CONTENTS

SECTION IX
After Corunna (Jan.-Feb. 1809)
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[I.]The Consequences of Moore’s Diversion: Rally of the Spanish Armies: Battle of Ucles[1]
[II.]Napoleon’s departure from Spain: his plans for the Termination of the War: the Counter-Plans of the Junta: Canning and Cadiz[15]
SECTION X
The Autumn and Winter Campaign in Catalonia
[I.]The Siege of Rosas[37]
[II.]St. Cyr relieves Barcelona: Battles of Cardadeu and Molins de Rey[58]
[III.]The Campaign of February, 1809: Battle of Valls[76]
SECTION XI
The Second Siege of Saragossa (Dec. 1808-Feb. 1809)
[I.]The Capture of the Outworks[90]
[II.]The French within the Walls: the Street-fighting: the Surrender[115]
SECTION XII
The Spring Campaign in La Mancha and Estremadura
[I.]The Rout of Ciudad Real[143]
[II.]Operations of Victor and Cuesta: the Battle of Medellin[149]
SECTION XIII
Soult’s Invasion of Portugal
[I.]Soult’s Preliminary Operations in Galicia (Jan.-March 1809)[170]
[II.]Portugal at the moment of Soult’s Invasion: the Nation, the Regency, and Sir John Cradock[196]
[III.]The Portuguese Army: its History and its Reorganization[208]
[IV.]Combats about Chaves and Braga: Capture of Oporto (March 10-29, 1809)[223]
[V.]Soult’s halt at Oporto: Operations of Robert Wilson and Lapisse on the Portuguese Frontier: Silveira’s defence of Amarante[250]
[VI.]Intrigues at Oporto: the Conspiracy of Argenton[273]
SECTION XIV
Wellesley’s Campaign in Northern Portugal (May 1809)
[I.]Sir Arthur Wellesley: the general and the man[286]
[II.]Wellesley retakes Oporto[312]
[III.]Soult’s Retreat from Oporto[343]
SECTION XV
Operations in Northern Spain (March-June 1809)
[I.]Ney and La Romana in Galicia and the Asturias[367]
[II.]The French abandon Galicia[390]
[III.]Operations in Aragon: Alcañiz and Belchite (March-June 1809)[406]
SECTION XVI
The Talavera Campaign (July-Aug. 1809)
[I.]Wellesley at Abrantes: Victor evacuates Estremadura[433]
[II.]Wellesley enters Spain[449]
[III.]Wellesley and Cuesta: the interview at Mirabete[463]
[IV.]The March to Talavera: Quarrel of Wellesley and Cuesta[483]
[V.]Concentration of the French Armies: the King takes the offensive: Combats of Torrijos and Casa de Salinas[494]
[VI.]The Battle of Talavera: the Preliminary Combats (July 27-28)[507]
[VII.]The Battle of Talavera: the Main Engagement (July 28)[527]
[VIII.]The Retreat from Talavera[559]
[IX.]The end of the Talavera Campaign: Almonacid[599]
APPENDICES
[I.]The ‘Army of the Centre,’ Jan. 11, 1809. The Spanish Army at the Battle of Ucles[621]
[II.]The Garrison of Saragossa[622]
[III.]The French Army in Spain, in Feb. 1809[624]
[IV.]The Spanish Army at Medellin[627]
[V.]The Portuguese Army in 1809: organization and numbers[629]
[VI.]Papers relating to the intrigues at Oporto, April-May 1809[632]
[VII.]Strength of Wellesley’s Army, May 6, 1809[640]
[VIII.]Soult’s Report on Galicia, June 25, 1809[642]
[IX.]Suchet’s and Blake’s Armies, May and June 1809[643]
[X.]Papers relating to the Talavera Campaign: strength and losses of the British, Spanish, and French Armies[645]
[XI.]The British Royal Artillery in the Peninsula, 1809[654]
[XII.]Venegas’s Army of La Mancha in June-July 1809[655]
[INDEX][657]
MAPS AND PLANS
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[I.]Ucles and RosasTo face[54]
[II.]General Map of Catalonia: Battle of Valls”[88]
[III.]Saragossa, the Second Siege”[134]
[IV.]Medellin”[166]
[V.]Braga (Lanhozo) and Oporto”[248]
[VI.]Northern Portugal, showing Soult’s and Wellesley’s Campaigns of 1809”[360]
[VII.]Alcañiz and Maria”[426]
[VIII.]Talavera”[550]
[IX.]Central Spain, showing the localities of the Talavera Campaign”[596]
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Joseph Palafox, Equestrian Portrait by Goya[Frontispiece]
A Portuguese Cavalry Soldier, 1809[212]
A Portuguese Infantry Soldier, and a Man of the Ordenanza[222]
The Douro above Oporto, the locality of Wellesley’s crossing[336]
Coins struck in Spain during the Peninsular War[478]