work (30 Jan., 1811), 209; efforts making to send him some cavalry (4 Feb., 1811), 229; effect of Foy's arrival (13 Feb., 1811), 259; his unaccountable stay, and increasing difficulties (15 Feb., 1811), 262; state of the troops according to Clausel'saide de camp (24 Feb., 1811), 314; evacuation of Santarem (6 March, 1811), 344; detail of the pursuit, and of actions with his troops (7 March, 1811), 345, el seq.; mode in which he conducts his disastrous and barbarous retreat (14 March, 1811), 358; retreat to the Coa (25 March aud 2 April, 1811),399,425; manoeuvred out of Guarda (30 March, 1811), 412, 425; forced over the Coa (4 April, 1811), 428; loss at Sabugal (8 April, 1811), 429, 441; instance of his ill faith in an exchange of prisoners, 441; expulsion from Portugal, his loss, and force still left (9 April, 1811), 448; information sent to, from Paris, derived from Lord Wellington's dispatches (25 April, 1811), 508; his head-quarters at Ciudad Rodrigo (1 May, 1811), 515; letter to, cause of the retention of Captain Salles (11 May, 1811), 543; goes to France (23 May, 1811), 597. Matagorda Fort, lost (2 May, 1810), vi. 81, 82; loss of the enemy at, 83. Mathieu, General, repulse of (18 May, 1813), x. 457, note; force brought by, from Barcelona (1 July, 1813), 478. Matos, pass, importance of (11 Oct., 1810), vi. 503. Maya, Puerto de, loss of (24 July, 1813), x. 570; guns lost in (1 Aug., 1813), 588., loss of guns at, attributed to accident (13 Sept., 1813), xi. 107. Medal, applications of officers for (1 Dec, 1810), vii. 20; to wear it on ordinary occasions at the button-hole, instead of round the...

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First published August 13, 2015

About the author

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG GCB GCH PC FRS (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was a British soldier and statesman, a native of Ireland from the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy,[3] and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. His importance in national history is such that he is often referred to as "the Duke of Wellington" instead of "the 1st Duke of Wellington."