FOOTNOTES:
[1] Now lord Stuart de Rothesay.
[2] Now lord Howden.
[3] An appellation given among soldiers to men who, under pretence of sickness, shrink from the performance of their duties in the field.
[4] It is necessary again to remark that I possess only an unauthenticated copy of general Semelé’s Journal.
[5] Soult distinguished himself in that battle.
[6] In the British army, when speaking of the number present under arms, the corporals and privates only are understood. In the French army, the present under arms includes every military person, whether officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers; a distinction which should be borne in mind.
Viz. 1800 left in Viana and Braga.
500 including the wounded taken in Oporto.
1300 taken at Chaves, by Sylveira.
[8] The bands formed of smugglers were called Quadrillas.
[9] Note by sir J. Cradock. This is not a correct statement, but quite the contrary; it must have been the bishop.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Table of Contents:
[Pg v]: ‘Recals Mortier’ replaced by ‘Recalls Mortier’.
[Pg ix]: ‘Berresford reaches’ replaced by ‘Beresford reaches’.
[Pg ix]: ‘Ney abandous Gallicia’ replaced by ‘Ney abandons Gallicia’.
[Pg xi]: ‘7. Battle of Talavera ... 406’ replaced by ‘7. Operations of the British, French & Spanish armies ... 409’.
[Pg xi]: ‘8. Operations in the valley of the Tagus ... 416’ replaced by ‘8. Battle of Talavera ... 416’.
Main text:
[Pg 22]: ‘eighteen hunded yards’ replaced by ‘eighteen hundred yards’.
[Pg 28]: ‘aid-de-camp to the’ replaced by ‘aide-de-camp to the’.
[Pg 45]: ‘An aid-de-camp of’ replaced by ‘An aide-de-camp of’.
[Pg 60]: ‘not be be provisioned’ replaced by ‘not be provisioned’.
[Pg 63]: ‘on the the 9th’ replaced by ‘on the 9th’.
[Pg 83]: ‘their cummunications’ replaced by ‘their communications’.
[Pg 144]: ‘literal interpetation’ replaced by ‘literal interpretation’.
[Pg 146]: ‘unsuccessful auxilliaries’ replaced by ‘unsuccessful auxiliaries’.
[Pg 152]: ‘Silviera’ replaced by ‘Sylveira’.
[Pg 153]: ‘develope his plans’ replaced by ‘develop his plans’.
[Pg 154]: ‘Silveira’ replaced by ‘Sylveira’.
[Pg 159]: ‘recal of general’ replaced by ‘recall of general’.
[Pg 167]: ‘Silveira’ replaced by ‘Sylveira’.
[Pg 170]: ‘river to Ribadavia’ replaced by ‘river to Ribidavia’.
[Pg 179]: ‘the inflame the’ replaced by ‘to inflame the’.
[Pg 189]: ‘the Cabado river’ replaced by ‘the Cavado river’.
[Pg 200]: ‘at the Ponte Ave’ replaced by ‘at the Ponte d’Ave’.
[Pg 211]: ‘and the Guadaramo’ replaced by ‘and the Guadarama’.
[Pg 211]: ‘second the Guardiana’ replaced by ‘second the Guadiana’.
[Pg 218]: ‘the river Garganza’ replaced by ‘the river Guadiana’.
[Pg 226]: (in caption) ‘AGAINST GUESTA’ replaced by ‘AGAINST CUESTA’.
[Pg 229]: ‘were thus paralized’ replaced by ‘were thus paralyzed’.
[Pg 235]: ‘charge not be sustained’ replaced by ‘charge not sustained’.
[Pg 240]: ‘The garison of the’ replaced by ‘The garrison of the’.
[Pg 244]: ‘and run back’ replaced by ‘and ran back’.
[Pg 248]: ‘paralized a large’ replaced by ‘paralyzed a large’.
[Pg 250]: ‘marched by Guarda’ replaced by ‘marched by Guardia’.
[Pg 263]: (in Sidenote) ‘Lord LonLondonderry’ replaced by ‘Lord Londonderry’.
[Pg 266]: ‘The Portugese troops’ replaced by ‘The Portuguese troops’.
[Pg 282]: ‘Olivera de Azemiz’ replaced by ‘Oliveira de Azemis’.
[Pg 308]: ‘CHAP. III’ replaced by ‘CHAPTER III’.
[Pg 309]: ‘every other other part’ replaced by ‘every other part’.
[Pg 369]: ‘Porguese and Spanish’ replaced by ‘Portuguese and Spanish’.
[Pg 408]: ‘develope its attack’ replaced by ‘develop its attack’.
[Pg 409]: (in caption) ‘Plate 7. to face Pa.’ replaced by ‘Plate 7. to face Pa. 409’.
[Pg 416]: ‘unite under three’ replaced by ‘unite in under three’.
[Pg 427]: ‘and strenghened by’ replaced by ‘and strengthened by’.
[Pg 427]: ‘Spanish auxilliaries’ replaced by ‘Spanish auxiliaries’.
[Pg 453]: ‘Crauford’s brigade’ replaced by ‘Craufurd’s brigade’.
[Pg 456]: ‘by quarelling with’ replaced by ‘by quarrelling with’.
Appendix:
[Pg 471]: some numbers in these tables are clearly incorrect (eg 3,339 and 24,082) but none have been changed.
[Pg 482]: ‘bâtir les chateux’ replaced by ‘bâtir les châteaux’.
[Pg 486]: ‘I always nrged’ replaced by ‘I always urged’.
[Pg 486]: ‘of effervenscence of’ replaced by ‘of effervescence of’.
[Pg 491]: ‘The taking Portuguese’ replaced by ‘The taking of Portuguese’.
[Pg 492]: ‘proper movoment of’ replaced by ‘proper movement of’.
[Pg 495]: ‘to Mr. Rawlins’ replaced by ‘to Mr. Rawlings’.
[Pg 527]: ‘pounds of buiscuit’ replaced by ‘pounds of biscuit’.
[Pg 527]: ‘ever officer’ replaced by ‘every officer’.