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Stephen Crane. Great Battles of the World
Great Battles of the World
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
VITTORIA
THE SIEGE OF PLEVNA
THE STORMING OF BUR KERSDOR HEIGHTS
A SWEDE'S CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY
I. LEIPZIG
II. LUTZEN
THE STORMING OF BADAJOZ
THE BRIEF CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEW ORLEANS
THE BATTLE OF SOLFERINO
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
THE END
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Stephen Crane
Published by Good Press, 2022
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The basin or valley of Vittoria, with the town in its eastern extremity, is a small plain about eight miles by six miles in extent, situated in an elevated plateau among the mountains and guarded on all sides by rugged hills.
The great road from Madrid enters the valley at the Puebla Pass, where too the river Zadora flows through a narrow mountain gorge. This road then runs up the left bank of the Zadora to Vittoria, and from there it goes on towards Bayonne and the Pyrenees. This road was Joseph's line of retreat.
