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Oporto, 11 May 1809 The passage of the Douro is ‘one of the most gallant achievements that any Troops ever performed’ Describes the action at Villa Nova. Soult left the spot where Stewart is writing only 2 hours before (continued 13 May) Impossible to praise Wellesley enough ‘we have a General now – Secundum nulli – give him but Troops and nothing will stand before him’ French are retreating to Amarante, with Beresford at Villa Real, Soult is not likely to escape. – From: Londonderry Estates – Additional Records Acc: 1193(D),Despatches from Charles William Stewart (1778-1854), Lord Stewart to Robert Stewart (1769-1822), Viscount Castlereagh, from the Peninsula, volume 1

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