Wellington's Worst Scrape by Carole Divall

Author:Carole Divall [Divall, Carole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Modern, 19th Century, Antiques & Collectibles, Military, Weapons
ISBN: 9781783378661
Google: gfg9flQgDr8C
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-01-19T16:07:53+00:00

they were actually at this moment cannonading the suburbs of the town, and the hospital waggons which were running down the road with the sick were exposed to their fire: this, with the noise of the artillery and cavalry galloping through the streets, and the trumpets sounding the retreat, produced a scene of bustle and alarm not easily described … The rain fell in torrents, and some of the poor wounded, from their infirm state and want of conveyance, fell by the roadside. Every one seemed to act upon the principal of self-preservation.30

On the 28th the French drove the caçadores of the 7th division from the suburbs of Valladolid, but Souham then decided the bridge across the Pisuerga was too strong to attack. Notwithstanding this caution, the French still took the opportunity to fire into the camp of the 51st, killing a sergeant’s wife who was preparing her husband’s breakfast. The disturbance also left Wheeler in what he realised was a singularly ridiculous position:

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