| [CHAPTER XXIV.] |
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| Victor retreats across the Tagus | [1] |
| Alburquerque proposed for the command in La Mancha | [2] |
| Plan of detaching a Spanish force toward Segovia | [4] |
| Jealousy entertained of Cuesta | [5] |
| Sir Arthur confers with Cuesta | [6] |
| He requires that the passages toward the north be occupied | [7] |
| Junction of the British and Spanish armies | [8] |
| Opportunity of attacking the French lost by Cuesta’s indecision | [9] |
| Distress of the British army for means of transport | [10] |
| Sir Arthur halts | [12] |
| Cuesta advances in pursuit of the French | [12] |
| Junction of Joseph and Sebastiani with Victor | [13] |
| Cuesta’s vanguard attacked by the French | [14] |
| Alburquerque saves Cuesta from defeat | [15] |
| Cuesta retreats to the Alberche | [16] |
| Sir Arthur prevails on him to cross that river | [16] |
| Position of the allies in front of Talavera | [17] |
| Sir Arthur nearly made prisoner | [18] |
| Battle of Talavera | [19] |
| Cuesta decimates some of his troops | [29] |
| State of Talavera | [31] |
| Movements of Sir Robert Wilson | [32] |
| Movements of Soult, Ney, and Mortier | [33] |
| Cuesta neglects to secure the passes | [33] |
| Intelligence of Soult’s advance | [34] |
| Soult occupies Plasencia | [35] |
| Sir Arthur marches against him | [36] |
| Cuesta determines to follow Sir Arthur | [38] |
| Cuesta joins the British | [39] |
| They retreat across the Tagus | [40] |
| Colonel Mackinnon removes part of the wounded | [41] |
| Defeat of the Spaniards at Arzobispo | [43] |
| Movements of Marshal Ney | [45] |
| Action with Sir Robert Wilson at the Puerto de Baños | [46] |
| The French enter Talavera | [48] |
| Victor behaves well to the English wounded | [49] |
| Murder of the Bishop of Coria | [50] |
| Venegas’s army kept inactive before and after the battle of Talavera | [51] |
| His useless attempt upon Toledo | [53] |
| He complains of Cuesta | [55] |
| The Intruder’s movements after the battle | [56] |
| Venegas prepares to fight at Aranjuez | [57] |
| Aranjuez and its gardens | [59] |
| The French repulsed there | [63] |
| Deliberations concerning the army of La Mancha | [63] |
| Venegas resolves to attack the enemy | [65] |
| The French attack him | [66] |
| Battle of Almonacid | [67] |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] |
| Soult proposes to invade Portugal | [71] |
| Sir Arthur Wellesley raised to the Peerage | [74] |
| Marquis Wellesley arrives in Spain | [75] |
| Distress of the army for provisions | [75] |
| Disputes with Cuesta concerning supplies | [77] |
| Mr. Frere requires the removal of Cuesta | [80] |
| Cuesta resigns the command | [82] |
| Eguia succeeds ad interim | [84] |
| Calvo sent to see to the supplies | [85] |
| Lord Wellington declares his intention of falling back | [86] |
| Correspondence with Eguia and Calvo | [88] |
| Marquis Wellesley proposes a plan for supplying the armies | [91] |
| His ill opinion of the Spanish government | [93] |
| Lord Wellington objects to taking a position on the Guadiana | [95] |
| Alburquerque appointed to the command in Extremadura | [96] |
| Lord Wellington withdraws to Badajoz | [98] |
| Expedition to Walcheren | [100] |
| Inquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York | [101] |
| Changes in the British ministry | [102] |
| Lords Grey and Grenville refuse to join it | [103] |
| Disposition of the French and Spanish armies | [105] |
| Neediness of the intrusive government | [106] |
| Measures of severity | [108] |
| Kellermann’s edict | [108] |
| Measures of Joseph’s ministers | [109] |
| The Central Junta announces that the Cortes will be assembled | [112] |
| Declaration which was first proposed | [114] |
| Objections to it by Mr. Frere | [117] |
| Unpopularity of the Central Junta | [119] |
| Their difficulties and errors | [120] |
| Scheme for overthrowing them | [127] |
| Commission appointed by the Junta | [128] |
| Romana’s address | [129] |
| Reply of the Junta | [136] |
| Guerillas | [144] |
| D. Julian Sanchez | [145] |
| The French repulsed from Astorga | [147] |
| Battle of Tamames | [148] |
| The French retire from Salamanca | [149] |
| Marshal Soult appointed Major-General | [150] |
| The Junta resolve on risking a general action | [150] |
| Areizaga appointed to the command | [151] |
| State of Madrid | [152] |
| Condition of the British army | [154] |
| Disposition of the French troops | [155] |
| Areizaga advances from the Sierra Morena | [157] |
| The Austrian commissioner remonstrates against his purpose | [158] |
| Battle of Ocaña | [159] |
| Treatment of the prisoners | [162] |
| Battle of Alba de Tormes | [164] |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] |
| Gerona | [167] |
| Strength of the garrison | [170] |
| Crusaders enrolled | [170] |
| Company of S. Barbara | [170] |
| St. Narcis appointed Generalissimo | [171] |
| All mention of a capitulation forbidden | [172] |
| St. Cyr would have reduced the city by blockade | [173] |
| The bombardment begins | [174] |
| St. Cyr draws nearer Gerona | [176] |
| S. Feliu de Guixols and Palamos taken by the French | [177] |
| Assault of Monjuic | [178] |
| Succours intercepted | [182] |
| The ravelin taken | [184] |
| Monjuic abandoned | [185] |
| Verdier expects the town to fall | [186] |
| Battery planted on the cathedral | [187] |
| Distress of the city | [189] |
| Attempt to introduce succours | [189] |
| Garcia Conde enters with reinforcements | [191] |
| Inadequacy of this relief | [192] |
| Los Angeles taken and the garrison put to the sword | [194] |
| Unsuccessful sally | [195] |
| The French repulsed in a general assault | [196] |
| St. Cyr resolves to reduce the city by famine | [201] |
| O’Donnell enters the city | [202] |
| Failure of the attempt to relieve it | [203] |
| St. Cyr gives up the command to Augereau | [204] |
| O’Donnell effects his retreat | [205] |
| Magazines at Hostalrich taken by the French | [207] |
| Augereau offers favourable terms | [208] |
| Destruction of a French convoy by the British ships | [209] |
| Increased distress in the city | [211] |
| Report concerning the state of health | [212] |
| Some of the outworks taken by the French | [214] |
| Last sally | [215] |
| Alvarez becomes delirious | [216] |
| Capitulation | [217] |
| Death of Alvarez | [220] |
| Eroles escapes | [221] |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] |
| Buonaparte divorces the Empress Josephine | [222] |
| Farther requisition for the armies in Spain | [224] |
| Display of Spanish flags at Paris | [225] |
| Address of the Central Junta to the nation | [227] |
| State of public opinion in England | [233] |
| Lord Wellington’s views with regard to Portugal | [235] |
| The King’s speech | [236] |
| Earl St. Vincent | [237] |
| Lord Grenville | [238] |
| Honourable Mr. Ward | [239] |
| Mr. Ponsonby | [240] |
| Mr. Whitbread | [240] |
| Mr. Perceval | [242] |
| Vote of thanks to Lord Wellington opposed by the Earl of Suffolk | [244] |
| Earl Grosvenor | [244] |
| Earl Grey | [244] |
| Marquis Wellesley | [244] |
| Lord Grenville | [247] |
| General Tarleton | [247] |
| Mr. Whitbread | [248] |
| Pension voted for Lord Wellington | [248] |
| Opposed by Sir Francis Burdett | [249] |
| Mr. Whitbread | [250] |
| Mr. Wilberforce | [251] |
| Mr. Canning | [251] |
| The Common Council petition against the pension | [252] |
| Marquis of Lansdowne | [254] |
| Lord Holland | [255] |
| Marquis Wellesley | [257] |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] |
| Supineness of the Central Junta | [264] |
| Romana refuses the command | [266] |
| Montijo and D. Francisco Palafox imprisoned | [266] |
| Attempts to produce a false confidence | [267] |
| Scheme of Count Tilly | [268] |
| The Junta announce their intention to remove | [270] |
| Murmurs at Seville | [272] |
| Invasion of Andalusia | [273] |
| The French pass the Sierra Morena | [274] |
| False hopes held out to the people by the Central Junta | [274] |
| Instructions to Alburquerque | [275] |
| Insurrection at Seville against the Central Junta | [277] |
| Saavedra takes upon himself the temporary authority | [279] |
| The French enter Seville | [279] |
| They overrun Andalusia | [280] |
| They push for Cadiz | [281] |
| Alburquerque’s movements | [282] |
| Cadiz saved by Alburquerque | [284] |
| He is appointed governor of Cadiz by the people | [284] |
| A Junta elected at Cadiz | [285] |
| Resignation of the Central Junta | [286] |
| A Regency appointed | [288] |
| Last address of the Central Junta | [289] |
| The Regents | [295] |
| Their injustice toward the members of the Central Junta | [296] |
| Proclamation of the Intruder | [299] |
| Language of the despondents in England | [301] |
| The Isle of Leon | [303] |
| Victor summons the Junta of Cadiz | [306] |
| Ill will of the Junta towards Alburquerque | [307] |
| The troops neglected | [308] |
| Alburquerque applies to the Regency in their behalf | [310] |
| The Junta publish an attack against Alburquerque | [311] |
| He resigns the command, and is sent ambassador to England | [312] |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] |
| The Regency | [314] |
| Schemes for delivering Ferdinand | [316] |
| Baron de Kolli’s attempt | [316] |
| Overtures for peace | [321] |
| Buonaparte’s intention of establishing a Western Empire | [323] |
| Money voted for the Portugueze army | [326] |
| Debates upon this subject | [326] |
| Marquis Wellesley | [326] |
| Lord Grenville | [328] |
| Lord Liverpool | [332] |
| Earl Moira | [333] |
| Lord Sidmouth | [334] |
| Marquis of Lansdowne | [334] |
| Lord Erskine | [335] |
| Lord Holland | [335] |
| Mr. Perceval | [338] |
| Sir John Newport | [339] |
| Mr. Villiers | [339] |
| Mr. Curwen | [340] |
| Mr. Leslie Foster | [340] |
| General Ferguson | [349] |
| Mr. Fitzgerald | [350] |
| Lord Milton | [350] |
| Mr. Bankes | [350] |
| Mr. Jacob | [351] |
| Mr. Whitbread | [352] |
| Mr. Huskisson | [354] |
| Mr. Bathurst | [354] |
| Reform in the Portugueze army | [356] |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] |
| O’Donnell appointed to the command in Catalonia | [367] |
| Garcia Conde made governor of Lerida | [367] |
| Rapid promotion in the Spanish armies | [368] |
| Conduct of the people of Villadrau | [369] |
| Hostalrich | [371] |
| Commencement of the siege | [372] |
| First success of O’Donnell | [373] |
| Desertion from the French army | [373] |
| Want of concert between the provinces | [374] |
| Negligence of the Valencian government | [376] |
| The force on the Valencian frontier dispersed | [377] |
| Suchet advances against Valencia | [378] |
| He retreats | [380] |
| Conspiracy discovered in that city | [381] |
| The French boast of success | [382] |
| O’Donnell’s successful operations | [383] |
| Siege of Hostalrich | [387] |
| Retreat of the garrison | [390] |
| Las Medas and Lerida surrendered | [394] |
| Augereau superseded by Marshal Macdonald | [395] |
| Fort Matagorda taken by the French | [396] |
| Storm at Cadiz | [398] |
| Cruel usage of the French prisoners in the bay | [399] |
| Escape of the prison ships | [400] |
| Insurrection and massacre of the prisoners at Majorca | [402] |
| Prisoners sent to Cabrera | [402] |
| Their inhuman treatment there | [403] |
| Marshal Soult’s edict | [404] |
| Counter edict of the Regency | [405] |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] |
| Inactivity before Cadiz | [407] |
| The Regents send for Cuesta | [407] |
| Badajoz secured by Romana | [408] |
| The British take a position on the frontiers of Beira | [408] |
| Astorga summoned by the French | [410] |
| Siege of Astorga | [411] |
| Its surrender | [412] |
| Affair at Barba del Puerco | [414] |
| Massena appointed to the army of Portugal | [415] |
| Ciudad Rodrigo | [416] |
| The French besiege it | [417] |
| D. Julian Sanchez | [418] |
| Marshal Ney summons the place | [418] |
| Situation of Lord Wellington | [420] |
| Spirit of the inhabitants | [420] |
| Nunnery of S. Cruz attacked | [421] |
| Convent of S. Domingo recovered | [422] |
| Julian Sanchez effects his escape from the city | [423] |
| State of the British army | [425] |
| A practicable breach made | [426] |
| The place capitulates | [428] |
| Conduct of the French | [429] |
| Speculations upon the campaign | [431] |
| La Puebla de Sanabria occupied by the French | [434] |
| The Portugueze retake it | [436] |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] |
| Massena’s proclamation to the Portugueze | [440] |
| The French invest Almeida | [441] |
| Almeida | [442] |
| Fort Conception abandoned | [444] |
| Affair on the Coa | [445] |
| Desponding letters from the army | [448] |
| Apprehensions expressed in England | [450] |
| Ney summons the governor of Almeida | [451] |
| Portugueze officers in Massena’s army | [452] |
| The Portugueze ordered to retire before the enemy | [454] |
| Siege of Almeida | [455] |
| Surrender of the place | [456] |
| The Portugueze prisoners enlist and desert | [457] |
| Condemnation of their conduct | [458] |
| Militia forced into the French service | [459] |
| They escape and rejoin the allies | [460] |
| Changes in the Portugueze Regency | [461] |
| Conduct of the Portugueze government | [463] |
| Arbitrary arrests at Lisbon | [465] |
| Apprehensions of the British government | [467] |
| Movements of Regnier’s corps, and of General Hill | [470] |
| Massena advances into Portugal | [471] |
| Ney and Regnier join him at Celorico | [472] |
| The French army collected at Viseu | [474] |
| Lord Wellington crosses to the Serra de Busaco | [474] |
| Busaco | [476] |
| Battle of Busaco | [478] |
| Behaviour of the Portugueze troops | [482] |
| Massena marches into the Porto road | [484] |
| Colonel Trant’s movements | [485] |
| The allies withdraw from Busaco | [487] |
| Trant retreats to the Vouga | [487] |
| The allies cross the Mondego | [489] |
| Flight of the inhabitants from Coimbra | [490] |
| The French enter Coimbra | [490] |
| The Portugueze people fly before the enemy | [491] |
| Hopes and expectations of the French | [493] |
| Confusion at Condeixa | [494] |
| Leiria forsaken | [495] |
| Alcobaça forsaken by the monks | [496] |
| Surprise at Alcoentre | [497] |
| The French discover the lines | [498] |
| Feelings of the British army | [499] |
| Lines of Torres Vedras | [500] |
| Romana joins the allies | [504] |
| Trant surprises the French in Coimbra | [504] |
| He escorts his prisoners to Porto | [507] |
| Difficulties of Massena’s situation | [509] |
| His demonstrations in front of the lines | [511] |
| Montbrun sent against Abrantes | [512] |
| The French army subsists by plunder | [513] |
| Deserters form themselves into a corps of plunderers | [515] |
| State of Lisbon | [516] |
| Opinions of the opposition in England | [517] |
| General La Croix killed | [518] |
| Massena retreats from the lines | [520] |
| Lord Wellington advances to Santarem | [521] |
| Both armies go into cantonments | [522] |
| The King’s illness | [523] |
| Proceedings concerning a Regency | [525] |
| Mr. Perceval | [527] |
| Troops sent to Portugal | [530] |
| Issues of money required | [531] |
| Conduct of Lord Grenville as Auditor of the Exchequer | [532] |
| State of the opposition | [536] |
| Their expectations | [538] |
| Language of the anarchists | [538] |
| Mr. Perceval popular at this time | [542] |
| Schemes for a new ministry | [544] |
| The King’s opinion during an interval of amendment | [545] |
| The Prince Regent announces his intention of making no change | [546] |
| Mr. Perceval’s reply | [547] |