 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1838 - 654 pages
...the troops had such short marches ; none on which they made such long and repeated halts; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. ' We must look therefore for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army,... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - 1839 - 1026 pages
...occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches ; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on the rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore,... | |
 | George Soane - 1839 - 838 pages
...have occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops had such short marches; none on which they made such long and repeated halts; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. "We must look, therefore,... | |
 | James Campbell (lieut.-col.) - 1840 - 380 pages
...necessity for retreating existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches ; none in which they made such long and repeated halts, and...were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look therefore for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1840 - 918 pages
...were most severe. The necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops made such short marches ; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. Yet, from the moment... | |
 | Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington - Great Britain - 1842 - 1008 pages
...have occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made on which the troops had such short marches ; none on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look therefore... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1843 - 1252 pages
...made such short marches ; Lone on which they made such long and repeated halts ; and none on •hicb the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. Yet, from the moment the troops commenced their retreat from the neighbourhood of Madrid on the one... | |
 | Andrew Redman Bonar - 1845 - 472 pages
...in which the troops made such short marches, none in which they made such long and repeated halts ; none in which the retreating armies were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. The army met with no disaster, it suffered no privation but such as might have been prevented by due... | |
 | William Grattan - 1847 - 388 pages
...most severe. Yet, the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches ; none on which they made such long...were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army,... | |
 | Great Britain. Army, William Hamilton Maxwell - Peninsular War, 1807-1814 - 1847 - 560 pages
...occurred. Yet the necessity for retreat existing, none was ever made in which the troops made such short marches ; none on which they made such long...were so little pressed on their rear by the enemy. We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army,... | |
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We must look, therefore, for the existing evils, and for the situation in which we now find the army, to some cause besides those resulting from the operations in which we have been engaged. 
