A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 3, Sep. 1809-Dec. 1810 - Charles Oman - Page №107
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  • Lacy, Luiz, general, at Ocaña, [92]-[4];
    • defeat of, in Sierra Morena, [130]-[1];
    • his expedition to Algeciras, [328];
    • his raid on Moguer, [329]-[30].
  • La Carrera, Martin, general, at Tamames, [77]-[8];
    • near Ciudad Rodrigo, [253];
    • at combat of Alba de Tormes, [100];
    • at Torres Vedras, [432].
  • Lardizabal, Manuel, made a member of the Spanish Regency, [141];
    • his views on the Cortes, [517];
    • deposed, [518].
  • La Romana, Pedro Caro, Marquis of, his manifesto against the Junta, [6]-[7], [104], [106];
    • joins Seville Junta, [40];
    • commander of Army of the Left, [141];
    • opposes Mortier, [214]-[16];
    • aids the Regency of Cadiz, [324]-[5];
    • defeated at Villa Garcia, [331];
    • at Fuente Cantos, [333];
    • joins Wellington at Lines of Torres Vedras, [432].
  • Lecchi, general, in Catalonia, [18];
    • at siege of Gerona, [19], [27], [49].
  • Leite, Francisco, Portuguese general, commands at Elvas, [176], [188].
  • Leith, James, general, commands the troops at the Zezere, [247];
    • joins Wellington on the Alva, [344];
    • at Bussaco, [355], [362], [374];
    • his part in the battle, [388]-[9];
    • at the Lines of Torres Vedras, [430], [441], [453];
    • pursues the French, [471], [476], [478].
  • Leon, surprised by colonel Barcena, [271].
  • Lerida, siege of, [300]-[8].
  • Linhares, Rodrigo da Sousa, Conde de, Prime Minister of Regent of Portugal, [193], [417]-[18].
  • Lisbon, riots in, [416];
    • arrests at, [417].
  • Liverpool, Robert Earl of, his correspondence with Wellington, [168]-[9], [451]-[2].
  • Lobo, João, general, commands at Abrantes, [189], [455].
  • Loison, general, threatens Astorga, [221];
    • at the combat of the Coa, [258], [262];
    • at Bussaco, [379]-[82];
    • at the Lines of Torres Vedras, [449];
    • retreats, [464].
  • Longa, leader of guerrilleros, [491].
  • Lujan, Manuel, Liberal leader in the Cortes, [518].
  • Macdonald, Étienne, marshal, Duke of Tarentum, governor of Catalonia, [299], [311];
    • his relief of Barcelona, [312];
    • joins Suchet, [493], [495];
    • checked at Cardona, [500];
    • conducts convoys to Barcelona, [493]-[4], [501];
    • returns to join Suchet, [501].
  • Mahy, Nicolas, general, commands in Galicia, [75], [218];
    • fails to relieve Astorga, [226];
    • his weakness, [485].
  • Malaga, submits to Sebastiani, [150].
  • Manresa, defeat of Schwartz at, [295].
  • Marchand, general, defeated by Del Parque at Tamames, [77], [79];
    • retires from Salamanca, [97];
    • at Bussaco, [382].
  • Margalef, combat of, [304].
  • Marshall, Ralph, his disastrous attempt to relieve Gerona, [35];
    • slain, [47]-[8].
  • Martin, G., admiral, destroys French convoy, [62].
  • Mascarenhas, João, Portuguese traitor, his capture and execution, [277], [448].
  • Masséna, André, marshal, Prince of Essling, commands army of Portugal, [199];
    • his plan for attacking Portugal, [163];
    • character of, [207]-[8];
    • at Ciudad Rodrigo, [246], [251];
    • his mendacious report of combat of the Coa, [264]-[6];
    • besieges and takes Almeida, [267]-[75];
    • advances into Portugal, [341];
    • at Bussaco, [365]-[85];
    • marches on Lisbon, [390]-[403];
    • at sack of Coimbra, [404];
    • views Lines of Torres Vedras, [442]-[4];
    • his difficulties, [449]-[54];
    • dispatches Foy to Paris, [455];
    • Napoleon’s remarks on, [456]-[8];
    • retreats, [463]-[76];
    • halts at Santarem, [477]-[9].
  • Matagorda, fort at Cadiz, [319]-[21].
  • McLeod, major, gallant conduct of, at the Coa, [262].
  • Mequinenza, siege of, [309]-[10].
  • Merino, Geronimo, ‘El Cura,’ leader of guerrilleros in Old Castile, [490];
    • fights the French at Almazan, [491].
  • Merle, general, his attack at Bussaco, [370], [385].
  • Milans, Francisco, leader of miqueletes, [291], [293].
  • Milhaud, general, charge of, at Ocaña, [93];
    • routs Blake’s forces at Baza, [337]-[8].
  • Mina, Francisco Espoz y, the elder, his struggle with Suchet in Aragon, [286];
    • his exploits in Navarre and Aragon, [488]-[9].
  • Mina, Xavier, the younger, ‘the Student,’ his exploits and capture, [116], [212], [283], [286].
  • Miot de Melito, André, courtier of King Joseph, [152], [506].
  • Monjuich, citadel of Gerona, assault on, [31], [33].
  • Monjuich, citadel of Barcelona, plots to capture, [24].
  • Montbrun, Louis-Pierre, general, discovers Lines of Torres Vedras, [437]-[9], [449]-[50];
    • at Santarem, [479].
  • Montmarie, general, defeats the Valencians near Morella, [493].
  • Moore, Sir John, his views on the defence of Portugal, [169].
  • Mortier, Edouard, marshal, wounded at Ocaña, [96];
    • forces passes of Despeña Perros, [130], [132];
    • marches on Badajoz, [151], [213];
    • retires to Seville, [214];
    • defeats La Romana at Fuente Cantos, [333].
  • Murcia, capture of, by Sebastiani, [327];
    • his second abortive expedition against, [334].
  • Musnier, general, his work in Aragon, [11]-[12];
    • defeats O’Donnell at combat of Margalef, [304].
  • Napier, Sir William, his remarks on Suchet, [308];
    • on Bussaco, [357] ([note]), [363] ([note]).
  • Napoleon, Emperor, supersedes St. Cyr and Reille, [17];
    • his plans for the campaign in Spain and Portugal, [197]-[201], [227]-[30];
    • his divorce and marriage, [198]-[9];
    • supersedes Augereau, [299];
    • his orders to Masséna, [227]-[9], [247];
    • receives Foy’s report from Masséna, [456], [458];
    • statement of his plans, [459];
    • his quarrels with King Joseph, [316], [505]-[6];
    • schemes for annexation of northern Spain, [506]-[10].
  • Navarro, Garcia, general, defeated at Falcet, [503]-[4].
  • Ney, Michel, marshal, Duke of Elchingen, character of, [209];
    • threatens Ciudad Rodrigo, [222];
    • besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, [242]-[54];
    • advances on Almeida, [257];
    • at combat of the Coa, [259]-[66];
    • invests Almeida, [267]-[71];
    • with Masséna in Portugal, [345]-[51];
    • at Bussaco, [355], [365], [368];
    • before the Lines of Torres Vedras, [437], [449]-[50];
    • retreats, [465].
  • Ocaña, battle of, [91]-[6].
  • O’Donnell, Charles, commands under La Romana, [215], [432].
  • O’Donnell, Henry, officer of the Ultonia regiment, fails to take convoy into Gerona, [52];
    • surprises Souham’s camp, [53], [56];
    • in command of the Army of Catalonia, [219];
    • surprises Guétry’s troops, [290];
    • attacks Souham, [289];
    • in Tarragona, [295];
    • routed at Margalef, [303]-[4];
    • reorganizes his forces, [312]-[13];
    • opposes Suchet at Tortosa, [493];
    • and Macdonald, [495];
    • his successful northern raid, [497]-[9];
    • wounded at La Bispal, [501];
    • tribute to his activity, [504].
  • Ordenança, the Portuguese, character of, [181];
    • called out, [183];
    • Masséna’s treatment of, and Wellington’s protest, [341]-[2];
    • blockade Almeida and Ciudad Rodrigo, [345], [397];
    • at the Lines of Torres Vedras, [341]-[4];
    • capture Masséna’s aides-de-camp, [448];
    • capture dispatches, [461].
  • Orense, Pedro de Quevedo, Bishop of, made a member of the Regency, [141];
    • refuses to take an oath of allegiance to the Cortes, and resigns, [518].
  • Orleans, Louis-Philippe, Duke of, his intrigues at Cadiz, [521].
  • Oviedo, captured and recaptured by Bonnet, [217]-[18].
  • Pack, Dennis, general, at Bussaco, [355], [362], [379], [382]-[3];
    • at the Lines of Torres Vedras, [441], [453];
    • pursues retreating French, [469];
    • at Santarem, [473], [475], [478].
  • Palafox, Francisco, his intrigues, [104], [141].
  • Pamplona, general, Portuguese adviser of Masséna, [163], [348].
  • Parque, Duke Del, see [Del Parque].
  • Pavetti, colonel, captured by the Ordenança, [340].
  • Pelet, Jean Jacques, colonel, Masséna’s confidence in, [210].
  • Peniche, fortress of, [188].
  • Perena, colonel, his activity in Aragon, [11];
    • at Lerida, [301].
  • Picton, Thomas, general, his quarrel with Craufurd, [266];
    • at Bussaco, [355], [362], [371], [375];
    • his disparagement of Leith, [388]-[9];
    • at the Lines of Torres Vedras, [430], [439], [446].
  • Popham, Sir Home, raids coasts of Asturias and Biscay, [486].
  • Porlier, Juan Diaz, ‘the marquesito,’ his activity, [83];
    • cuts Bonnet’s communications, [217], [219];
    • his exploits in Asturias, [485]-[7].
  • Portugal, geography of, [153]-[66];
    • Wellington’s scheme for its defence, [167]-[96];
    • its army, [171]-[82];
    • Regency of, [193];
    • invasion of, by Masséna, [341]-[481];
    • internal troubles of, during the invasion, [416]-[18].
  • Regency, the Portuguese, [193]-[5], [415]-[17].
  • Regency, Spanish, the first, nominated by Central Junta, [141], [149], [514], [517];
    • deposed by the Cortes, [518];
    • the second, appointed by the Cortes, [518].
  • Reille, Honoré Charles, general, in Catalonia, superseded, [17];
    • commands in Navarre, [488], [508];
    • his contest with Mina, [489].
  • Renovales, colonel, defeated by Laval, [10]-[12];
    • his raids on the Asturias, [486]-[7].
  • Reynier, Jean Louis Ebenezer, general, takes command of the 2nd Corps, [215];
    • opposes Hill, [269], [279], [332];
    • joins Masséna in Portugal, [343]-[51];
    • at Bussaco, [355], [365], [369];
    • before Lines of Torres Vedras, [437], [442], [450];
    • retreats, [465], [469], [470];
    • at Santarem, [471], [475].
  • Rovira, Doctor F., leader of miqueletes, [16], [42], [291]-[3].
  • Saavedra, Francisco, made head of the Junta at Seville, [140];
    • member of the first Regency, [141];
    • deposed by the Cortes, [528].
  • Sainte-Croix, general, his operations on borders of Galicia, [223];
    • commands Masséna’s advance, [391]-[2], [435];
    • killed, [440].
  • St. Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, general, his campaign in Catalonia, [14]-[17];
    • superseded, [17];
    • at Gerona, [30];
    • his views on the siege, [48];
    • takes command, [50];
    • gives it over to Augereau, [53];
    • criticism of his conduct, [63].
  • Sanchez, Julian, guerrillero chief, [83];
    • in Ciudad Rodrigo, [241];
    • escapes, [248];
    • blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, [447];
    • renders aid to Wellington, [490].
  • Sanson, French engineer general, his plans for siege of Gerona, [27].
  • Santa-Fé, Mariano, Duke of, Spanish envoy at Paris, [509].
  • Santarem, general Eblé at, [454];
    • French retreat on, [472];
    • skirmish at, [473].
  • Santocildes, José, defends Astorga, [221], [225]-[6].
  • Schwartz, general, defeated at Manresa, [295];
    • surprised and captured at La Bispal, [498].
  • Sebastiani, Horace, general, at combat of Ontigola, [89];
    • defeats Areizaga, [129]-[32];
    • subdues Granada and Malaga, [150];
    • plunders Murcia, [327];
    • marches against Blake, [334];
    • defeats Lord Blayney, [336].
  • Serras, general, commands province of Leon, [270]-[1], [483];
    • his attempts to catch Porlier, [486].
  • Seville, conspiracies in, [4];
    • Central Junta at, [4], [68];
    • abandoned by Central Junta, [139];
    • revolutions in, [141];
    • surrenders to Joseph, [143].
  • Silveira, Francisco, general, commands the Tras-os-Montes, [176]-[7];
    • captures Puebla de Senabria, [270];
    • blockades Almeida, [447], [485], [487].
  • Sobral, operations around, [414], [439], [440], [443].
  • Souham, Joseph, general, his camp surprised by O’Donnell, [53];
    • checked by O’Donnell, [289];
    • defeats O’Donnell at Vich, [292];
    • rejoins Macdonald, [501].
  • Soult, Nicholas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, succeeds Jourdan as chief of the staff in Spain, [74], [81];
    • defeats Areizaga at Ocaña, [91]-[6];
    • his plans for conquest of Andalusia, [121]-[5];
    • forces the passes, [128]-[32];
    • his rule in Andalusia, [315]-[18];
    • operations of, against La Romana, [331];
    • Napoleon’s censure of, [433];
    • his selfish policy, [458]-[9], [506].
  • Soult, Pierre, general, at Lines of Torres Vedras, [437];
    • at Santarem, [479].
  • Sousa, José Antonio, ‘the Principal,’ member of Portuguese Regency, influence of his family, [193];
    • his quarrels with Wellington, [415]-[17].
  • Sousa-Holstein, Pedro, Portuguese ambassador, intrigues of, at Cadiz, [195], [520].
  • Sousa, Rodrigo, see Conde de [Linhares].
  • Stewart, William, general, takes British troops to Cadiz, [148];
    • succeeded by Graham, [320].
  • Stuart, Charles, ambassador at Lisbon, member of Portuguese Regency, [194]-[6].
  • Suchet, Louis-Gabriel, marshal, his conquest of Aragon, [10]-[14], [282];
    • marches on Valencia, [283]-[4];
    • besieges and captures Lerida, [300]-[9];
    • takes Mequinenza, [309]-[10];
    • before Tortosa, [492];
    • puts Caro to flight, [494];
    • his inaction, [502].
  • Taboada, Francisco Gil, general, captures Puebla de Senabria, [270].
  • Tamames, battle of, won by Del Parque, [77]-[9].
  • Teruel, operations of Suchet around, [13], [284].
  • Torrero, Muñoz, Liberal deputy in Cortes, [518].
  • Torres Vedras, Lines of, [191]-[2];
    • Wellington retreats on, [393]-[413];
    • description of, [419]-[36].
  • Tortosa, Suchet before, [493];
    • O’Donnell attempts to aid, [493];
    • blockade of, [496].
  • Trant, Nicholas, colonel, attacks Masséna’s artillery train, [350], [355];
    • routed by French cavalry at Sardão, [398];
    • seizes Coimbra, [410], [411].
  • Tremendal, combat of, [11].
  • Valencia, José Caro’s domination at, [6]-[7];
    • Suchet’s abortive attack on, [284];
    • operations of the army of, see [Caro], José.
  • Valverde, combat of, [215].
  • Vaughan, Charles, his remarks on the Cortes, [523].
  • Venegas, Francisco, general, military governor of Cadiz, [146]-[7];
    • viceroy of Mexico, [149].
  • Verdier, general, supersedes Reille, [18];
    • besieges Gerona, [19]-[48];
    • throws up his command, [49];
    • criticism of his conduct of the siege, [64].
  • Vich, battle of, [291]-[2].
  • Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, operations of, against Areizaga, [86]-[7];
    • commands 1st Corps in conquest of Andalusia, [125]-[33];
    • receives surrender of Seville, [143];
    • marches on Cadiz, [145];
    • besieges it, [318]-[22].
  • Vigodet, Gaspar, general, defeated in the Sierra Morena, [132].
  • Villacampa, general, operations of, in Aragon, [11], [13], [282], [283], [286], [310], [339];
    • harasses Suchet, [503];
    • defeated at Alventosa and Fuensanta, [503].
  • Villafranca, French driven out of, [295].
  • Villagarcia, combat of, [331].
  • Villatte, colonel, expedition of, [296].
  • Villa Velha, bridge of, its importance, [158], [189];
    • destroyed by Carlos d’España, [455].
  • Vizeu, Masséna at, [351]-[3].
  • Wallace, colonel Alex., his charge at Bussaco, [372]-[3].
  • Wellesley, Hon. Henry, minister at Cadiz, [522].
  • Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, his negotiations with the Central Junta, [3], [67];
    • becomes Foreign Secretary, [168].
  • Wellington, Arthur, Viscount, his dealings with the Central Junta, [1], [68], [72];
    • retreats into Portugal, [107]-[11];
    • his plan of defence of Portugal, [167];
    • concentrates his forces near the frontier, [243];
    • refuses to move forward to Ciudad Rodrigo, [245];
    • criticism of Craufurd, [266];
    • watches Almeida, [274]-[9];
    • prepares to meet Masséna, [345];
    • at Bussaco, [352]-[61];
    • wins battle of Bussaco, [362]-[89];
    • retreats on Torres Vedras, [393]-[413];
    • quarrels with Principal Sousa, [415]-[17];
    • disposes troops at Torres Vedras, [439];
    • Napoleon’s remarks on, [457];
    • pursues retreating French, [468]-[76];
    • stops at Santarem, [476];
    • his views on the Cortes, [522].
  • White, Blanco, Liberal journalist, his views, [515] ([note]), [516].
  • Wilson, John, general, operations of, on the French rear, [479].