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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809

Note 271 — SECTION IV: CHAPTER V

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Napier, i. 246; Foy, iv. 363. We have already had occasion to note the proclivity of the 2nd Swiss to desert. The 4th Swiss, who had formed the garrison of Elvas, showed exactly the same tendency.

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