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Abrantes, 18 June 1809 Problem of discipline acute. The battalions made up of stragglers and the worst men from Moore’s army who are now used to their profession as marauders. Are they to pursue if Victor falls back further? – 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 2

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