A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 - Charles Oman - Page №161
A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809
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  • Baget, Juan, leader of Catalan miqueletes, [318], [322], [328].
  • Baird, Sir David, general, lands at Corunna, [484], [491], [498];
    • advances to Astorga, [500];
    • joins Moore at Mayorga, [532];
    • wounded at Corunna, [584], [589].
  • Barcelona, treacherously seized by Duhesme, [36];
    • operations round, [302], [318].
  • Baylen, battle of, [187]-[92];
    • Convention of, [197]-[9];
    • text of the Convention, Appendix, [621]-[3].
  • Bayonne, French troops at, [6]-[12], [34];
    • treachery of Napoleon at, [51]-[6].
  • Beauharnais, Marquis of, French ambassador at Madrid, his negotiations with Ferdinand, Prince of the Asturias, [19], [20];
    • refuses to acknowledge Ferdinand as King, [43], [46].
  • Belesta, general, joins Blake with his division, [208].
  • Belvedere, Conde de, defeated at Gamonal, [421]-[3].
  • Bembibre, the British at, [566].
  • Benavente, combat of, [549]-[51].
  • Bentinck, Lord William, British military representative in Madrid, [365];
    • endeavours to get information from the Junta, [488];
    • his correspondence with Moore, [504];
    • at Corunna, [584].
  • Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste, marshal, Prince of Ponte Corvo, in command on the Baltic, [368];
    • tricked by La Romana, [373].
  • Bessières, Jean Baptiste, marshal, Duke of Istria, leads a corps d’armée into Spain, [40];
    • his first operations, [125], [126];
    • operations in Northern Spain, [140], [142], [166]-[72];
    • victory at Medina de Rio Seco, [169]-[72];
    • represses rising in Biscay, [356];
    • superseded by Soult, [418];
    • pursues Infantado, [470].
  • Bessières, general, leads French cavalry in Catalonia, [309], [318].
  • Betanzos, the stragglers’ battle at, during Moore’s retreat, [579].
  • Bilbao, taken and sacked by Merlin, [356];
    • taken by Blake, [383];
    • taken by Lefebvre, [400].
  • Biscay, rising in, [355], [356].
  • Blake, Joachim, captain-general of the province of Galicia, [163];
    • his differences with Cuesta, [165];
    • defeated at Medina de Rio Seco, [168]-[72];
    • his operations in Biscay, [382], [384], [400];
    • defeated at Zornoza, [407];
      • at Valmaceda, [411];
      • at Espinosa, [413]-[6];
    • escapes into the Asturian hills, [427];
    • superseded by La Romana, [427].
  • Bonaparte, Joseph: see [Joseph Napoleon].
  • Bonaparte, Louis, King of Holland, refuses the crown of Spain, [46].
  • Bonnet, general, at Gamonal, [422];
    • occupies Santander, [429].
  • Bowes, general, B. F., commands brigade under Wellesley, [232];
    • at Roliça, [237];
    • at Vimiero, [249]-[59].
  • Brennier, general, at Roliça, [239];
    • at Vimiero, [253]-[9].
  • Burgos, taken and sacked by Napoleon, [424].
  • Burrard, Sir Harry, second in command of British troops in Portugal, [226];
    • arrives at Maceira Bay, [250];
    • assumes command at Vimiero and refuses to advance, [260], [261];
    • joins in negotiations for the Convention of Cintra, [268];
    • summoned before the Court of Inquiry, [294].
  • Cabezon, combat of, [141].
  • Cacabellos, combat of, [567]-[9].
  • Caldagues, Count of, leader of Catalan levies, [327];
    • relieves Gerona, [328]-[30].
  • Canning, George, Foreign Secretary, gives assistance to the Asturians, [66];
    • permits the embarkation of Dupont’s troops after Baylen, [202];
    • his speech on the Spanish insurrection, [222];
    • sends Robertson to La Romana, [371];
    • his replies to the Notes of France and Russia, [378], [379].
  • Caraffa, general, arrested by Junot, [208], [209];
    • released by Convention of Cintra, [273].
  • Carlos, Don, brother of Ferdinand VII, sent to Bayonne to meet Napoleon, [47], [48];
    • confined at Valençay, [55].
  • Castaños, general, in command of Andalusian army, [127];
    • opposes Dupont at Andujar, [177];
    • receives capitulation of Dupont, [197];
    • marches on Madrid, [346];
    • commands the ‘Army of the Centre,’ [385]-[431];
    • defeated at Tudela, [441]-[4];
    • his retreat, [447]-[9];
    • superseded, [449].
  • Castelar, Marquis of, defends Madrid against Napoleon, [463]-[9].
  • Castlereagh, Robert, Stewart, viscount, his policy, [221], [223], [224];
    • his confidence in Wellesley, [225];
    • commends Wellesley to Dalrymple, [263];
    • receives Wellesley’s report on the Spanish War, [289], [290];
    • his correspondence with Moore, [487], [493], [506], [518], [522], [529], [548], [554], [597], [599].
  • Castro Gonzalo, combat of, [548].
  • Catalonia, province of, revolts against the French, [70];
    • geography of, [82], [303]-[6];
    • the struggle in, [301]-[33].
  • Cavalry, tactics of, in the Peninsular War, [117]-[20];
    • the Spanish, its weakness, [92], [93], [120];
    • the French, [105].
  • Cervellon, Conde de, captain-general of Valencia, his incapacity, [134]-[9].
  • Cevallos, Don Pedro, minister of Foreign Affairs, accompanies Ferdinand VII to Bayonne, [48];
    • his interview with Napoleon, [51], [52];
    • takes office under Joseph, [174];
    • reappointed minister by the Supreme Junta, [359].
  • Chabert, general, at Baylen, [187], [189];
    • negotiates terms of surrender, [196], [197].
  • Chabran, general, his expedition to Tarragona, [309];
    • recalled by Duhesme, [312];
    • checked at Granollers, [319].
  • Charles IV, King of Spain, his character, [13];
    • arrests Ferdinand, Prince of the Asturias, for high treason, [21];
    • pardons him, [23];
    • compelled to disgrace Godoy, [41];
    • abdicates in favour of Ferdinand, [42];
    • withdraws his abdication, [45];
    • summoned to Bayonne by Napoleon, [53];
    • abdicates in favour of Napoleon, [55].
  • Charlot, general, at Vimiero, [254], [255].
  • Charmilly, colonel, emissary sent by Frere to Moore, [520]-[3].
  • Cintra, Convention of, [268]-[72];
    • its terms, [272]-[8];
    • Court of Inquiry on, [291]-[300].
  • Claros, Don Juan, leader of Catalan miqueletes, [321], [328].
  • Cochrane, Lord, harasses Duhesme’s troops, [324], [331];
    • blockades Barcelona, [327].
  • Colbert, general, at Tudela, [441]-[4];
    • slain at Cacabellos, [569].
  • Colli, Baron, his attempt to release Ferdinand from Valençay, [18].
  • Collingwood, Lord, commanding Mediterranean Fleet, refuses to allow embarkation of Dupont’s troops, [201].
  • Constantino, combat of, [572]-[3].
  • Cordova, sack of, by Dupont’s troops, [130].
  • Cortes, proposal to summon the, [362].
  • Corunna, Baird lands at, [484], [491], [498];
    • arrival of Moore at, [581];
    • battle of, [583]-[95].
  • Cotton, admiral, resents the terms of the Convention of Cintra, [271], [272];
    • concludes an arrangement with Siniavin, [284], [285].
  • Coupigny, general, commands a division in Castaños’ army, [177], [180];
    • at Baylen, [187], [191];
    • delegate to the Army of the Centre, [395].
  • Crawfurd, Catlin, colonel, commands a brigade under Wellesley, [232];
    • at Vimiero, [249]-[58];
    • at Corunna, [584].
  • Crawfurd, Robert, colonel commanding Light Brigade, blows up the bridge at Castro Gonzalo, [548];
    • retreats to Vigo, [564];
    • his excellent discipline, [565].
  • Cruz-Murgeon, colonel, at Baylen, [191];
    • his defence of Lerin, [394].
  • Cuesta, Gregorio de la, captain-general of Old Castile, his reluctance to take arms against the French, [68];
    • his character and capacity, [141];
    • defeated at Cabezon, [141];
      • at Medina de Rio Seco, [165]-[72];
    • his extravagant claims, [347], [348], [357];
    • removed from his command, [359].
  • Dalrymple, Sir Hew, governor of Gibraltar, receives command of British troops in Portugal, [226];
    • arrives at Vimiero, [263];
    • his lack of confidence in Wellesley, [263]-[5];
    • negotiates the Convention of Cintra, [268]-[72];
    • his want of consideration for Portuguese authorities, [279], [283], [285];
    • his dilatoriness, [287];
    • summoned before the Court of Inquiry, [294];
    • censured by the Commander-in-chief, [299].
  • Debelle, general, surprised by Paget at Sahagun, [535], [536].
  • Delaborde, general, marches against Wellesley, [236];
    • defeated at Roliça, [236]-[40];
      • at Vimiero, [246]-[62];
      • at Corunna, [586]-[91].
  • Despeña Perros, pass of, [79], [80].
  • Digeon, general, at Tudela, [441], [443].
  • Duhesme, general, leads an army into Catalonia, [36];
    • at Barcelona, [302];
    • failure of expeditions against Catalan insurgents, [310], [312];
    • marches on Gerona, [314];
    • his repulse and retreat, [316]-[8];
    • besieges Gerona again unsuccessfully, [325]-[30];
    • retreats on Barcelona, [331].
  • Dupont, general, leads Second Corps of Observation of the Gironde into Spain, [34];
    • composition of his army, [104], [107], [126];
    • his first operations, [127];
    • combat of Alcolea, [129];
    • sacks Cordova, [130];
    • retreats to Andujar, [132];
    • defeated at Baylen, [190]-[2];
    • capitulates, [197];
    • imprisoned by Napoleon, [335].
  • Echávarri, Don Pedro de, defeated by Dupont at Alcolea, [128], [129].
  • Escoiquiz, Juan, canon of Toledo, his influence on Ferdinand VII, [16], [17];
    • prompts the negotiations with Napoleon, [19], [20];
    • accompanies Ferdinand to Bayonne, [48];
    • his interview with Napoleon, [52].
  • Escurial, the affair of the, [23].
  • Espinosa de los Monteros, battle of, [413]-[6].
  • Etruria, King of, evicted by Napoleon, [35];
    • promised Northern Portugal, [9].
  • Evora, defeat of the Portuguese at, [218].
  • Fane, general, H., commands brigade under Wellesley, [232];
    • at Roliça, [237], [238];
    • at Vimiero, [249]-[61].
  • Ferdinand, Prince of the Asturias, accused of treason, [12], [21];
    • his character, [16]-[19];
    • his intrigue with Napoleon, [20];
    • his arrest and acquittal, [21], [23];
    • pacifies the mob at Aranjuez, [41];
    • becomes King on his father’s abdication, [42];
    • enters Madrid, [43];
    • his title not recognized by the French, [43], [46];
    • tries to propitiate Napoleon, [47];
    • meets Napoleon at Bayonne, [47]-[51];
    • is forced to abdicate, [54];
    • confined at Valençay, [55].
  • Ferguson, general, R., commands brigade under Wellesley, [232];
    • at Roliça, [237], [239];
    • at Vimiero, [249]-[60];
    • gives evidence before the Court of Inquiry, [294], [295].
  • Filanghieri, captain-general of Galicia, murdered by soldiery, [66], [67].
  • Florida Blanca, Count, political influence of, [345];
    • president of the Junta General, [359].
  • Fontainebleau, treaty of, [8]-[11].
  • Foy, general, his opinion of English infantry, [115];
    • of English cavalry, [119];
    • at Vimiero, [255];
    • at Corunna, [591].
  • Franceschi, general, scatters La Romana’s troops at combat of Mansilla, [552];
    • in the pass of Foncebadon, [563];
    • pursues Moore’s army at Betanzos, [579];
      • at Corunna, [589].
  • Francisco, Don, younger brother of Ferdinand VII, arrested by Murat, [60].
  • Freire, Bernardino, general, appointed head of Portuguese armies, [212];
    • quarrels with Wellesley, [233];
    • resents the terms of the Convention of Cintra, [270], [277], [278].
  • Frere, John Hookham, British minister in Spain, brings subsidies to Corunna, [365], [499];
    • urges Moore to advance, [506], [519], [520];
    • his controversy with Moore, [523], [524].
  • Frère, general, meets Moncey with reinforcements, [138].
  • Galicia, province of, revolts against the French, [66];
    • its importance, [69];
    • geography of, [80], [81];
    • military operations in, [163]-[75].
  • Galluzzo, captain-general of Estremadura, attacks French garrison at Elvas, [276];
    • refuses to draw off his troops, [279];
    • recalled to Aranjuez, [420];
    • commands the army of San Juan, [481].
  • Gamonal, combat of, [422], [423].
  • George III, King, his reply to the Corporation of London about the Convention of Cintra, [293].
  • Gerona, fortress of, held by the Spanish, [70];
    • besieged by Duhesme, [316], [317];
    • second siege of, [325]-[31].
  • Gironde, First Corps of Observation of the, [6], [7] (see [Junot]);
    • Second Corps of Observation of the, [12] (see [Dupont]).
  • Gobert, general, reinforces Dupont, [179];
    • defeated and mortally wounded at Mengibar, [181], [182].
  • Godoy, Manuel, Prince of the Peace, prime minister of Charles IV of Spain, his proclamation of Oct. 5, 1806, [4];
    • his part in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, [9], [10];
    • his character and policy, [12]-[5];
    • his enmity to Prince Ferdinand, [20], [21];
    • tries to propitiate Napoleon, [36];
    • proposes the flight of the Spanish Court, [40], [41];
    • disgraced and banished, [41];
    • summoned to Bayonne by Napoleon, [53];
    • his responsibility for the state of the Spanish army, [96]-[8].
  • Goulas, general, repulsed at Hostalrich, [325].
  • Graham, colonel, T., brings news of the fall of Madrid to Moore, [529].
  • Grimarest, general, at Tudela, [442], [443].
  • Guadarrama, the, Napoleon’s passage of, [543].
  • Heredia, Don Joseph, commands the Army of Estremadura, [452], [455], [471], [516].
  • Hill, general, R., commands brigade under Wellesley, [232];
    • at Roliça, [237], [238];
    • at Vimiero, [249], [253];
    • at Corunna, [591].
  • Hope, Sir John, general, his advance on Elvas, [280], [487];
    • his circuitous march to join Moore, [510], [511];
    • at Corunna, [584];
    • takes command of the army on Moore’s death, [591].
  • Ibarnavarro, Justo, brings the news of the treachery at Bayonne to Madrid, [59].
  • Infantado, Duke of, confidant of Ferdinand VII in the affair of the Escurial, [19], [22], [23];
    • in Biscay, [356];
    • defends Madrid against Napoleon, [463].
  • Inquisition, the, Godoy’s attitude towards, [15];
    • abolished by Napoleon, [474]-[6].
  • Izquierdo, Eugenio, agent of Godoy, draws up the Treaty of Fontainebleau, [8];
    • sends disquieting reports from Paris, [36].
  • John, Prince-Regent of Portugal, compelled to submit to the Continental System, [7];
    • attacked by Napoleon, [29];
    • his flight from Lisbon, [30].
  • Jones, Felix, general, commands a division in Castaños’ army, [177].
  • Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, accepts the crown of Spain, [46];
    • enters Madrid, [173];
    • his character, [174];
    • his flight from Madrid, [175];
    • at Miranda, [340];
    • his return to Madrid, [479].
  • Jourdan, Jean Baptiste, marshal, commands the troops of King Joseph, [383], [384].
  • Jovellanos, Gaspar de, refuses the Ministry of the Interior under Joseph, [174];
    • a member of the Junta General, [354];
    • his Liberal views, [361], [362].
  • Junot, general, Duke of Abrantes, leads French army into Spain, [8];
    • his invasion of Portugal, [26];
    • his march on Lisbon, [27]-[30];
    • his rule in Portugal, [206];
    • his difficulties in Lisbon, [213], [214];
    • defeated at Vimiero, [247]-[61];
    • negotiates the Convention of Cintra, [266]-[72];
    • evacuates Portugal, [280];
    • retires to Spain, [450], [481].
  • Junta, or Council of Regency, appointed by Ferdinand VII, [48];
    • its dealings with Murat, [58], [59];
    • sends petition to Napoleon asking for Joseph Bonaparte as King, [63].
  • Junta General, creation of the, [352];
    • its composition, [354];
    • in session, [354]-[66];
    • flies to Seville.
  • Juntas, the provincial: see [Galicia], [Andalusia], [Catalonia], &c.
  • Keates, Sir Richard, admiral commanding the fleet in the Baltic, [370];
    • effects the escape of La Romana and his troops, [374].
  • Kellermann, François Christophe, general, retires on Lisbon, [216];
    • his success at Alcacer do Sal, [242];
    • at Vimiero, [246]-[56];
    • negotiates the Convention of Cintra, [266]-[72].
  • Kindelan, general, treachery of, [372], [374].