A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809

by Charles Oman

VENEGAS’S ARMY OF LA MANCHA
FROM A RETURN OF JUNE 16, 1809.

1st Division, Brigadier-General Pedro Giron [afterwards Brigadier-General T. Lacy]:
Burgos (two batts.), 1,085, Cuenca, 869, 1st of Loxa, 703, Alcala, 629, 1st of España, 548, 1st of Seville, 593	Total 4,427
2nd Division, Brigadier-General Gaspar Vigodet:
Corona (two batts.), 1,130, Ronda, 1,096, Ordenes Militares (two batts.), 836, Alcazar, 825, 1st of Guadix, 522, Ciudad Real, 258	Total 4,667
3rd Division, Major-General Pedro Grimarest [afterwards Brigadier-General P. Giron]:
2nd of Jaen, 985, Ecija, 902, 2nd of Cordova, 849, Baylen (two batts.), 1,121, 1st Walloon Guards, 663, Alpujarras, 579, Velez-Malaga, 445	Total 5,544
4th Division, Brigadier-General Francisco Castejon:
5th of Seville, 535, 1st of Malaga, 743, 2nd Spanish Guards, 953, Jerez, 650, 2nd of Loxa, 510, Bujalance, 469, 3rd of Cordova, 422	Total 4,282
5th Division, Major-General T. Zerain:
2nd of España (two batts.), 1,064, 1st of Cordova (three batts.), 2,044, Provincial of Seville, 887	Total 3,995
Cavalry:
Montesa, 349, Reina, 183, Granada, 322, España, 287, Farnesio, 404, Santiago, 295, Alcantara, 343, Principe, 324, Granaderos de Fernando VII, 527, Dragones de la Reina, 180, Cazadores de Cordova, 169	Total 3,384
Artillery: 35 guns; sappers, five companies, about 1,100 in all.

Total, 27,399, including sick and men on detachment.

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INDEX

• Albergaria Nova, combat of, [325]
• Albuquerque, Duke of, attacks Digeon at Mora, [145];
  • his quarrel with Cartaojal, [145];
  • sent to join Cuesta’s army, [145], [157];
  • at the battle of Medellin, [159]-[63];
  • his intrigues against Cuesta, [465];
  • at Talavera, [532], [545];
  • at Oropesa, [583];
  • routed by Soult at Arzobispo, [589]-[91].
• Alcañiz, battle of, [418]-[20].
• Alcantara, sacked by Lapisse, [261];
  • combat of, [440], [441].
• Almonacid, battle of, [614]-[6].
• Alorna, Marquis of, raises an ‘experimental legion’ in the Portuguese army, [210].
• Alvarez, Julian, Governor of Gerona, his attempt to relieve Rosas, [51].
• Amarante, defended by Silveira, [267]-[71];
  • captured by Loison, [271];
  • Loison defeated at, [344], [345].
• Aranjuez, Venegas at, [568];
  • combat of, [612].
• Areizaga, Juan Carlos, general, at Alcañiz, [418];
  • his error at Maria, [431];
  • commands army of Andalusia, [605].
• Argenton, captain, his conspiracy against Soult, [279];
  • makes overtures to the English, [284];
  • his first interview with Wellesley, [315];
  • his second visit to Wellesley, [321];
  • his arrest and confession, [322]-[3];
  • his escape and death, [323].
• Arzobispo, combat of, [591].
• Astorga, Marquis of, elected President of the Central Junta, [21].
• Asturias, Junta and army of, their selfish policy, [370]-[1];
  • dissolution of the Junta by La Romana, [375], [376];
  • invaded by Ney and Kellermann, [379];
  • evacuated by the French, [387].
• Avé, passage of, by Soult, [239].

• Badajoz, summoned to surrender by Victor, [168];
  • Wellington retires to, [607].
• Ballasteros, Francisco, general, in command at Colombres, [372];
  • escapes from the advancing French, [382];
  • his descent on Santander, [386];
  • driven out by Bonnet, [387].
• Barcelona, held by Duhesme against Vives, [41]
• Barrio, Manuel Garcia, Del, colonel sent by the Central Junta to lead Galician insurgents against Vigo, [263].
• Bennett, captain, R. N. at the siege of Rosas, [50], [55], [56].
• Beresford, William Carr, general, appointed Commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, [216];
  • his reorganization of the army, [217], [218];
  • joins Wellesley with ten line regiments, [314];
  • commands flanking column at the advance on Oporto, [318];
  • at Amarante, [344], [345];
  • pursues Soult, [351], [360];
  • his march to Perales and Coria, [599];
  • retires to Castello Branco, [611].
• Blake, Joaquin, general, commands in Aragon, [414];
  • wins battle of Alcañiz, [418]-[20];
  • defeated at Maria, [423]-[7];
  • at Belchite, [429], [430].
• Blanca, Florida, Marquis, President of the Junta, death of, [21].
• Bogiero, Padre Basilio, chaplain of Palafox, shot by the French, [139].
• Bonnet, general, his advance into Asturias, [382];
  • his pursuit of Ballasteros, [386]-[7].
• Botilho, general, commands Portuguese force on the Minho, [223];
  • opposes Soult’s advance, [237].
• Bouchard, captain, French engineer officer, his ingenious scheme for crossing the Tamega at Amarante, [270]-[1].
• Bourke, colonel, sent by Wellesley to Cuesta, [437].
• Braga, battle of, [235].

• Cadiz, British proposal to garrison, [25];
  • negatived by the Junta, [26];
  • refusal of Villel to allow the British troops to land at, [28];
  • tumults in, [29]-[31].
• Caldagues, Conde de, commands the Catalonian troops round Barcelona, [38], [39];
  • repulses sortie of Duhesme, [68];
  • retreats on Molins de Rey, [68];
  • taken prisoner by St. Cyr, [71].
• Canning, George, proposes to garrison Cadiz, [25], [26];
  • his correspondence with Wellesley, [609].
• Cardadeu, battle of, [64]-[7].
• Carrera, Martin La, checks Maucune at Santiago, [385].
• Carrol, W. P., captain, his adventures in Asturias, [373], [380];
  • in Galicia, [396], [401].
• Cartaojal, general, takes command of the Army of the Centre, [33], [143];
  • his quarrel with Albuquerque, [145];
  • attacks Lasalle’s division at Yébenes, [146];
  • routed by Sebastiani at Ciudad Real, [147];
  • deprived of his command by the Junta, [148].
• Casa de Salinas, combat of, [503].
• Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, his confidence in Wellesley, [287].
• Castro, general, routed at Igualada, [79].
• Catalonia, army of, its composition, [33], [40];
  • campaigns of St. Cyr, Vives, and Reding in, [38], [89].
• Cavallero, colonel, his account of feeling in Saragossa, [99].
• Cazadores (riflemen), new battalions of, raised in the Portuguese army, [212].
• Chalot, colonel, surrenders Vigo, [263], [264].
• Chaves, surrender of, to Soult, [225], [226];
  • reoccupied by Silveira, [264].
• Chinchon, revolt of, [7];
  • massacre in, by the French, [8].
• Cienfuegos, Captain-General of Asturias, [372].
• Ciudad Real, the rout of, [143]-[7].
• Ciudad Rodrigo, resists Lapisse, [260].
• Cochrane, Lord, his raids on the coast of Languedoc, [39];
  • his defence of Rosas, [48], [50]-[5].
• Colmenar, insurrection of, against the French, is put down by Victor, [8].
• Corunna, surrenders to Soult, [173];
  • evacuated by Ney, [398].
• Cotton, Stapleton, general, commands brigade at Albergaria Nova, [325].
• Cradock, Sir John, general, dispatches British troops to Cadiz and Seville, [27], [206];
  • condition of his force in Portugal, [201], [202];
  • his timid policy, [203];
  • retires to Passo d’Arcos, [205];
  • at Lumiar, [206];
  • advises Sir R. Wilson to retreat, [256];
  • superseded by Wellesley, [207];
  • Governor of Gibraltar, [313].
• Craufurd, Robert, arrives with light brigade at Talavera, after the battle, [560];
  • holds Almaraz against Ney, [586], [587].
• Cuesta, Gregorio, general, commands Estremaduran army, [24], [143];
  • his operations against Victor, [152]-[8];
  • defeated at Medellin, [159]-[66];
  • appointed Captain-General of the Estremaduran army, [167];
  • his correspondence with Wellesley about the advance into Spain, [445]-[8];
  • his jealousy of Wellesley, [464]-[7];
  • receives Wellesley at Almaraz, [470]-[2];
  • quarrel with Wellesley at Talavera, [489]-[92];
  • pursues Victor, [492], [493];
  • retreats on Talavera, [500];
  • at the battle of Talavera, [509]-[56];
  • retreats on Oropesa, [579], [580];
  • withstands Mortier, [583];
  • his final disputes with Wellesley, [603];
  • retires from command, [605].

• Dalmatia, Duke of: see [Soult].
• Dantzig, Duke of: see [Lefebvre].
• Decken, von der, Hanoverian general sent to Oporto by the British Government, [198];
  • his report on the Portuguese army, [213].
• Delaborde, general, opposed to Soult’s ambitions in Portugal, [279].
• Del Reino, Marquis, defends the Pass of Baños, [572];
  • breaks the bridge of Almaraz, [576].
• D’España, Carlos, raises troops at Ciudad Rodrigo, [258];
  • follows Lapisse, [260].
• Digeon, general, captures artillery of the Spanish Army of the Centre
  • at Tortola, [13];
  • surprised at Mora, [144].
• Donadieu, colonel, one of Argenton’s conspirators, [279], [281];
  • his arrest, [323].
• Douglas, major, receives Argenton, [284];
  • brings him to meet Wellesley at Lisbon, [315].
• Doyle, Charles, colonel, British agent at Tarragona, sends muskets to Saragossa, [101];
  • his intrigues in favour of Infantado, [464].
• Duhesme, general, at Barcelona, [37], [41], [58], [59];
  • relieved by St. Cyr, [68].
• Dulong, major, his exploit at the Ponte Nova, [355];
  • and at the Saltador, [357].
• Eben, Baron, Prussian colonel, sent to Oporto by the British Government, [198];
  • sent to Freire’s army with the 2nd batt. of the Lusitanian Legion, [228];
  • takes command of the army on Freire’s flight, [232];
  • defeated at Braga, [235];
  • at the siege of Oporto, [241].
• Eguia, Francisco, general, succeeds Cuesta, [605];
  • his quarrel with Wellesley, [606].
• Excellent, the, at Rosas, [48]-[9].

• Ferrol, surrenders to Soult, [175].
• Fleury, de, colonel, holds the tower of San Francisco at Saragossa, and is killed, [133].
• Foy, general, routs a detachment of Silveira’s force, [224];
  • taken prisoner at Oporto, [243];
  • delivered by Soult, [249];
  • surprised by the English at Oporto, [337];
  • sent by Soult to Joseph, [496];
  • pursues Robert Wilson, [619].
• Franceschi, general, receives the surrender of Vigo and Tuy, [178];
  • routs La Romana’s rearguard, [194];
  • at Lanhozo, [231];
  • at Albergaria Nova, [325];
  • at Grijon, [329];
  • at Zamora, [402];
  • his captivity and death, [402].
• Freire, Bernardino, general, at Braga, [224], [228];
  • his timidity, [228];
  • his flight, [232];
  • and death, [233].
• Frere, John H., British ambassador, his negotiations regarding the British garrison for Cadiz, [26]-[31];
  • correspondence with Wellesley, [290];
  • supports Albuquerque against Cuesta, [465];
  • urges Wellesley’s claims to be Commander-in-chief, [465], [466].