Napoleon's object being surprise, all the cavalry except a few vedettes were kept back behind the leading infantry columns and these latter were ordered to advance, on the signal being given, in " masses of manoeuvre, " so as to crush at once any outpost resistance which was calculated upon the time required for the deployment of ordinary marching columns. [Please select]
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Information, if information it was, came from scouts, couriers, Ashby's vedettes, chance-met men and women of the region. [Please select]
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Besides, there should be vedettes, riding in advance, to find a place for the camp and give warning of an enemy. [Please select]
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"Now," said the captain, "I think the vedettes had better stop till the main body comes up." [Please select]
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Two miles on is a ford across the river, where, as the peasants tell me, two of your vedettes are posted; another hour's ride will take you to Valencia. [Please select]
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With a hearty goodby on both sides, Jack and his two dragoons rode off, and soon astonished the English vedettes by their appearance on the opposite bank of the river. [Please select]
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