The Life of Sir David Baird
The Life of Sir David Baird
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The Spaniards were full of self-confidence. Sir Hew Dalrymple had sent Major-General Lord William Bentinck to Madrid. Bentinck was a soldier of considerable experience. He had served on the staff of the Duke of York in Flanders in 1794, he had accompanied Suwarrof in the cam- paign of 1799, and had been present with the Austrians in the campaigns of 1800 and 1801, includ- ing the battle of Marengo. Since then he had been Governor of Madras, but he was recalled in conse- Digitized by VjOOQ IC SP...AIN— THE LANDING 215 quence of the mutiny at Vellore. On 26th Sep- tember Bentinck wrote a letter from Madrid dis- cussing whether the Spanish armies could drive the French out oi Spain without the help of the English or not, and also whether the Spanish Government would be willing, in the event of an Austrian war, to join the British in invading France.
Meanwhile Napoleon had decided to deal with the Peninsula, and I will now briefly state what he accomplished.
By the end of October there were 170,000 French troops in Spain, of which 116,000 were on the Ebro ; and on 15th November there were 335,000 French troops in Spain, of whom over 255,000 were avail- able for operations.
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The Spaniards were full of self-confidence. Sir Hew Dalrymple had sent Major-General Lord William Bentinck to Madrid. Bentinck was a soldier of considerable experience. He had served on the staff of the Duke of York in Flanders in 1794, he had accompanied Suwarrof in the cam- paign of 1799, and had been present with the Austrians in the campaigns of 1800 and 1801, includ- ing the battle of Marengo. Since then he had been Governor of Madras, but he was recalled in conse- Digitized by VjOOQ IC SP...AIN— THE LANDING 215 quence of the mutiny at Vellore. On 26th Sep- tember Bentinck wrote a letter from Madrid dis- cussing whether the Spanish armies could drive the French out oi Spain without the help of the English or not, and also whether the Spanish Government would be willing, in the event of an Austrian war, to join the British in invading France.
Meanwhile Napoleon had decided to deal with the Peninsula, and I will now briefly state what he accomplished.
By the end of October there were 170,000 French troops in Spain, of which 116,000 were on the Ebro ; and on 15th November there were 335,000 French troops in Spain, of whom over 255,000 were avail- able for operations.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by W H Walter Harold Wilkin to read onlineMoreLess
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