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

by Charles Oman

• Quiroga, Abbot of Casoyo, raises Galicians against Soult, [184].

• Reding, Teodoro, general, sent by Vives against St. Cyr, [62], [63];
  • at Cardadeu, [64], [65], [66], [67];
  • joins Caldagues, at Molins de Rey, [69];
  • defeated by St. Cyr, [70], [71];
  • supersedes Vives as Captain-General of Catalonia, [73];
  • in Tarragona, [76], [77];
  • drives back Souham at Valls, [84];
  • defeated by St. Cyr, [86], [87];
  • wounded and dies, [89].
• Regency, the Portuguese, fails in organizing national defence after Junot’s departure, [196], [197];
  • calls out the Ordenanza, [197];
  • asks for a British Commander-in-chief for the Portuguese army, [215];
  • its report on the Oporto campaign, [218];
  • attempts to mobilize the militia, [219].
• Reille, general, withdraws to Figueras, [37];
  • sufferings of his troops, [39];
  • besieges and takes Rosas, [48]-[57].
• Ricard, general, his circular letter on the subject of Soult’s election as King of Portugal, [276].
• Roca, general, at Alcañiz, [417];
  • at Maria, [424].
• Rogniat, colonel, takes command of the French engineers at siege of Saragossa, [126], [135].
• Romana, La, Marquis of, condition of his army, [23];
  • his wanderings, [179]; retreats to Monterey, [180];
  • escapes from. Franceschi, [193]-[5];
  • captures Villafranca, [374]-[5];
  • his coup d’état at Oviedo, [375], [376];
  • routed by Ney at the passage of the Nova, [381];
  • marches to Orense, [386];
  • his operations against Soult, [399]-[400].
• Rosas, siege of, [46]-[57].
• Ruffin, general, commands division guarding Madrid, [3], [7];
  • at battle of Ucles, [10], [11];
  • leads night-attack at Talavera, [516]-[8];
  • leads the second attack, [523], [525].

• St. Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, general, commands French army in Catalonia, [34];
  • his character, [43];
  • sends Reille to besiege Rosas, [46]-[57];
  • proceeds against Barcelona, [58]-[68];
  • wins battle of Cardadeu, [64]-[7];
  • of Molins de Rey, [70], [71];
  • routs Castro’s troops at Igualada, [79];
  • wins battle of Valls, [87], [88].
• St. March, general, takes part in the defence of Saragossa, [106];
  • receives military command of the city from Palafox, [136].
• Salamonde, combat of, [357]-[8].
• San Genis, colonel, fortifies Saragossa, [94];
  • killed on the ramparts, [117].
• Santander, Ballasteros’ descent on, [386];
  • retaken by Bonnet, [387].
• Santiago, combat near, [385].
• Saragossa, second siege of, [90]-[136];
  • its outworks stormed, [105]-[14], [123];
  • street-fighting in, [123]-[35];
  • capitulation of, [136];
  • condition of, after the siege, [139].
• Sass, Santiago, parish priest of Saragossa, shot by the French, [139].
• Sebastiani, Horace, general, succeeds to command of the 4th Corps, [5];
  • routs Cartaojal at Ciudad Real, [146], [147];
  • at Talavera, [522], [527], [529];
  • eludes Venegas, [566], [567];
  • wins battle of Almonacid, [614].
• Senra, general, joins Venegas before the battle of Ucles, [9].
• Silveira, Francisco, general, military governor of the Tras-os-Montes, [223];
  • assembles his forces at Chaves, [223];
  • returns to San Pedro, [224], [225];
  • to Villa Pouca, [228];
  • recaptures Chaves, [266];
  • attacks Loison, [267];
  • defends Amarante, [267]-[71];
  • escapes across the Douro, [272], [318];
  • checks Loison at Peso de Regoa, [344];
  • pursues Soult, [352], [359], [360].
• Smith, Sir George, his endeavour to force a British garrison on Cadiz, [27]-[9];
  • his death, [31].
• Somatenes, their good work in Catalonia, [35], [38].
• Sotelo, agent for Victor, tries to negotiate with the Governor of Badajoz and Central Junta, [168], [169].
• Souham, general, repulsed by Reding at Valls, [84], [85].
• Soult, Nicolas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, receives instructions from Napoleon for the invasion of Portugal, [18];
  • their impracticability, [18], [170]-[2];
  • difficulties of his task, [173];
  • captures Ferrol, [174], [175];
  • his final orders from Napoleon, [175], [176];
  • starts his troops for Portugal, [178];
  • fails to cross the Minho, [182];
  • difficulties of his progress in Galicia, [184]-[9];
  • occupies Orense, [189], and Chaves, [226];
  • wins battle of Braga, [235], [236];
  • storms Oporto, [242]-[8];
  • his ambitious views, [273]-[276];
  • his dealings with the Argenton conspiracy, [322], [323];
  • surprised by Wellesley in Oporto, [332]-[41];
  • his retreat, [343]-[60];
  • meets Ney at Lugo, [390];
  • abandons Galicia, [398]-[402];
  • his justificatory letters, [403]-[5];
  • appointed commander of the united army, [460], [461];
  • advances on Plasencia to support Joseph, [497], [573];
  • pursues Wellesley, [577]-[580];
  • routs Albuquerque at Arzobispo, [589]-[91];
  • his desire to invade Portugal, [595], [617];
  • checked by King Joseph, [618].
• Stewart, Charles, general,
  • at combat of Grijon, [329];
  • at battle of Oporto, [340];
  • at conference of Mirabete, [470]-[1].
• Suchet, general, takes command of the 3rd Corps, [412];
  • defeated at Alcañiz, [418]-[20];
  • wins battle of Maria, [423]-[7];
  • and of Belchite, [429].

• Tactics, the, of Wellesley, [300], [301].
• Talavera, Victor retires to, [490];
  • the allied armies at, [491]-[2];
  • battle of, [502]-[56].
• Tarragona, blockaded by St. Cyr, [89].
• Troncoso, Mauricio, Abbot of Couto, raises the Galician peasantry against Soult, [184].
• Tuy, surrendered to Franceschi, [178];
  • occupied by Lamartinière, [188];
  • relieved by Heudelet, [262];
  • evacuated by the French, [264].

• Ucles, battle of, [10]-[12];
  • town of, sacked by the French, [12].

• Valls, battle of, [82]-[9].
• Vaughan, Sir Charles, his testimony to Palafox’s character, [142].
• Venegas, Francisco, general, attempts to surprise Tarancon, [6];
  • defeated by Victor at Ucles, [9]-[12];
  • supersedes Cartaojal in command of the Army of the Centre, [148];
  • advances to meet Sebastiani, [457];
  • fails to carry out Wellesley’s and Cuesta’s orders, [478];
  • at Toledo, [529];
  • allows the army of Sebastiani to escape him, [566], [567];
  • loses the opportunity of occupying Madrid, [568];
  • his blunders, [612];
  • defeated at Almonacid, [614].
• Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, defeats Spaniards at Ucles, [9]-[12];
  • marches to Almaraz, [143], [144];
  • his controversy with Jourdan, [151];
  • drives back the Duke del Parque at Meza de Ibor, [153];
  • wins battle of Medellin, [158]-[66];
  • remains stationary at Merida, [252];
  • joined by Lapisse, [261];
  • seizes Alcantara, [440]-[41];
  • misery of his army, [443]-[4];
  • retires from Talavera, [490];
  • joined by Joseph and Jourdan, [500];
  • at Talavera, [504]-[55];
  • his night-attack, [516]-[8];
  • his second attack, [522];
  • his great attack, [531]-[54];
  • retreats on Madrid, [570];
  • reoccupies Talavera, [580];
  • in La Mancha, [618].
• Vigo, surrenders to Franceschi, [178];
  • blockaded by Galicians, [263];
  • surrenders to Capt. Mackinley, R.N., [264].
• Villafranca, captured by La Romana, [374], [375].
• Villatte, general, at the battle of Ucles, [11];
  • at Talavera, [522], [531].
• Villel, Marquis of, special commissioner at Cadiz, opposes landing of British troops, [28];
  • his eccentric legislation, [29], [30];
  • recalled by the Junta, [31].
• Villiers, Hon. John, British minister at Lisbon, opposes Cradock’s timid policy, [205].
• Vittoria, general, at the defence of Oporto, [241], [245].
• Vives, appointed Captain-General of Catalonia, [41];
  • invests Barcelona, [41];
  • fails to send help to Rosas, [51];
  • sends miqueletes against St. Cyr, [61];
  • defeated at Cardadeu, [66], [67];
  • at Molins de Rey, [71];
  • superseded by Reding, [73].

• Waters, colonel, seizes barges for the crossing of the Douro, [334], [335].
• Wellesley, Sir Arthur, takes command of British troops in Portugal, [207];
  • declines the post of commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, [216];
  • arrives in Lisbon, [283];
  • his opinions on the defence of Portugal, [287], [290], [293];
  • his character and abilities, [295]-[300];
  • his limitations, [302]-[11];
  • his tactics, [300], [301];
  • his interviews with Argenton, [315], [321];
  • advance on Oporto, [316]-[35];
  • attacks and takes Oporto, [335]-[42];
  • his pursuit of Soult, [354]-[66];
  • correspondence with Cuesta, [445]-[8];
  • reviews Cuesta’s troops at Almaraz, [470]-[2];
  • quarrel with Cuesta at Talavera, [491], [492];
  • his choice of the positions at Talavera, [503], [507];
  • wins battle of Talavera, [513]-[54];
  • marches on Plasencia, [573];
  • on Oropesa, [583];
  • holds the line of the Tagus, [600]-[1];
  • retires to Badajoz, [606];
  • his plans for the Defence of Portugal, [610].
• Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, his diplomacy at Seville, [608].
• West, captain, R. N., of the Excellent, at Rosas, [49], [50].
• Wilson, Sir Robert, commands the Loyal Lusitanian Legion, [168];
  • his differences with the bishop of Oporto, [199];
  • his character and record, [253], [254];
  • refuses to retreat as advised by Sir John Cradock, [256];
  • holds Lapisse in check, [257], [258];
  • joins Wellesley’s advance into Spain, [438];
  • threatens Victor’s flank after Talavera, [570];
  • his escape from Escalona, [619];
  • defeated by Ney at Baños, [620].
• Worster, lieut.-general, commands Asturian force, [372];
  • escapes from Ney, [383].

END OF VOL. II

Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, by Horace Hart, M.A.

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