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General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 2 2 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1862., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: June 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], The battles of Port Republic. (search)
The example of Spain. During the month of August of this year, an English army, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, landed in the Mondego, and captured the army of Junot, which held possession of Portugal. That English army was subsequently reinforced and placed under the command of Sir John Moore, with orders to enter Spain and lend all possible assistance to the patriots whenever an opportunity might offer. Napoleon had gone to Erfurth, to meet the Emperor Alexander, and settle the affairs of the world. In the meantime, while the Spanish armies, apparently overcome by their late exertions, were resting in fancied security, the French were pouring in troops by all the passes of the Pyrenees. By the 1st of November, their armies, seven in number, presented a force of 325,000 veteran troops; the most formidable force, when, their character, their equipments, and the character of their officers is taken into consideration, that up to that day had ever threatened the subjugation of a fr