 | 1709 - 578 Seiten
...•withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their "reti'cat; and it was ilecessary to risk this army to convince the people of England,...nei"ther the power, nor the inclination, to make any effoi ts for themselves. " It wan for this reason that I marched to Sahagun. As a diver. sion it succeeded... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1809 - 752 Seiten
...indifference of the Spaniards would never have beeu believed; that had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their retreat, and it was necessary to risk this army 16 convince the people uf England, a* well at the rect of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the... | |
 | James Carrick Moore - 1809 - 364 Seiten
...indifference of the Spaniards would never have been believed ; that, had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their...the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither thé power, nor the inclination, to make any efforts for themselves. It was for this reason that I... | |
 | 1809 - 1020 Seiten
...believed ; that, had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to llu-ir retreat ; and it was necessary to risk this army to...had neither the power nor the inclination to make anv efforts for themselves. It was for this reason that I made the march to Sal;.; gun. As a diversion,... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1809 - 646 Seiten
...favour tue cause in which they were engaged ; but" he adds, " it " аи necessary to risk the British army to convince the people of " England, as well as the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards bad " wither the power nor the inclination to make any efforts for " themselves." Thus it ap|>eare,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1809 - 540 Seiten
...this was the cause ; that " it was necessary to risk the army, " to convince the people of England, that the " Spaniards had neither the power nor the " inclination to make any efforts for them" solves ;" that is to say, Ithat the almost certain destruction ; that all the miseries of the... | |
 | 1809 - 536 Seiten
...imputed to their retreat, and if was necessary to risk this army to convince the people ' of fotgiaiid, as well as the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the po'xcr nor the iiclinatirm to 1 mafitt any efforts for themselves. • It was for this reason that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1809 - 1112 Seiten
...withdrawn the Lofs of the Caufe would have been imputed to their Retreat ; and it was necefiary to rifk this Army, to convince the People of England, as well as the Reft of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the Power nor the Inclination to make any Efforts for... | |
 | Sir Charles William Pasley - 1810 - 822 Seiten
...indifference of the " Spaniards would never have been believed ; that had the *' British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have *' been imputed to their...army, to convince the people of England, as well as 41 the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the " power nor the inclination, to make any... | |
 | 1810 - 1214 Seiten
...never have been believed; that had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have bi;cn imputed to their retreat, and it was necessary to risk this army to convince the people of England, at well as the rest of Europe, that the Spaniards had neither the puv.vr nor the inclination . to make... | |
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I was sensible, however, that the apathy and indifference of the Spaniards would never have been believed; that had the British been withdrawn, the loss of the cause would have been imputed to their retreat; and it was necessary to risk this army to convince... 
