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A History of the British Army Volume 8, PT. 2: (English)

          
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... being retrenched, was easily carried. The British then rushed on to the great square by the Cathedral, which seems to have been reached almost at the same moment by a mob of soldiers from all the battalions of the Third Division; 1 Costello and Kincaid say that the Portuguese would not come on. George Napier says that there was some mistake, and does not blame the Cagadores. the enemy having given way in the streets near the main breach on hearing the cheers of the Light Division as they entered the town. Thereupon all resistance appears to have ceased. Gurwood, pursuing the fugitives to the castle, received there in person the sword of Barrie. Pack's Portuguese, turning their feint into a real attack, likewise broke into the streets, and joined their comrades in the great square; and the French garrison, driven back from all quarters into the square or into corners of the ramparts, laid down their arms. The assault had been successful at every point, and Ciudad Rodrigo was won. There followed a disgraceful scene of riot and pillage. Setting our wars in India aside, it may be said that a British force had never stormed a town of any importance since Cromwell had sacked Drogheda and Wexford in 164.9. No orders or instructions had been issued for general guidance in the event of a successful attack, and no one appears to have known or to have considered what was to be expected or apprehended upon such an occasion. Ofiicers noticed that the men's faces assumed an aspect of ferocity such as they had never seen before; but they seem neither to have known nor cared what this sudden expression of savagery might portend. Numbers of the men dispersed in search of plunder directly they entered the town; but a mixed multitude, as...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781153383011
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 252
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 458 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1153383012
  • Publisher Date: 26 Apr 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Width: 189 mm


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