Iberia Won; A poem descriptive of the Peninsular War / With impressions from recent visits to the battle-grounds, and copious historical and illustrative notes

by T. M. Hughes

O’er Zabaldíca and the torrent Lanz

Frowned a steep hill, where Spain her sons had placed

Beneath Murillo. There the host of France

Its efforts now concentring urged with haste,

And tirailleur and voltigeur embraced

The peak around, while marched Clausel and Reille

Their columns dense along the mountain-waste.

They charged—Pravía stood the shock awhile,

But numbers soon o’erpower Hesperia’s broken file.

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