"Fuentes" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was the scene of hard fighting. Almeida was taken by the French in 1810 and its recapture, by the allied British and Portuguese forces under Lord Wellington, was only effected after a relieving force under Marshal Massena had been defeated at Fuentes d'Onor (or Fuentes de Onoro), 13 m. S.S.E. The battle was fought on the 5th of May 1811 and the fortress fell five ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia
... standing fast to a man, at the battle of Rocroy, in 1643, not one man breaking his rank. The whole regiment was found lying in regular order upon the field of battle, with their colonel, the old Count de Fuentes, at their head, expiring in a chair, in which he had been carried, because he was too infirm to walk, to this his twentieth battle. The conqueror, the high-spirited young Duke d'Enghien, afterwards ...
— A Book of Golden Deeds • Charlotte M. Yonge
... generally known by the title of the curate of Los Palacios, from having been curate of the town of Los Palacios from about 1488 to 1513, was born in the town of Fuentes, and was for some time chaplain to Diego Dora, archbishop of Seville, one of the greatest friends to the application of Columbus Bernaldes was well acquainted with the admiral, who was occasionally his guest, and in 1496, left many of ...
— The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Vol. II) • Washington Irving
... second Part of Diana of George of Montemayor. Written by Alonso Perez.' Text of the eight books. The third part begins on 2I 2^v with head-title 'The first Part of Enamoured Diana made by Gaspar Gil Polo'. Epistle dedicatory from the author to 'Doa Maria de Austria y fuentes', dated, Valencia, Feb. 9, 1564. Text of the five books. At the end is the note 'All these three Partes were finished the first of May 1583. Boto el amor en Yugo', followed ...
— Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge • W. W. Greg
... with the Duke of Wellington," p. 9. The disobedience of Ney and Soult did much to ruin Massena's campaign, and he lost the battle of Fuentes d'Onoro mainly through that of Bessieres. Still, as he failed to satisfy Napoleon's maxim, "Succeed: I judge men only by ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose |
