Letters from the peninsula, 1808-1812

by Sir William Warre

INDEX

• Abrantes, [41], [77], [79], [89], [213]
• Abrantes, Marquez de, [38]
• Acland, his brigade at Ramsgate, [1];
• at Porto Novo, [18];
• at the battle of Vimiero, [31]
• Adaja river, [275], [281], [282]
• Adam, Captain, of H.M.S. Resistance, [2];
• his appearance, [3]
• Adamson, Mr, [16]
• Agueda, [117], [148], [246], [248];
• bridges across the, [134], [136];
• crossing the, [258]
• Alaejos, [274], [285]
• Alba de Tormes, defeat at, [45]
• Alberca, [158]
• Albuera, [268];
• battle of, [179], [186]
• Albuquerque, [257]
• Albuquerque, Duke of, [58];
• at Cadiz, [109]
• Alcobaça, [18]
• Aldea Nueva, [263]
• Aldea Nueva de Figueroa, [271]
• Aldea Rubia, [264]
• Aldea Seca, [292]
• Alemtejo, insurrection in, [18];
• frontier of, [116]
• Alfaiates, [140], [248], [252]
• Algardon, fords of, [143]
• Algarve brigade, [61], [97]
• Alhandra, [172]
• Allen, Captain, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Allen, Maj.-gen. Victor, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [290], [293]
• Almaraz, [69], [70];
• bridge over the, destroyed, [220];
• victory at, [254];
• number of killed and wounded, [255]
• Almeida, [41], [137], [246], [248];
• siege of, [103], [117], [155], [179], [218];
• journey to, [139-141];
• surrender of, [162], [166];
• escape of the French, [179]
• Almendralejo, [232]
• Alorna, Marquez d’, [149], [166]
• Alumeda, [142], [143], [146], [148]
• Alva de Tormes, [286]
• Alvez, Pedro, [54], [55], [60], [82], [93]
• Amarante, attack on, [61]
• Amazon, the, [55], [59]
• America, invasion of the Spanish colonies in, [1]
• Amoral, Captain Julio Cæsar d’, killed at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• Ancede, [62]
• Andalusia, [22], [251], [298];
• invasion of, [103], [109]
• Anderson, Lieut., wounded at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Anstruther, his brigade at Harwich, [1];
• at Porto Novo, [18]
• Aragon, [223]
• Archer, Mrs William, [23]
• Archibald, W., [34]
• Archidiacono, [263]
• Arçobispo, bridge of, [69], [70], [71], [255]
• Aremberg, Prince d’, at Lisbon, [210]
• Arenschild, Captain, at Coimbra, [56]
• Arilez, Colonel d’, [154]
• Army, new regulations for the, [64]
• Arouca, [102], [107]
• Arroio del Molino, prisoners taken at, [210]
• Astorga, [272];
• fall of, [103], [123];
• fort at, besieged, [282]
• Asturias, the, [223], [266], [268]
• Atalaya, [157]
• Austria, peace with France, [45], [96], [103]
• Avanilla, [46]
• Avelans da Ribeira, [158]
• Azara river, [141], [142]
• Badajos, [22], [89];
• French advance on, [110];
• siege of, [178], [179], [219], [229], [231-241];
• raised, [179], [185];
• number of killed and wounded, [219], [233], [234], [237], [243], [245];
• capture of, [241-247];
• in a state of defence, [251]
• Baird, Sir David, at Corunna, [43];
• at Mayorga, [43];
• loss of his arm at the battle of Corunna, [50]
• Balgonie, Lord, [197]
• Ball, a charity, [13], [15]
• Ballasteros, defeated in the Sierra Morena, [120];
• enters Seville, [248];
• advance to, [251]
• Baltic, the, [2]
• Baños, pass of, [71], [75]
• Barceiros, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• Barcelona, [41]
• Barcilha, [147]
• Barcinha, [79]
• Barclay, Lieut.-col., wounded at the battle of Coa, [154]
• Barfleur, H.M.S., [44]
• Barretto, Major, of artillery, his treachery, [166], [167]
• Bath, [52]
• Bayonne, [110]
• Beira, the, [116]
• Bejar mountains, [260]
• Belem, [169]
• Bell, John, [127]
• Benevente, [203]
• Benito, John, [55], [63], [256]
• Bentinck, Lord William, at Madrid, [298]
• Bernardo, Frè, [121]
• Beresford, Marshal, [19];
• at the battle of Corunna, [44];
• at Plymouth, [44];
• appointed commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, [44];
• retreat towards Salvaterra, [72];
• his discipline of the Portuguese army, [78], [89], [100], [128];
• at Torres Novas, [97];
• treatment by both Governments, [100];
• tour of the Northern Province, [102];
• reception at Oporto, [106];
• characteristics, [106];
• at Arouca, [107];
• Vizeu, [119];
• knighted, [169];
• recaptures Campo Mayor and Olivença, [178];
• lays siege to Badajos, [178], [179], [219], [231];
• at Albuera, [179];
• effect on his health of the siege of Badajos, [180];
• improved health, [190], [196];
• approbation of his country, [190];
• at Lisbon, [192];
• Cintra, [195];
• title of Count of Francozo, [201];
• attack of low fever, [206], [210], [213];
• wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [221], [284], [285], [288], [291];
• at Nava del Rey, [274];
• La Seca, [275]
• Bertie, Mr, [277]
• Bessières, detachments from, [179]
• Bettrão, Frè Bernardo, [29], [39]
• Blake, General, defeated at Grenada, [204]
• Bodmin, [177]
• Bonnet, in the Asturias, [266], [268];
• wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Borde, de la, [18]
• Bouverie, Captain, of the Medusa, [181]
• Bowes, General, at the battle of Vimiero, [31];
• wounded at the siege of Badajos, [243], [246];
• killed at the siege of Salamanca, [267]
• Braave, the, [182]
• Bradford, Captain, killed at the battle of Roliça, [24]
• Braga, [60]
• Braganza, [121], [157]
• Brennier, General, taken prisoner at the battle of Vimiero, [27], [35];
• his escape from the siege of Almeida, [179]
• Brest fleet, escape from, [54]
• Bron, General, [210]
• Brown, Colonel, [25]
• Brown, Major, [89]
• Brown, H., [123]
• Brown, John, [216]
• Bucellas, [172]
• Buenos Ayres, [28]
• Buonaparte, King Joseph. See [Joseph]
• Burgh, Captain, [168]
• Burgos, [272];
• defeat at, [43]
• Burrard, Sir Harry, [17];
• his action after the battle of Vimiero, [19]
• Bussaco, [104];
• number of killed at, [170]
• Butler, James, [55]
• Cabeça, Vellozo, [286]
• Caçeres, [232], [257];
• attack on, [117]
• Cadiz, [2], [6], [109];
• siege of, [103], [109], [295], [298]
• Calbaraza de Ariba, [286]
• Calvert, General, [5]
• Campbell, Augustus, [156]
• Campbell, John, [114], [164], [228]
• Campbell, Robert, at the siege of Badajos, [241]
• Campbell, W., [144]
• Campbell, Lieut.-col., [116]
• Campo Mayor, [180], [186];
• recaptured, [178];
• reconnaissance on, [188]
• Canizal, [285]
• Carpio, [142]
• Carrera, General, [143]
• Carrière, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Carvalhos or Carvalhal, [155]
• Casal Eschin, [171]
• Castanhos, General, his army, [22], [23];
• march on Madrid, [22];
• character, [186]
• Castello Branco, [73], [75], [77], [79], [140], [249]
• Castille, [69], [71], [76], [220]
• Castillejos de Morisco, [262]
• Castlereagh, Lord, [229]
• Castrejon, [285]
• Castrello, [285]
• Castrillo, [271]
• Castro, Principe al, [38]
• Catalonia, [187]
• Catano, St, Fort of, [269]
• Caxias, [195]
• Celorico, [120], [124], [131], [134]
• Cercal, [18]
• Charlot, General, taken prisoner at the battle of Vimiero, [27]
• Chasse au Sanglier, [252]
• Chaves, [57]
• Christopher’s Fort, St, [232], [239], [243]
• Christoval de la Cuesta, St, [262]
• Cintra, Convention of, [19];
• result, [36];
• climate, [195]
• Ciudad Rodrigo, [110], [123], [246], [248];
• siege of, [58], [120], [133], [134], [136], [148], [179], [196], [198], [222-226];
• taken, [103], [218], [223];
• march on, [127];
• explosions at, [137];
• defence, [151];
• number of killed and wounded at, [224]
• Clare, Lord, at Lisbon, [201];
• Cintra, [204]
• Clauzel, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [293];
• in command, [297]
• Clinton, his attack on the Forts at Salamanca, [262]
• Coa, the, [139], [140], [246], [248];
• battle of, [103], [154];
• number of killed and wounded at, [154];
• allied army withdraws to, [179]
• Coimbra, [40], [77], [89], [115], [213], [222];
• advance on, [173]
• Colborne, Colonel, wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [224]
• Cole, General, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [290], [293]
• Coleman, Brig.-general, his death and funeral, [217]
• Colquhoun, Sir George, killed at the siege of Salamanca, [267]
• Colville, General, at the siege of Badajos, [242];
• wounded, [243], [246]
• Commons, House of, result of debates in, [118]
• Conception, Fort, [141], [143]
• Condado de Niebla, [232]
• Connell, Lieut., killed at the siege of Badajos, [237]
• Conqueror, the, [54]
• Cordova, supplies from, [160]
• Coria, [70], [72]
• Cork, [2], [5]
• Corn, Indian, price of, [137]
• Corunna, [43];
• retreat on, [44];
• battle of, [44], [50];
• number of killed and wounded, [54]
• Cotton, Captain, [148]
• Cotton, Sir C., his victory in the Mediterranean, [187]
• Cotton, Sir Stapleton, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [290], [293]
• Cove, [8]
• Covilhao, [249]
• Cowell, [228], [233];
• his illness, [295]
• Cox, General, Governor of Almeida, [140];
• besieged, [159];
• forced to surrender, [166]
• Crawford, General, [14];
• on board H.M.S. Resistance, [7];
• in command at Niza, [80]
• Crawfurd, General, at the battle of the Coa, [103];
• at Gallegos, [139], [141];
• wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [224]
• Crawfurd, Robert, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [218]
• Creagh, Captain, killed at the battle of Coa, [154]
• Croft, Fred., [59]
• Croft, Jack, his kindness to W. Warre, [169];
• at Sobral, [174]
• Croft, John, [108], [111]
• Cuesta, General, [53], [58], [61];
• his bad order of battle, [62];
• at the battle of Talavera, abandons the wounded, [69], [74];
• removed, [74]
• Currie, Major, [255]
• Custine, [65], [101]
• Cuthbert, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, [234]
• D’Aeth, appointed Acting Commander of the Eclipse, [34]
• Dalrymple, Sir Hew, in command of the force, [17], [19]
• Dance, Colonel, at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Dawson, Lieut. R., killed at the battle of Roliça, [24]
• Dawson, [225];
• at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Day, The, newspaper, [190]
• De Febre, Colonel, [123]
• Delaney, Colonel, [89], [93]
• Delaware, Lord, at Lisbon, [201];
• Cintra, [204]
• Digby, Captain, [181]
• Diligent, gun-brig, [56]
• Dobbs, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [225]
• Doidga, Count, [149]
• Domingos, Dr, [198], [212]
• Donegal, the, [29]
• Douglas, Captain, at the siege of Badajos, [241]
• Douglas, Colonel, [52]
• Douro river, [89], [140], [220], [258], [259], [271], [274], [275], [280], [284], [296], [297], [298]
• Drake, Captain, wounded at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Drouet, expedition against, [240];
• retires from Villa Franca, [272]
• Duckworth, Sir John, [54]
• Dundas, Sir David, [89], [93], [126]
• Dundas, Captain, wounded at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• Dupont, capitulates, [22]
• Dutch, wounded in the Guelderland, [16]
• Earthquake at Lisbon, [92]
• Eastley End, [156]
• Eclipse, the, [34]
• El Bodon, action of, [179]
• Elder, Lieut.-col., [143];
• at the battle of Coa, [154]
• Elliot, Major, his treatise on the defence of Portugal, [171]
• Ellis, Captain, of the Spitfire, [181]
• Elvas, [41], [89], [111], [185], [186], [219], [226]
• Ençina, [286]
• Enxara dos Cavaleiros, [171]
• Erfurth, Treaty of, [43]
• Espanha, Don Carlos d’, [262];
• at Pollos, [275]
• Esperança, Convent of the, [113]
• Espino, Val d’, [136]
• Espinosa, defeat at, [43]
• Espiritu, St, [120], [258]
• Estrella mountain, [131]
• Estremadura, [223]
• Ewart, [225];
• wounded at the battle of Vimiero, [27];
• at the siege of Badajos, [240]
• Exeter, [177]
• Falmouth, [104], [175], [177]
• Fane, General, [14];
• on board H.M.S. Resistance, [7];
• at the battle of Talavera, [70]
• Farmer, [235]
• Ferguson, General, [14];
• embarks at Portsmouth, [2];
• his characteristics, [11];
• at the battle of Vimiero, [26], [31];
• gallantry and judgment, [33];
• return to England, [36];
• at Lisbon, [273];
• at the battle of Salamanca, [292]
• Ferguson, Mrs, [59]
• Fermoy, [10]
• Fernesen, [133]
• Figueira, [17], [21]
• Finisterre, Cape, [54]
• Fiorenzo, the, [182]
• Fitzgerald, Mr, at Cintra, [204]
• Fletcher, Lieut.-col., wounded at the siege of Badajos, [234]
• Flushing, expedition to, [105]
• Foncastin, [280]
• Forjas, his characteristics, [207]
• Formidable, [133]
• Fornos d’Algodres, [120], [123], [131]
• Foy, in command of the French army, [297]
• France, peace with Austria, [45], [103];
• reinforcements from, [199]
• Francisco, Fort of St, taken, [57]
• Francozo, [136]
• Frankland, wounded at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Frederick, Sir J., [169]
• Freixedas, [140], [156], [166]
• Frejenal, [232]
• French army, number of, taken or destroyed, [22];
• massacred, [23];
• defeated in the action at Roliça, [24];
• Vimiero, [26-28], [30-35];
• number of killed and wounded at, [27], [34], [168];
• evacuate Portugal, [42];
• at Saldanha, [47];
• take Oporto, [56];
• re-enter Castille, [76];
• defeated at Tamames, [90];
• invasion of Andalusia, [102], [109];
• advance on Badajos, [110];
• defeated at Caçeres and Valverde, [117];
• advance on Ciudad Rodrigo, [120];
• deserters from, [121], [127], [136], [148], [157];
• number of sick, [127];
• number of, besieging Ciudad Rodrigo, [134];
• sickness, [138], [158];
• attack at Coa, [154];
• preparations for the siege of Almeida, [156];
• defeated at Ladoeiro, [164];
• sick and wounded taken prisoners, [173];
• defeated at the battle of Albuera, [179], [186];
• prisoners, [210];
• reinforcements, [211], [263];
• movements, [219], [264];
• defence of Badajos, [245];
• entrenchments, [246];
• advance on Salamanca, [263];
• number of killed at the battle, [290], [293];
• retreat towards Madrid, [293]
• Fuenta da Capeña, [271]
• Fuente La Peña, [285]
• Fuente Sanco, [271]
• Fuentes d’Onoro, battle of, [179]
• Fuentes Guinaldo, [197], [250], [252]
• Fundão, [249]
• Galicia, [43];
• insurrection in, [57]
• Gallegos, [120], [134], [139], [143], [146], [223]
• Gata pass, [70]
• Gaveon, [79]
• Geary, Captain, killed at the battle of Roliça, [24]
• George, St, [133]
• Gibbs, [225];
• wounded at the siege of Badajos, [243], [248]
• Gibbs, Mrs, [225]
• Gordon, Major, [225]
• Graham, General, Sir J., at the siege of Badajos, [219];
• expedition against Drouet, [240];
• return to Villa Franca, [241];
• at Portalegre, [257];
• his march to Salamanca, [258]
• Graham, Sir T., disorder in his eye, [273], [277];
• leaves for England, [277]
• Gravier, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Grenada, supplies from, [160];
• defeat at, [204]
• Grimes, Lieut., wounded at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• Guadalajara, passes of, [294]
• Guadiana, the, [188], [219], [231], [239]
• Guadalaxara, garrison of, [298]
• Guaratte, [271]
• Guarda, [66], [124], [134], [160]
• Guarena river, [271], [285]
• Guelderland, capture of the, [16]
• Hardinge, [139], [146];
• shot through his coat at the siege of Badajos, [252]
• Hardy, Captain, [133]
• Harvey, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, [246]
• Harwich, [2]
• Hay, Leith, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Hendon, [14], [102]
• Herreros, fords at, [281]
• Hill, General, [14];
• in command at Fermoy, [10];
• his corps march to Elvas, [111];
• on the Frontier of Alemtejo, [116];
• at Portalegre, [120];
• at the siege of Badajos, [219]
• Hill, Sir Rowland, his success at Almaraz, [254];
• at Albuera, [268]
• Honiton, [104], [117]
• Hope, Sir John, [42]
• Houston, General, [200]
• How, Mr Samuel, [52]
• Howard, Capt., wounded at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Huebra, [258]
• Hull, Captain, wounded at the battle of Coa, [154]
• Hunt, at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Imaz surrenders Badajos, [178]
• Infantado, Duke of, [53]
• Instructions for Light Infantry, translation of, [97], [108]
• Ireland, troops assembled in, [1]
• Jackson, [295]
• Jago, St, [49]
• James’s Naval History, [16 note]
• Johns, St, Fort of, seized, [57]
• Johnstone, Hon. A. C., [165]
• Jones, killed at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Joseph, King, his invasion of Andalusia, [103];
• number of his army in Spain, [159];
• his attempt to resign his Crown, [179];
• at Madrid, [219];
• advance to reinforce Marmont, [292];
• at Valencia, [298]
• Julians, St, [195]
• Junot, Marshal, number of troops commanded by him, [18], [22];
• attack on, [22];
• at the battle of Roliça, [25];
• at Vimiero, [27];
• besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, [149];
• encamps near Sobral, [173]
• Kellerman, [160]
• Kemp, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, [246]
• Kingston, [3]
• Knox, Mr, [111]
• Knox, Captain, of the Fiorenzo, [182]
• Konigsberg, [283]
• Kranckenberg, Captain, [142]
• Laborde, General, in command at the battle of Roliça, [25];
• wounded, [25];
• at the battle of Vimiero, [27]
• Lacebo, [68]
• Lacerda, [101]
• Lacerda, Antonio de, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Ladoeiro, attack at, [164]
• Laffões, Duchess of, her death, [107]
• Lagiosa, [156]
• Lake, Colonel, killed at the battle of Roliça, [24]
• Lamego, Convent at, [45];
• flight of the nuns, [62]
• Larza, [77]
• Launceston, [177]
• Lavos, Camp, [21]
• Le Mesurier, Colonel, Governor of Almeida, [248];
• repulses Marmont, [248]
• Ledesma, evacuation of, [256]
• Leinster, Duke of, at Lisbon, [201];
• Cintra, [204]
• Leith, General, [208];
• at the siege of Badajos, [233], [242];
• his march to Salamanca, [258];
• wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [290], [291], [293]
• Lemos, Brigadier, sent to Rio de Janeiro, [198]
• Ligon, Captain, wounded, [163]
• Linhares, Count, [198], [207]
• Lisbon, [18], [44], [53];
• earthquake, [92];
• storms, [112];
• hoax at, [214-216]
• Loison, General, [18];
• at the battle of Vimiero, [27];
• at Zezere, [176]
• Longa, intercepts mail from Paris, [283]
• Loring, Captain, of the Niobe, [60]
• Los Hoyos, [71]
• Los Santos, [232]
• Louriçal, Marquis and Marchioness of, [99], [114]
• Lourinhao, [24]
• Lugo, [44], [48];
• retreat from, [50]
• Lutyens, taken prisoner, [188]
• Maçedo, Senhor Manoel, [39]
• Maceira river, [18]
• M’Kay, wounded at the battle of Vimiero, [35]
• M’Lean, Major, at the siege of Badajos, [237]
• M’Leod, Major, at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• M’Minnon, General, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [224]
• Madden, killed at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Madrid, [43], [53], [223], [297];
• march on, [22];
• disturbances in, [160]
• Mafra, positions at, [170]
• Malcato, [249]
• Malcolm, Captain, [15]
• Mango Alde, [119]
• Mantzoro, Madame, [40]
• Maps of Spain and Portugal, [116], [122]
• Marchand, General, at Salamanca, [77];
• defeated at Tamames, [90]
• Marchant, General le, [194];
• at Cintra, [204];
• killed at the battle of Salamanca, [221], [290], [293]
• Marialva, [134], [141]
• Marmont, Marshal, in command of the army of Portugal, [179];
• advance to relieve Ciudad Rodrigo, [179];
• threatens it, [219];
• evacuates Salamanca, [220], [259];
• retires behind the Douro, [220];
• wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [221], [289], [290], [293], [297];
• threatens Almeida, [246], [248];
• retreat across the Agueda, [249];
• result of his advance, [249];
• sufferings of his army, [250];
• advance on Salamanca, [262];
• crosses the Tormes, [265];
• retirement, [271];
• crosses the Douro, [284];
• at the battle of Salamanca, [284-289]
• Martha, Sta., ford of, [265]
• Martin, d’El Rio, [258]
• Martin, Admiral, [273]
• Masséna, in command of the French army, [127], [130], [132];
• besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, [149];
• defeated at Busaco, [172];
• retires from Santarem, [178];
• reinforcements, [179]
• Maucune, [297]
• Mayhew, Mr, [9]
• Mayorga, [43]
• Medellin, [256];
• battle of, [61]
• Medina del Campo, [274], [280]
• Mediterranean Sea, victory in the, [187]
• Medusa, the, [181]
• Mellish, Captain, Aide-de-Camp to Major-general Ferguson, [2];
• studies Spanish, [10]
• Mello, Pedro de, [38]
• Merida, [61], [232], [234]
• Merry, wounded at the siege of Badajos, [243];
• death, [248]
• Mesão Frio, [62]
• Milman, wounded at the battle of Talavera, [70], [75]
• Miller, General, advance on Coimbra, [173]
• Mina, action of, [193]
• Minas, Marquez das, [38]
• Minho, skirmishing on the, [53]
• Minucal, [136]
• Mirabete, [255]
• Miranda, [220]
• Misquetella, Viscondessa de, [111]
• Molloy, [295]
• Mondego Bay, [17], [18];
• river, [131]
• Monte Rey, [53]
• Montemor Velho, price of Indian corn at, [137]
• Moore, Sir John, [17], [19];
• ordered to Portugal, [2];
• in command of the troops, [42];
• at Salamanca, [43];
• Mayorga, [43];
• his retreat on Corunna, [44];
• death of, [44], [50]
• Moralega, [72]
• Morilho, the Spanish general, [233]
• Morisco, [263], [264]
• Morréra, [264]
• Mortier, at Zamora, [77]
• Mostyn, Lieut., [5]
• Mulcaster, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, [237]
• Mulgrave, Lord, [190]
• Muradal, passes of, [89]
• Murphy, Major, [139]
• Na. Senora de la Peña, [286]
• Napier, George, loss of an arm at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [224]
• Napoleon, at Madrid, [43];
• his advance, [44];
• return to Paris, [54];
• at Konigsberg, [283]
• Nava, [248], [285]
• Nava del Rey, [274], [280]
• Naves d’Haver, [165]
• Naylor, W., [55]
• New Castille, [139]
• Ney, Marshal, his return to France, [90];
• besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, [149];
• encamps near Sobral, [173]
• Nightingale, Brigade-General, [14]
• Niobe, the, [60]
• Niza, [79]
• Norge, the, [54]
• Nutt, Colonel, killed at the battle of Coa, [154]
• Oakhampton, [177]
• Obidos, [24]
• Ocaña, defeat at, [45];
• rout at, [96], [99]
• O’Donnel, General, at Albuquerque, [120]
• Olaia, St, [180]
• Oliveira, Governor of Oporto, assassinated, [57]
• Oliveira, Cornet Raymundo, [164]
• Olivença, [110];
• recaptured, [178]
• Oman, [43 note], [166 note]
• Oniel, Senhor Carlos, [40]
• Oporto, [296];
• taken by the French, [45], [56], [60];
• retaken by Sir A. Wellesley, [45];
• insubordination at, [56], [60];
• Wine Company at, [205], [209], [212]
• Orbada, [271]
• Otter, Captain, [89], [93]
• Ovar, [20];
• French post at, [62]
• Pajares, [271]
• Pakenham, Major-general, [144], [147];
• at the battle of Salamanca, [288]
• Palmela, [85]
• Pampeluna, [149], [166]
• Parada de Rubiales, [271]
• Paris to Madrid mail intercepted, [283]
• Parque, Duque del, his victory at Tamames, [90];
• his army disperses in a panic, [100]
• Patrick, Major, wounded, [61]
• Patton, Captain, [182], [183]
• Payne, General, [8], [13], [117]
• Payo, Conde de St, [38]
• Pays, Colonel, in command of the 1st Portuguese Cavalry, at the battle of Coa, [155]
• Peacock, the, [55]
• Peña Maior, [250]
• Penafiel, occupied, [62]
• Peñazanda, [289]
• Peniche, [18], [24]
• Peninsular War, first combat, [18]
• Perales pass, [70]
• Petersburg, St, [9 note]
• Philippon, General, Governor of Badajos, taken prisoner, [243]
• Picorina, Fort, [234]
• Picton, General, [234];
• at the siege of Badajos, [242], [246];
• his march to Salamanca, [258]
• Pinhel, [134], [139], [140], [148];
• Bishop of, [139]
• Pitiegna, [271], [286]
• Placencia, [69], [77]
• Plover, the, [36]
• Plymouth, [44], [51]
• Pollos, [275], [280]
• Ponte de Lima occupied, [62]
• Poole, killed at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Portalegre, [120], [257]
• Port Mahon, [180], [181], [183]
• Porto, Bishop of, [38]
• Porto Novo, [18]
• Porto Roads, [17], [19]
• Portsmouth, [2], [180]
• Portugal, troops ordered to, [1];
• character of the Government, [38], [186];
• decrees, [38];
• evacuated by the French, [42];
• map of, [116], [122];
• translation on the Defence of, [174]
• Portuguese army, number of men, [23];
• their character, [28], [78], [239];
• organisation, [44], [45], [48];
• at Monte Rey, [53];
• insubordination, [56];
• training, [63];
• improved discipline, [100], [101], [104], [115];
• enlistments, [111];
• pay, [115];
• at the battle of Coa, [154], [155];
• noble behaviour, [168], [170];
• relations with the English troops, [174];
• heroism and gallantry at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [225];
• at the siege of Badajos, [239]
• Prince, Jack, [70]
• Prior, [97]
• Puebla de Senabria, [160]
• Puente de Douro, [282]
• Puerto de Baños, [203]
• Ramsgate, [2]
• Rankin, [4];
• tried by Court Martial, [45], [90], [94];
• detected in stealing, [79], [80];
• executed, [94], [95]
• Regnier, his attack on Salvaterra, [155];
• encamped near the Tagus, [174]
• Regnioux, General, Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, taken prisoner, [208]
• Resistance, H.M.S., [2];
• at Cork, [2];
• officers take part in a play, [9]
• Resolution, [133]
• Rio de Janeiro, [198]
• Rio Seco, [62]
• Roliça, battle of, [18], [24];
• killed and wounded, [24]
• Romana, Marquez de la, his force, [53];
• at Badajos, [110]
• Romanzow, [284]
• Romulus, the, [182]
• Ross, Colonel, [134], [164];
• his illness, [176]
• Rosslyn, Lord, [9]
• Rowan, Captain, [144]
• Royds, [225]
• Rueda, [280];
• skirmish at, [274]
• Russell, D. W., wounded at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Russia, [9 note];
• policy, [199];
• condition of the army, [283]
• Sabugal, [140], [248], [250];
• combat of, [178]
• Sahagun, combat of, [43];
• retreat from, [48]
• Salamanca, [43], [77], [258];
• number of French in, [127];
• evacuated, [220];
• battle of, [220], [284-294];
• number of killed and wounded, [221], [270], [285], [289], [293];
• siege of, [258-269];
• destruction, [260];
• attack on the forts, [262];
• surrender, [269-271];
• explosion, [283];
• prisoners, [289], [293]
• Salamonde, passes of, [60]
• Saldaña, [41], [43]
• Salteros, [71]
• Salvaterra, [71], [155]
• San Joaô da Pesqueira, [296]
• San Meñios, [258]
• Sanchez, Don Julian, [262];
• takes General Regnioux prisoner, [208]
• Sancos Mezeude, [149]
• Santarem, [18], [41], [79], [178]
• Santo Cildes, in command of the Galician army at Astorga, [271];
• besieges the fort, [282]
• Sarzedas, [164]
• Sebola, [69]
• Seca, La, [274]
• Segovia, [297]
• Seville, [219], [246], [248], [251]
• Sewell, his illness, [252], [257];
• return home, [257]
• Seymour, Colonel, at the battle of Talavera, [69]
• Shaw, Captain, [148]
• Sheridan, Sir W., wounded at the battle of Talavera, [70]
• Shrapnell, Major, his invention of new shells, [34]
• Siabra, Lucas, [39]
• Sierra Morena, [53], [120], [248]
• Silveira, [57];
• attack on, [61]
• Simancas, [281]
• Slade, General, [162]
• Sobrado, [48]
• Sobral, [172], [173]
• Somerset, Lord Fitzroy, at the siege of Badajos, [243]
• Soult, Marshal, [298];
• at Saldaña, [43];
• takes Oporto, [45];
• at Coria, [77];
• invests Badajos, [178];
• advance to relieve Badajos, [179], [219], [246];
• reconnaissance on Campo Mayor, [188];
• retreat, [248];
• in Andalusia, [251];
• advance on Salamanca, [268]
• Souza, Captain, [68]
• Spain, maps of, [116]
• Spaniards, their revolt against the French, [1];
• enmity to the French, [74], [96], [113], [203], [204];
• sufferings of the peasants, [145];
• plan of enlisting in the British army, [256];
• reception of the army, [259];
• joy at the deliverance from the French, [272]
• Spanish army, neglect of the, [37];
• defeated at Burgos, [43];
• victory at Tamames, [45], [91];
• defeated at Ocaña and Alba de Tormes, [45];
• advance on Madrid, [53];
• treatment of the British army, [69], [73];
• causes of their defeat, [99];
• attack on Caçeres and Valverde, [117]
• Spencer, General, in command of the troops at Cadiz, [2], [14];
• his arrival at Camp Lavos, [22];
• at the battle of Vimiero, [26]
• Spitfire, [180], [181]
• Stag, merchant vessel, [177]
• Stanhope, Major, [169]
• Stanhope, Mr, [111]
• Stately, [133]
• Stewart, General, [129]
• Stockholm, [9]
• Stuart, Mr, [228]
• Stuart, Col., wounded at the battle of Roliça, [24];
• his death, [28], [33]
• Sutton, Lieut.-col., at Fort Conception, [141]
• Sweden, [9 note]
• Sydenham, Mr, [182], [183]
• Tagus, the, [22], [58], [70], [89], [172], [250];
• chart of the, [129]
• Talavera, battle of, [45], [68];
• number of killed and wounded, [69], [74]
• Tamames, victory at, [45], [120], [258];
• battle of, [90];
• number of killed at, [1]
• Tancos, [79]
• Tangier bay, [6]
• Tarragona, fall of, [194]
• Taylor, Colonel, killed at the battle of Vimiero, [32]
• Teson, redoubt on the, taken, [218]
• Thomar, [59], [77], [97], [213]
• Thomier, [53];
• wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [293]
• Thomond, Lieut., [9]
• Thomson, Major, killed at the siege of Badajos, [237]
• Tordesillas, [274], [281], [284]
• Tormes, [259], [265], [286];
• bridge over the, [220]
• Toro, [77], [259], [263], [280], [284];
• bridge, [271]
• Torre de Mouro, [185], [186]
• Torrecilla, [274]
• Torrecilla de la Orden, [285]
• Torrens, Colonel, [14]
• Torres Novas, [97], [221]
• Torres Vedras, [18], [172];
• retreat to, [104]
• Torresilla de la Abadessa, [281]
• Toulon, [187]
• Trabancos, river, [274]
• Trant, Colonel, [62];
• advance on Coimbra, [173];
• repulses Marmont, [248]
• Truxillo, [257]
• Tudela, defeat at, [43]
• Turner, W., [184]
• Tuy, surrounded, [58]
• Ubes, St, [85]
• Urban, Colonel d’, [116], [271];
• at the battle of Medellin, [61];
• of Salamanca, [290]
• Urbina, his advance on Madrid, [85]
• Val de la Mula, [144]
• Valença de Tuy, occupied, [62]
• Valencia, [298]
• Valladolid, [160], [266], [271], [272], [281];
• French concentrate at, [275]
• Vallados, [79]
• Vallesa, La, [286]
• Valliadacen, Marquez de, [53]
• Valmaza, [258]
• Valverde, attack at, [117]
• Van Diest, [85]
• Vandeleur, General, wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, [224]
• Veia ford, [140]
• Verlet, General, at the siege of Badajos, [234]
• Vesey, [235]
• Vianna, occupied, [62]
• Vicente, St, Convent of, [258];
• attack on, [269]
• Villa Escusa, [269], [274], [276]
• Villa Formosa, [211], [213]
• Villa Franca, [18], [241], [246], [248];
• French retire from, [272]
• Villa Nueva, [282]
• Villa de Porco, [147]
• Villa Verde, [274]
• Villa Viçosa, [226]
• Villar de Ciervo, [148]
• Villar de la Egoa, [148]
• Villiers, Mr, [60], [92]
• Vimiero, battle of, [18], [25-28], [30-34];
• anniversary of the battle, [161]
• Vincente, St, [186]
• Vittoria, [193]
• Vizeu, [77], [119]
• Vouga, the, [62]
• Walker, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, [243], [246]
• Walsingham packet, [176]
• Warre, A. E., letters from, [168-171]
• Warre, Clara, takes the veil, [45];
• at the Convent at Lamego, [45];
• takes refuge at Ancede, [62];
• visit from her brother, [107];
• order obtained to remove her to the Convent of the Esperança, [113];
• refuses to quit the Convent, [121], [125];
• attack of fever, [125];
• at Oporto, [171]
• Warre, James, [9 note]
• Warre, Thomas, his escape from Russia, [9];
• extracts from his letters, [132], [133]
• Warre, William, Aide-de-Camp to Major-general Ferguson, [2];
• on board H.M.S. Resistance, at Portsmouth, [3];
• at St Helens, [4];
• anxiety about his servant, [4], [45];
• destination, [6], [14];
• at Cove, [8];
• studies Spanish, [10];
• his wish to remain in the 23rd, [10];
• attack of fever, [19], [29], [104];
• A.D.C. to General Beresford, [19];
• at Porto Roads, [19];
• off Ovar, [20];
• disembarkation at Figueira, [21];
• life in camp, [23];
• knowledge of Portuguese, [23];
• at the battle of Roliça, [24];
• Vimiero, [25-28], [30-35];
• at Buenos Ayres, Lisbon, [28];
• on the result of the Convention of Cintra, [36];
• difficulty of removing his sister Clara, [45], [82], [86], [87], [99];
• at Avanilla, [46];
• Sobrado, [48];
• at the battle of Corunna, [50];
• at Plymouth, [51];
• Lisbon, [53], [81], [192];
• Thomar, [60], [97];
• training the Portuguese troops, [63];
• declines to receive pay, [66], [82], [88];
• accident to his hand, [68], [72];
• account of the battle of Talavera, [68];
• on the treatment of the Spaniards, [72-74], [77];
• at Castello Branco, [75];
• leaves Spain, [77];
• on the behaviour of his servant Rankin, [79], [90], [94];
• his claim for losses, [85];
• on his expenses, [88], [93], [97];
• experiences an earthquake, [92];
• his translation of “Instruction for Light Infantry,” [97], [108];
• invalided home, [104], [178];
• tour in the Northern Province, [106];
• visit to his sister Clara, [107];
• obtains an order to remove her, [113];
• compiles a set of regulations for the Cavalry, [114];
• at Coimbra, [115];
• Mango Alde, [119];
• distress at his sister Clara’s refusal to leave the Convent, [121], [125];
• at Fornos d’Algodres, [123];
• received by Lord Wellington, [124], [126];
• at Francozo, [136];
• visit to the nuns, [136];
• journey to Almeida, [139-141];
• visits the outposts, [146-150];
• speculations on the attack of the French, [150];
• on the battle of Coa, [154-156];
• at Lagiosa, [156];
• Avelans da Ribeira, [158];
• on the fall of Almeida, [162], [166];
• his illness, [168], [169], [176];
• recovery, [171];
• joins the army at Casal Eschin, [171];
• at Falmouth, [175];
• Honiton, [177];
• Portsmouth, [180-184];
• St Olaia, [184];
• on raising the siege of Badajos, [185];
• gazetted Major, [192];
• on the visit of his father, [192], [197], [198], [202];
• on the climate of Cintra, [195];
• promoted Lieut.-colonel, [199];
• account of the hoax at Lisbon, [214-216];
• at Torres Novas, [221];
• Coimbra, [222];
• at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [222-226];
• at Elvas, [226];
• his views on the purchase of his majority, [229-231], [282];
• at the siege of Badajos, [231-247];
• at Nava, [248];
• Fuente Guinaldo, [252];
• at a Chasse au Sanglier, [252];
• his broken shin, [254], [257];
• at the siege of Salamanca, [258], [271];
• mode of life, [266];
• at the Villa Escusa, [269];
• his confidence in Lord Wellington, [272], [281];
• at the skirmish of Rueda, [274];
• at La Seca, [275];
• his view of politics, [279];
• at the battle of Salamanca, [284-294]
• Waters, [129]
• Wellesley, Lieut.-gen. Sir Arthur, in command of the troops for Portugal, [1], [14];
• at Cork, [2], [5];
• sails from Cork, [17];
• fourth in command, [17];
• his disposition of the forces at the battle of Vimiero, [26], [31];
• at Lisbon, [44];
• retakes Oporto, [45];
• despatch on the battle of Talavera, [68]
• Wellesley, Lord, [229], [279]
• Wellington, Lord, at Lisbon, [92];
• Torres Novas, [97];
• appointed Marshal-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese army, [100];
• withdrawal of his army from Spain, [103];
• in Portugal, [103];
• at Celorico, [124], [126], [134];
• Francozo, [136];
• his disposition of the troops, [174];
• blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, [179], [196], [218];
• invests Almeida, [179];
• his victory of Fuentes d’Onoro, [179];
• at St Vincente, [186];
• title of Count of Vimiero, [201];
• attack on Badajos, [218], [231], [234];
• enters Castile, [220];
• at Alfaiates, [252];
• his plan of enlisting the Spaniards, [256];
• his secret plans, [259], [272], [275];
• moves on Rueda, [274];
• at Villa Verde, [274];
• formation of the army at the battle of Salamanca, [286];
• pursuit of the enemy, [289], [292]
• Westmorland, [180], [184]
• Weyland, General, taken prisoner at Badajos, [243]
• White, Captain, his attack on the French at Ladoeiro, [164]
• White, Mr, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, [292]
• Whitelock, General, in command of an expedition in America, [1]
• Whittingham, appointed Colonel in the Spanish service, [23];
• Brigadier, [75];
• wounded, [75]
• Wilson, Major, wounded at the battle of Vimiero, [39]
• Wilson, Sir R., his defence of the Pass of Baños, [75];
• his characteristics, [122];
• his advance on Coimbra, [173]
• Yeltes river, [258]
• York, Duke of, [187]
• Zafra, [232]
• Zamora, [61], [76], [77];
• evacuated, [297]
• Zamora bridge, [271]
• Zapardiel river, [274]
• Zeller, Frank van, [108]
• Zezere, [176]

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