CONTENTS

SECTION XXIII
The Winter Campaign of 1810-11
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[I.]Masséna at Santarem. The deadlock on the Lower Tagus. December 1810-January 1811[1]
[II.]Soult’s Invasion of Estremadura. January-March 1811. The Battle of the Gebora and the Fall of Badajoz[23]
[III.]Masséna’s Last Weeks at Santarem. January-March 1811[64]
[IV.]Events in the South of Spain. The Battle of Barrosa. January-March 1811[91]
SECTION XXIV
Masséna’s Retreat from Portugal
[I.]Santarem to Celorico. March 9th-22nd, 1811[131]
[II.]Guarda and Sabugal. March 22nd-April 12th, 1811[173]
SECTION XXV
Events in Northern, Eastern, and Central Spain
[I.]King Joseph and his Troubles[206]
[II.]Suchet on the Ebro. The Fall of Tortosa. December 1810-March 1811[227]
SECTION XXVI
Fuentes de Oñoro and Albuera
[I.]Beresford’s Campaign in Estremadura. The First British Siege of Badajoz. March-May 1811[247]
[II.]Fuentes de Oñoro: Preliminary Operations. April 12th-May 3rd, 1811[288]
[III.]The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro. May 5th, 1811[315]
[IV.]Brennier’s Escape from Almeida. May 1811[349]
[V.]The Battle of Albuera. May 16th, 1811[363]
SECTION XXVII
Wellington’s First Estremaduran Campaign
[I.]The Second British Siege of Badajoz. May-June 1811[404]
[II.]Wellington on the Caya. June-July 1811[443]
[III.]Events in the North of Spain during the concentration on the Caya. Dorsenne and the Galicians. June-August 1811[461]
[IV.]Soult’s Troubles in Andalusia, July-September 1811[475]
SECTION XXVIII
Operations in Eastern Spain in the Spring, Summer, and Autumn of 1811
[I.]Figueras and Tarragona. April-May 1811[484]
[II.]The Siege and Fall of Tarragona. May-June 1811[497]
[III.]The Fall of Figueras and the Autumn Campaign in Catalonia. July-October 1811[528]
SECTION XXIX
Wellington’s Autumn Campaign of 1811
[I.]Wellington’s Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo. August-September 1811[542]
[II.]El Bodon and Aldea da Ponte. September 1811[559]
[III.]The End of Wellington’s Campaigns of 1811. Arroyo dos Molinos. September 1811[583]
APPENDICES
[I.]The French Army in Portugal, Returns of January-April 1811[608]
[II.]Soult’s Army in his First Expedition to Estremadura, January-March 1811[610]
[III.]Spanish Troops in Estremadura, March 1811[610]
[IV.]Graham’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses[612]
[V.]Victor’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses[613]
[VI]-[VII].British Losses at Pombal, Redinha, Casal Novo, Foz do Arouce, and Sabugal, March-April 1811[614]-[616]
[VIII.]French Losses at Sabugal, April 3rd, 1811[617]
[IX.]Force of Wellington’s Army at Fuentes de Oñoro, May 3-5, 1811[618]
[X.]British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro, First Day, May 3[622]
[XI.]British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro, Second Day, May 5th, 1811[623]
[XII.]The French Army at Fuentes de Oñoro[625]
[XIII.]Masséna’s Orders for Fuentes de Oñoro[629]
[XIV.]French Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro[630]
[XV.]The Allied Army at Albuera, and its Losses, May 16, 1811[631]
[XVI.]Soult’s Army at Albuera, and its Losses[634]
[XVII.]Strength of the Spanish Armies in the Summer of 1811[636]
[XVIII.]Strength of the French Army in Spain, July 15, 1811[638]
[XIX.]French and Spanish Forces at the Siege of Tarragona[643]
[XX.]Wellington’s Army on the Beira Frontier, September 15[644]
[XXI.]Allied Losses at the Combat of El Bodon[648]
[XXII.]Allied Losses at the Combat of Aldea da Ponte[648]
[XXIII.]Hill’s Force in Estremadura, September-October 1811[649]
[XXIV.]The British Artillery in the Peninsula during the Campaign of 1811[650]
[INDEX][653]
MAPS AND PLANS
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[I.]Badajoz and the Battle of the GeboraTo face[54]
[II.]General Map of the Barrosa Campaign[104]
[III.]The Battle of Barrosa[124]
[IV.]Combat of Redinha[144]
[V.]Combat of Casal Novo[152]
[VI.]Combat of Foz do Arouce[158]
[VII.]Masséna’s Retreat. Leiria to the Alva River[166]
[VIII.]Combat of Sabugal[196]
[IX.]Masséna’s Retreat. Celorico to Ciudad Rodrigo[200]
[X.]Plan of the Siege of Tortosa[238]
[XI.]The British Sieges of Badajoz in May and June 1811[286]
XII.Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (two plates)[316], [338]
XIII.Battle of Albuera (two plates)[384], [394]
[XIV.]General Map of Estremadura[452]
[XV.]Plan of the Siege of Tarragona[524]
[XVI.]General Map of Catalonia[538]
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Portrait of General Picton[Frontispiece]
Portrait of General GrahamTo face[96]
Portrait of Marshal Beresford[260]
British Army crossing the Tagus at Villa Velha[408]
Fort San Cristobal[424]