Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 328
cation between that city andMadrid. Wellington then caused the bridge at Alcan-tara to be repaired, and took steps to improve thenavigation of the Tagus and Douro, thus providing ashort and secure line of communication between histroops on the Agueda and those in the Tagus valley,and connecting the… … Surprised the French 300 Leaders of Men support of Ciudad Kodrigo, he withdrew to Salamanca;and there Wellington determined to attack him. Crossing the Agueda on June, 13th, he invested withone division the fortified posts which Marmont hadconstructed in front of the city, while with the re-mainder…
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