cuesta

/kwes-tuh/US // ˈkwɛs tə //UK // (ˈkwɛstə) //

奎斯塔,奎斯特,奎塔,奎斯达

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.

Accordingly the Marshal was able to surprise and defeat Blake, and then to turn and inflict a similar defeat on Cuesta.
Blake and Cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.
Prior to the loss of these 6000 men, Cuesta's army had been 34,000 strong, with seventy guns.
Cuesta did not in fact signify, though it required coolness as well as ability to discern it at such a moment.
It is no wonder that after his experience of Cuesta, Wellington steadily refused to combine operations with any Spanish general.