Journals of Sieges Carried on by the Army Under the Duke of Wellington, in Spain, During the Years 1811 to 1814, Vol. 1 With Notes and Additions; Also Memoranda Relative to the Lines Thrown Up to Cover Lisbon in 1810 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Journals of Sieges Carried on by the Army Under the Duke of Wellington, in Spain, During the Years 1811 to 1814, Vol. 1: With Notes and Additions; Also Memoranda Relative to the Lines Thrown Up to Cover Lisbon in 1810

In the twelve or thirteen years which have Since elapsed, a very near approach has been made to perfection, and the Journals would have been left to sink into oblivion, had not many Officers pressed for their republication, as the means of preserving the details of the engineers' and artillery exertions during operations unlikely to be again equalled in bold and arduous achievement.

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