From 1800 to 1900The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements .. . DC -a Z4 I- M-° ||;s s>g LI Q«u« K I? bl C2 I ? * II NELSON AND WELLINGTON, THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND til artillery or baggage could be moved had been seized by General Beresford,and was strongly held. In consequence Soult was forced to abandon all hiswagons and cannon and make his escape by bye-roads into Spain. This signal victory was followed by another on July 27, 1809, whenWelleslev, with 20,000 British soldiers and about 40,000 Span- _. ,,, . ?> . Tne Victory at ish allies, met a French army of 6
From 1800 to 1900The wonderful story of the century; its progress and achievements .. . DC -a Z4 I- M-° ||;s s>g LI Q«u« K I? bl C2 I ? * II NELSON AND WELLINGTON, THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND til artillery or baggage could be moved had been seized by General Beresford,and was strongly held. In consequence Soult was forced to abandon all hiswagons and cannon and make his escape by bye-roads into Spain. This signal victory was followed by another on July 27, 1809, whenWelleslev, with 20,000 British soldiers and about 40,000 Span- _. ,,, . ?> . Tne Victory at ish allies, met a French army of 60,000 men at Talavera in Talavera andSpain. The battle that succeeded lasted two days. The brunt the Victorsof it fell upon the British, the Spaniards proving of little use,yet it ended in the defeat of the French, who retired unmolested, the Britishbeing too exhausted to pursue. The tidings of this victory were received with the utmost enthusiasmin England. It was shown by it that British valor could win battles againstNapoleons on land as well as on sea. Wellesley received
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