Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . Beresford, whoexpected the support of one of the Spanish attack, however, had hardly begun, when Soultmarched from Seville to the relief of the fortress atthe head of about 24,000 good troops: the Marshalhad his eyes always fixed on his late conquest. Well-ington, who, I have said, had left the main armyfor Estremadura, was not on the scene; Beresfordraised the siege on the 12th and 13th of March, andadvanced to Albuera, where he was joined by Blakeand Castanos, with from 15,000 to 20,000 Spaniards
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . Beresford, whoexpected the support of one of the Spanish attack, however, had hardly begun, when Soultmarched from Seville to the relief of the fortress atthe head of about 24,000 good troops: the Marshalhad his eyes always fixed on his late conquest. Well-ington, who, I have said, had left the main armyfor Estremadura, was not on the scene; Beresfordraised the siege on the 12th and 13th of March, andadvanced to Albuera, where he was joined by Blakeand Castanos, with from 15,000 to 20,000 Spaniards,to offer battle to the enemy at hand. The alliedarmy was perhaps 35,000 strong; but the British in-fantry did not exceed 7000 men ; the Portuguese werenot more than 8000; the French army was very su-perior in really effective strength. These operationsled to the battle of Albuera, in itself not of supremeimportance, but perhaps the most desperately con- The figures I have above given are, of course, largely conjectural;but I have taken pains to make them as accurate as
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