novel
The Romance of War
James Grant (1822–1887)
Named on the page for Battle of Albuera.
draft Matched to the battle automatically; not yet reviewed.
Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Project Gutenberg.
16 May 1811
Battle of Albuera
Chapter
I. Castello Branco II. The Major's Story III. Another Night at Merida IV. The Out-picquet V. The Flag of Truce VI. Almarez VII. D'Estouville VIII. Catalina IX. The Matador X. El Convento de Santa Cruz XI. A Single Combat XII. The Curate's Story XIII. An Arrest XIV. De Mesmai XV. The Heights of Albuera. The Cross of Santiago XVI. The March to Toledo
Chapter
On the evening when it was known the fortress would be stormed, while the greatest anxiety pervaded every breast for the success of the great attempt, Hill's division halted and encamped near the village of Lobon just about sunset. Making a corresponding movement to form a junction with the second division, Sir Thomas Graham, "the hero of Barossa," hovered with his troops in the direction of the heights of Albuera, ready to concentrate and repel together any attempt which the great Duke of Dalmatia with his legions might make to relieve the beleaguered garrison of General Phillipon at Badajoz, which was a few miles distant, in the rear of the hamlet of Lobon.
Chapter
"By what shall I know where to halt the main body of my picquet, major?" asked Ronald, looking rather blankly towards the waste expanse of desert plain, which extends for more than seven leagues around Badajoz. "It is as level as the very sea: nothing bounds it but the distant heights of Albuera."
Chapter
*THE HEIGHTS OF ALBUERA. THE CROSS OF SANTIAGO.*
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