Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ister, Lord Wellesley Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister. Lord Liverpool took the War Otfice, with Lord Palmerston as Under Secretary. During these months of continual agitation at home Arthur AVellesley was winnino^ victories in Portugal. Penin- . sulEr War He had forced the French armies to retire and had marched towards Madrid. Li July he had Avon the battle of Talavera, and 712 ENGLANDS STRUGGLE
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . ister, Lord Wellesley Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Minister. Lord Liverpool took the War Otfice, with Lord Palmerston as Under Secretary. During these months of continual agitation at home Arthur AVellesley was winnino^ victories in Portugal. Penin- . sulEr War He had forced the French armies to retire and had marched towards Madrid. Li July he had Avon the battle of Talavera, and 712 ENGLANDS STRUGGLE FOB EXISTENCE. [1820 had it not been for the weak war administration in England he might have gained some con-spicuous advantages. As itwas he devoted himself tothe defence of Portugal andfortified the lines of TorresVedras. Massena havingfailed to dislodge him, wasbeaten off at the battle ofBusaco on September 29th,1810. The year 1811 foundhim (after Talavera he hadbeen raised to the peerageas Viscount Wellington) stillactinsr on the defensive. Hefought the battles of FuentesdOnoro and Albuera in May,while the French, bavins:completed the conquest ofthe east of Spain, were threat-. WATEKLOU: OF TIIK GATEOF HOUGOMONT. {lloyal United Service Institution.) ening to make a vigorous attack on Portugal. But events incentral and north-eastern Europe cameto the aid of theEnglish. Thoughthe Austrian opposi-tion to Napoleon in1809 had failed, andthe peace of Vienna(October 14th, 1809)had cut short theAustrian territories,it had become evi-dent that a nationalopposition to theFrench was power of thepeople all over Europe was gradually but surely coming intocollision with the despotic tendencies of the French Emperor.
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