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Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814, Vol. 4 of 4
Danger of Sicily - Averted by Murat's secret defection from the emperor - Lord William Bentinck re-embarks - His design of attacking the city of Valencia frustrated - Del Parque is defeated on the Xucar - The anglo-sicilians dis' embark at Alicant - Suchet prepares to attack the allies - Prevented by the battle of Vittoria - Abandons Valencia - Marches towards zaragoza-qclauzel retreats to france-paris evacuates Zaragoza - Suchet retires to Taragona Mines the walls - Lord William Bentinck passes the Ebro - Secures the Col de Balaguer - Invests Taragona - Partial insurrection in Upper Catalonia - Com bat of Salad - Del Parque joins lord William Bentinck who projects an attack upon Suchet's cantonments - Suchet concentrates his army - Is joined by' Decaen - Advances - The allies retreat to the mountains - Del Parque invests. Tortoza - His rear-guard attacked by the garrison while passing the Ebro Suchet blows up the walls of T ar'agona - Lord William desires to besiege Tortoza - Hears that Suchet has detached troops - Sends Del Parque's army to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
