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发表于 2007-11-2 16:52:40
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维基把圣皮尔(St Pierre)之战归到NIVE战役了。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nive
英29/36团史站有较简明的介绍。希尔以14000面对35000左右苏尔特的部队,依靠地形节节抵抗,成功坚持到下午威灵顿赶到。苏尔特部队里包括戴尔隆,富瓦等将领。
http://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/h_nive
Throughout the next two days heavy fighting raged across the area as Soult attempted to throw back Wellington's force that remained on the left bank of the Nive. The attempt failed, however, and so Soult turned his attention to Hill's force, numbering about 14,000 men, which was still on the right bank of the river. The British force here had been severely reduced when Wellington ordered Beresford to recross to the left bank following Soult's attack on the 10th. To meet the impending threat against Hill Wellington again ordered Beresford to return to the right bank but the pontoon bridge connecting the two halves of the Allied army was swept away on the night of the 12th after heavy rain had caused the river to swell. This left Hill isolated with a relatively small force, which was now attacked by 35,000 French troops who had come forward from their positions in and around Bayonne.
The ensuing battle, although officially part of the battle of the Nive, is often called the battle of St Pierre by the British, the French choosing to call it Mouguerre after a small village above which now stands an obelisk to the memory of Marshal Soult.
The battle of St Pierre was a bloody one and for Hill a close one which swayed one way and then the next as troops on both sides were thrown helter-skelter into the action. Ground lost by the Allies was regained at bayonet point until by noon Hill was throwing in the last of his reserves. However, with the pontoon bridge at Villefranque having been repaired two British divisions, the 4th and 3rd, were thrown across, the 6th coming up from Ustaritz, and by the time Wellington arrived Hill was assured of victory. Wellington's arrival heralded the start of a general advance which forced Soult back into Bayonne. It was a close call - Napier, the great historian of the war, called it the most desperate of the whole war - and losses were high, 1,500 on the Allied side and about 3,500 on the French. |
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