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

Acknowledging the Hero’s presence there.

Full swift the Gaul is dashed into the vale,

Urged to the brink of Bidasoa fair;

And drowned or slaughtered sink the victims of despair.

XVII.

Soult from the summit of the Grand Monarque

(For sight in mountain war is baffled oft,

And loftiest points befit the leader’s mark)

Beheld the dreadful rout and mourned aloft;

Then urged his columns onward, gliding soft