A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810 - Charles Oman - Page №106
A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810
Charles Oman
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  • Baccelar, Manuel, general, commands northern provinces of Portugal, [176], [346], [399].
  • Badajoz, fortress, [165];
    • threatened by Mortier, [151], [213].
  • Bagur (Catalonia), captured by British landing-force, [498].
  • Ballasteros, Francisco, serves under Del Parque, [80], [98]-[9];
    • surprises Mortier’s cavalry, [215];
    • defeated at Zalamea and Araçena, [215];
    • later operations of, [324], [331].
  • Baraguay d’Hilliers, Achille, general, commands French forces in North Catalonia, [495], [497].
  • Barba del Puerco, skirmish of, [238].
  • Barcelona, the French in, [14], [16];
    • conspiracy in, [24];
    • Macdonald’s care concerning, [312], [493], [494], [501].
  • Barcena, colonel, surprises Leon, [271];
    • commands in the Asturias, [485].
  • Barquilla, combat of, [255].
  • Barreiros, major, Portuguese officer, betrays Almeida, [275].
  • Baxter, sergeant, his exploit, [469].
  • Baza, rout of, [337], [338].
  • Beckwith, colonel, at Barba del Puerco, [238];
    • at the Coa, [261].
  • Beresford, William Carr, marshal, organizes Portuguese army, [171]-[87];
    • Wellington’s confidence in him, [233].
  • Blake, Joachim, general, in Catalonia, [9];
    • his attempts to succour Gerona, [40]-[4], [52], [55]-[6];
    • his mistakes, [65];
    • supersedes Areizaga, [151];
    • resigns Catalonian command, [289];
    • commands in Cadiz, [325];
    • routed at Baza, [337]-[8];
    • made a Regent, [518].
  • Blayney, Lord, his disaster at Fuengirola, [335]-[6].
  • Bolivar, general Juliano, surrenders Gerona, [59].
  • Bonnet, general, his campaign in the Asturias, [217]-[20], [271];
    • later operations of, in the Asturias, [483]-[5].
  • Bussaco, Wellington at, [352];
    • description of, [359]-[61], [386]-[9];
    • battle of, [362]-[89].
  • Cabrera, isle of, sufferings of French prisoners at, [323].
  • Cadiz, held by Spaniards, [138];
    • position and defences of, [145]-[9];
    • attacked by Victor, [318]-[22];
    • assembly of the Cortes at, [512]-[20].
  • Caffarelli, general, commands the ‘Rearguard of the army of Spain,’ 484-[7].
  • Campbell, general, governor of Gibraltar, sends troops to Fuengirola, [335].
  • Campbell, Alexander, commands 6th Division, [430], [441], [453].
  • Campoverde, Marquis of, commands a division in Catalonia, [290];
    • at the affair of La Bispal, [497]-[8];
    • ravages the borders of France, [499];
    • defeats Macdonald at Cardona, [500].
  • Carbon, colonel, defends Mequinenza, [309].
  • Cardona, Macdonald repulsed at, [500].
  • Caro, José, general, his manifesto against the Junta, [7];
    • governor of Valencia, opposes Suchet, [283]-[4];
    • flies before French advance and is deposed, [494].
  • Caro, Juan, general, captures Villafranca, [295];
    • aids in deposing his brother José, [494].
  • Castaños, Xavier, general, saves the lives of the Central Junta, [141];
    • made a member of the first Regency, [141];
    • deposed by the Cortes, [518].
  • Catalonia, campaigns in, [14]-[66], [207]-[313], [492]-[504].
  • Cervera, Macdonald’s cantonments at, [496]-[7].
  • Cisgar, Gabriel, admiral, made Regent, [518].
  • Ciudad Rodrigo, fortress, [164], [222], [239];
    • siege of, [240]-[53].
  • Clausel, Bertrand, general, his report on the French army at Torres Vedras, [463];
    • at Santarem, [479].
  • Coa, river, combat of the, [257]-[66].
  • Coimbra, evacuation of, [400]-[3];
    • sack of, [404];
    • recovered by Trant, [410]-[11], [479].
  • Cole, Lowry, general, at Bussaco, [355]-[79];
    • at Torres Vedras, [430]-[53];
    • pursues French to Santarem, [471]-[8].
  • Concepcion, Fort, blown up by the British, [257].
  • Condé, Garcia, leads convoy into Gerona, [42]-[4];
    • governor of Lerida, [302]-[8];
    • surrenders and does homage to Joseph, [308].
  • Copons, Francisco, general, his guerrilla warfare in Western Andalusia, [326]-[34].
  • Cortes, proposal for summoning the, [104]-[5];
    • meeting of the, [482], [511].
  • Cotton, Stapleton, general, commands British cavalry on retreat to Torres Vedras, [462]-[3].
  • Coupigny, Marquis, commands in Catalonia, [24]-[5].
  • Cox, William, general, commands at Almeida, [188], [267], [273]-[6].
  • Craufurd, Robert, general, commands the Light Division, [231];
    • confidence of Wellington in him, [232], [258];
    • early career of, [233]-[5];
    • his methods, [236]-[7];
    • skirmish with Ste. Croix, [251];
    • at combat of Barquilla, [255];
    • at combat of the Coa, [257]-[266];
    • at Bussaco, [355], [363]-[79];
    • retreats to Torres Vedras, [397], [402];
    • retreats on Sobral, [414], [449];
    • pursues the French, [467]-[9];
    • his expedition into the French lines, [471]-[2];
    • at Santarem, [473]-[8].
  • D’Alorna, see [Alorna].
  • Da Costa, Bernardo, Portuguese officer, mutinies at Almeida, [275];
    • executed, [277].
  • Daroca, seized by French, [11].
  • Del Parque, the Duke, commands the ‘Army of the Left,’ 70;
    • wins battle of Tamames, [77]-[9];
    • occupies Salamanca, [81];
    • recovers Salamanca, [97];
    • defeated at Alba de Tormes, [100];
    • superseded by La Romana, [141].
  • D’España, Carlos, general, aids the Portuguese, [449];
    • destroys bridge of Villa Velha, [455];
    • at Abrantes, [467].
  • Doyle, Charles, colonel, British Commissioner in Catalonia, activity of, [497]-[499].
  • Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte d’Erlon, commands the 9th Corps, [447];
    • at Valladolid, [456];
    • ordered to advance to Almeida, [458].
  • Duhesme, Philippe, general, in Barcelona, [61]-[2];
    • deposed from governorship, [290].
  • D’Urban, Sir Benjamin, his memorandum on the Portuguese army, [173], [178] ([note]);
    • notes on Bussaco, [357];
    • at Torres Vedras, [446];
    • tactical observations of, [478].
  • Eblé, Jean Baptiste, general, commands artillery at Santarem, [449]-[50].
  • Echevarria, general, defeated by the French, [226].
  • Echeverria, guerrillero chief, shot by Mina, [488].
  • Eguia, Francisco Ramon, general, marches for La Mancha, [69];
    • deposed from command, [73].
  • Empecinado, the (Juan-Martin Diaz), seizes Guadalajara, [115];
    • harasses King Joseph, [339];
    • his incursions round Madrid, [511].
  • Eroles, Baron de, commands in Catalonia, [497], [500].
  • Estrada, Juliano, colonel, defends Hostalrich, [291], [293], [298].
  • Estrada Nova, the, [161].
  • Fane, Hon. Henry, general, commands Portuguese cavalry, [364];
    • at Lines of Torres Vedras, [431];
    • operations of, on south bank of the Tagus, [462], [467], [470]-[6].
  • Fane, captain, R.N., leads raid on coast of Catalonia, [497]-[9].
  • Ferey, general, at Barba del Puerco, [238];
    • at Bussaco, [379];
    • before the Lines of Torres Vedras, [449], [466].
  • Flandrin, major, left in charge of Coimbra, [407].
  • Fletcher, Richard, colonel, constructs Lines of Torres Vedras, [191]-[2], [420].
  • Forjaz, Miguel, general, Portuguese minister of war, [418].
  • Fournas, Blas, brigadier-general, his defence of Monjuich, [29], [34];
    • surrenders at Gerona, [59].
  • Foy, Maximilien, general, at Bussaco, [369], [374], [377], [385];
    • reports on the Lines of Torres Vedras, [445];
    • his mission to Paris, [455]-[8].
  • Freire, Manuel, general, commands cavalry at Aranjuez, [87];
    • routed by Sebastiani, [90];
    • defeated at Alcala la Real, [150];
    • commands Murcian army, [325].
  • Fririon, François, chief of the staff to Masséna, [209];
    • his advice at Bussaco, [368];
    • remarks on official accounts of Bussaco, [448].
  • Fuengirola, disaster at, [355]-[6].
  • Fuensanta, combat at, [503].
  • Galicia, Army of, under Del Parque, [70];
    • Mahy left in command of, [75];
    • operations on the borders of, [218], [270], [485].
  • Garay, Martin de, Secretary of State, his letters to Wellesley, [67].
  • Gardanne, Claude, general, left behind to guard Masséna’s base, [344];
    • ordered to join Masséna, [455];
    • his failure, [480].
  • Gayan, partisan chief, opposes Suchet in Aragon, [11].
  • Gazan, Honoré, general, at the Sierra Morena, [130];
    • operations of, in Andalusia, [330].
  • Gerona, third siege of, [19]-[60].
  • Girard, Jean Baptiste, general, at Ocaña, [93]-[4];
    • opposes the Serranos, [328];
    • defeats La Romana at Villa Garcia, [331].
  • Giron, Francisco, general, at Ocaña, [94]-[6];
    • at the Sierra Morena, [131].
  • Graham, Thomas, general, commands British troops at Cadiz, [320].
  • Granada, submits to Sebastiani, [150].
  • Granollers, combat of, [290].
  • Guerrilleros, the, [115]-[17], [488]-[92].
  • Guétry, colonel, defeated by Catalans, [290].
  • Habert, Pierre, general, operations of, in Aragon and Catalonia, [284]-[5], [300]-[1], [503].
  • Halliwell, B., captain, R.N., burns French ships at Rosas, [62].
  • Herrasti, Andrés, general, defends Ciudad Rodrigo, [222], [240]-[9];
    • surrenders, [253].
  • Heudelet, general, commands 2nd Corps, [97], [119], [213]-[14];
    • at Bussaco, [369]-[70].
  • Hill, Rowland, general, detached to Portalegre, [216];
    • Wellington’s confidence in, [233];
    • crosses the Tagus, [246];
    • opposes Reynier, [269], [279], [332];
    • marches to join Wellington, [343]-[4];
    • at Bussaco, [355];
    • in the Lines of Torres Vedras, [397];
    • removed to south bank of Tagus, [467]-[8], [471], [476]-[8].
  • Hostalrich, combat of, [57];
    • siege of, [288];
    • surrender of, [297]-[8].
  • Ibarrola, general, at combat of Margalef, [304].
  • Infantado, Duke of, his plot against the Junta, [4].
  • Iranzo, Miguel, general, succeeds O’Donnell in command in Catalonia, [501].
  • Jaca, operations round, [11]-[12].
  • João, Prince Regent of Portugal, [193]-[4];
    • Wellington’s appeals to, [417]-[18].
  • Jones, John, major R.E., assists in construction of Lines of Torres Vedras, [420];
    • his description of them, [421], [423].
  • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, his plan of campaign, [73]-[5];
    • his difficulties, [116]-[24], [316];
    • his campaign in Andalusia, [125];
    • seizes Seville, [135]-[43];
    • enters Granada, [151];
    • his quarrels with Soult, [316]-[17];
    • Napoleon’s disregard of, [460]-[1], [505];
    • his complaints, [505]-[7];
    • threatens to abdicate, [509].
  • Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, marshal, resigns command in Spain, [74], [81].
  • Junot, Andoche, general, Duke of Abrantes, in Leon, [221];
    • invests and takes Astorga, [223]-[6];
    • at Almeida, [267];
    • with Masséna in Portugal, [344]-[51];
    • at Bussaco, [367];
    • at sack of Coimbra, [404];
    • before Lines of Torres Vedras, [437]-[8], [441]-[50];
    • retreats, [465].
  • Junta, the Central, its dealings with Wellington, [1], [67];
    • its plan of campaign in 1809, [69]-[73];
    • its weakness, [103];
    • its decrees, [105];
    • flies from Seville and disperses, [137]-[8];
    • abdicates, [141].
  • Kellermann, François Christophe, general, in command in Leon, [75], [82];
    • occupies Salamanca, [83];
    • defeats Del Parque at Alba de Tormes, [99], [100];
    • his quarrels with King Joseph, [483], [505].