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The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, vol. 9
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1834
Named on the page for Battle of Salamanca.
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22 July 1812
Battle of Salamanca
FLORKS DK AYILA.
Re/urn of Killed, Wounded^ and Missing^ of the Allied Army, under the command of General the Eat I of Wellington, K.B., in the battle near Salamanca, on the 22nd of July, 1812.
FLORKS DK AYILA.
' I took up the ground which you were to have taken during the siege of Salamanca, only the left was thrown back on the heights, it being unnecessary, under the circumstances, to cover the ford of S"^ Marta. We had a race for the large Arapiles, which is the more distant of the two detached heights which you will recollect on the right of your position : this race the French won, and they were too strong to be dis- lodged without a general action.
MADRID.
' A month has now elapsed since the battle of Salamanca, and I have not even heard of General Castaiios.
MADRID.
' I have received your letter of the 6th, and I hope the official accounts of the battle of Salamanca will have given as much satisfaction as that first received. The consequences of that battle have already been very important, and if I am not much mistaken will be still more so.
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