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X: 1 T: Marmont's Retreat [1] %R: reel B: "Twenty Four Country Dances with Figures for the Year 1813", Button & Whitaker, p.9 #1 F: http://www.vwml.org/browse/browse-collections-dance-tune-books/browse-button1813 Z: 2015 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> N: The Figures by Mr WILSON. N: The left edge is very fuzzy, and the dance's words there are guesses. M: 2/4 L: 1/16 K: A % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - e2 |\ ceAe ceAe | ceAe Geed |ceAe ceAe | BABc A2 :| |: a2 |\ faea daca | faea gbbg |faea daca | gabg a2 :| % - - - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - - - - %%text SINGLE FIGURE (Each strain repeated) %%begintext align %% Set & change sides set & back again |: lead down %% the mid: up again and right and left |: . %%endtext %%text DOUBLE FIGURE (Tune play'd twice thro' with repeats) %%begintext align %% Hands across quite round & back again |: lead down the mid: up %% again [half?] poussette |: the double triangle |: & turn corners |: . %%endtext

MARMONT'S RETREAT [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Marmont's Retreat" probably refers to Marshal [[Wikipedia:Auguste de Marmont|]] (1774-1852) who led the 50,000-man Army of Portugal for Napoleon during the Peninsular War in northern Spain. Marmont was forced to retreat after the Battle of Salamanca, where the French forces were defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese army under Wellington.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Button & Whitaker (Twenty Four Country Dances with Figures for the Year 1813), 1813; p. 9.

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