(b) Two batteries, brigaded under Major Alexander Dickson, accompanied Beresford’s Army to Estremadura and fought at Albuera, viz. one from the 2nd regiment under Captain W. Braun, and one from the 1st regiment under Captain S. J. de Arriaga.
(c) For the two sieges of Badajoz in May and June, the 2nd regiment supplied a half-company under Captain F. A. de Sequeira; the 1st regiment a company under Captain F. Pedrosa Barreto; and the 3rd regiment three companies, the captains’ names of which are not preserved, save one, José de Sampayo.
(d) The 4th regiment supplied Silveira with two batteries under Captains F. J. de Mariz and D. G. Ferreri, which were engaged in his combats with Claparéde in the early part of the year.
(e) The half-company which defended Campo Mayor in March came from the 3rd regiment and was commanded by Lieut. J. J. Leál Morteira.
INDEX
- Abadia, Francisco Xavier, general, supersedes Santocildes, [469];
- Abbé, general, at siege of Tortosa, [230], [235], [246];
- Abrantes, Duke of, see [Junot].
- Alacha, Major-General Lilli, Conde de, governor of Tortosa, [232];
- Albuera, Wellington’s choice of the position, [280];
- battle of, [372-94].
- Albuquerque, disgraceful surrender of, [256].
- Alcantara, orders of Napoleon concerning its bridge, [544].
- Alcina, Commissary, his plot to seize Monjuich, [244];
- shot, [245].
- Alcobaça, monastery of, wrecked by French, [135].
- Aldea da Ponte, combat of, [578-9].
- Alfayates, Wellington’s chosen position at, [298], [409], [557], [579].
- Almada, Lines of, constructed by Wellington, [73].
- Almaraz, bridge of, fortified by Marmont, [543].
- Almeida, Drouet at, [18];
- Almenara, José Hervas, Marquis of, King Joseph’s envoy to Paris, [215].
- Almeria, evacuated by the French, [477];
- Alten, Major-General V., defends Albuera village, [378], [389].
- Alva, river, Wellington forces the line of the, [163-5].
- Andalusia, Soult’s position in, [26-31];
- Anglona, Prince of, in Tarifa expedition, [99], [102].
- Anson, George, major-general, [8];
- Aragon, operations in, by Suchet’s lieutenants, [246], [486], [507], [535].
- Aremberg, Prosper, Prince of, operations of in Andalusia, [277-8];
- taken prisoner at Arroyo dos Molinos, [605].
- Arroyo dos Molinos, Hill surprises Girard at, [603-5].
- Artillery, table of the British in the Peninsula in 1811, see pages [650-1].
- Astorga, destroyed and evacuated by the French, [466];
- reoccupied, [471].
- Asturias, operations in, [210-11];
- Baccelar, Manuel, general, commander of Portuguese forces in the north, [19], [20], [211].
- Badajoz, besieged by Soult, [38]-[58];
- Balaguer, San Felipe de, seized by the French, [242];
- Campoverde fails to recover it, [245].
- Ballasteros, Francisco, [24];
- encounters Mortier, [33];
- driven by Gazan into Portugal, [33], [34], [93];
- defeats Remond on the Rio Tinto, [58], [128];
- and at La Palma, [129];
- pursued by Maransin, [277-8];
- informs Beresford of Soult’s move on Badajoz, [369];
- at Albuera, [377-94];
- with Blake, [475];
- retires before Conroux, [476];
- his successes against Godinot, [483];
- sustains the revolt in Southern Andalusia, [593-4].
- Baraguay d’Hilliers, Achille, commands French force in Northern Catalonia, [484], [493-5], [538].
- Barba del Puerco, Brennier’s skirmish at, [353-4].
- Barcelona, conspiracy in, [244-5].
- Barnard, Andrew, colonel, at Barrosa, [111].
- Barrosa, Victor defeated at, by Graham, [106-25].
- Batalha, monastery, wrecked by French, [135].
- Baza, operations of Soult against the Murcian army near, [480-1].
- Beckwith, Colonel S., his exploits at Sabugal, [191].
- Beguines, general, joins Tarifa expedition, [95], 98 note, [101], [107], [110], [117], [124], [127].
- Belpuig, captured by the Catalans, [541].
- Belveder, Conde de, forced out of the pass of Manzanal by Dorsenne, [470].
- Benalcazar, threatened by Colborne, [284];
- captured by Morillo, [597].
- Beresford, William Carr, marshal, takes command of detached forces beyond the Tagus, [5];
- sent to the relief of Badajoz, [60], [89];
- in pursuit of Masséna, [86];
- leads expedition into Estremadura, [160], [248];
- marches on Campo Mayor, [252];
- at combat of Campo Mayor, [263], [264];
- unfortunate delay in crossing Guadiana, [265-70];
- invests Badajoz, [279];
- raises siege, [287];
- prepares for Soult’s advance, [369];
- wins battle of Albuera, [372-94];
- gives up command of Estremaduran army, [415].
- Bessières, Jean Baptiste, Duke of Istria, marshal, appointed head of the ‘Army of the North’, [208];
- Bevan, colonel, misfortunes of at Almeida, [353], [356].
- Blake, Joachim, general, joins Ballasteros in Estremadura, [279];
- Blakeney, Robert, his account of Barrosa, [110], [113], [114], [116];
- at Arroyo dos Molinos, [604].
- Blakeney, J., colonel of 7th Fusiliers, describes Albuera, [391], [392].
- Blunt, general, commands at Peniche, [7], [22].
- Bonnet, general, in Asturias, [211], [462];
- Bornos, combat of, [594].
- Brennier, Antoine François, general, governor of Almeida, [288];
- Bron, general, defeated at Usagre, [413-14];
- captured at Arroyo dos Molinos, [603].
- Browne, John Frederick, colonel, his exploits at Barrosa, [109-10], [112].
- Bushe, colonel, commands Portuguese at Barrosa, [111-17];
- mortally wounded, [118].
- Cabrera, general, in Galicia, [213], [466].
- Cadiz, operations round, [93]-[125].
- Caffarelli, Louis Marie, general, commands division in Army of the North, [225], [474].
- Cagigal, Major-General José, his disgraceful surrender of Albuquerque, [256].
- Cameron, colonel of 79th, killed at Fuentes de Oñoro, [335].
- Campbell, general, commanding at Gibraltar, sends troops to Graham, [94], [95].
- Campbell, Alex., general, takes command of Portuguese blockading Almeida, [351];
- allows Brennier to escape, [353-6].
- Campo Mayor, siege of, [254], [255];
- combat of, [258-64].
- Campoverde, Marquis of, captain-general of Catalan army, [240], [243];
- Carpio, combat of, [563].
- Casal Novo, combat of, [151].
- Casas Viejas, skirmish of, [101].
- Cassagne, general, holds Medina Sidonia, [101], [105];
- operations of, [125-6].
- Castañon, general, in Galicia, [466-7];
- forced out of pass of Fuencebadon, [470].
- Castaños, Xavier, general, succeeds La Romana as captain-general, [46], [212];
- Castillejos, combat of, [34].
- Catalonia, campaigns in, [227-46], [484]-[541].
- Caya, Wellington’s position on the, June-July 1811, [443-50].
- Celorico, operations around, during Masséna’s retreat, [167], [173].
- Cervera, captured by Lacy, [541].
- Ciudad Rodrigo, blockaded by Wellington, [547-8];
- Claparéde, general, commands division under Drouet, [17];
- Clausel, Bertrand, general, commanding a division of the 8th Corps, [8], [13];
- commanding a division under Marmont, [361].
- Cochrane, Colonel Basil, his rash charge at the bridge of Barba del Puerco, [354-6].
- Codrington, British commodore, co-operates in defence of Tarragona, [501], [515], [519-20];
- ships off a Valencian division, [529-30].
- Cogorderos, combat of, [467].
- Coimbra, Masséna fails to seize, [140], [149].
- Colborne, John, colonel, operations of, in Estremadura, [284];
- Cole, Lowry, general, sent to join Army of Estremadura, [161], [172];
- Condeixa, Wellington and Masséna’s operations round, [144-5].
- Conroux, Nicolas, general, with Drouet’s 9th Corps, [17];
- Contreras, Juan Senen, general, governor of Tarragona, [506-7];
- Cooke, general, takes over command of the troops at Cadiz from Graham, [130].
- Copons, Francisco, general, at Cadiz, [93], [94].
- Coupigny, Marquis, supersedes La Peña, [130].
- Courten, general, tries to surprise Monjuich, [245];
- Craufurd, Robert, general, on leave in England, [135];
- Cristobal, San, Fort at Badajoz, [38];
- Cruz Murgeon, general, mistakes of, at Barrosa, [107-9], [117].
- Daricau, general, governor of Seville, [57];
- Dickson, Major Alexander, commands Portuguese artillery at siege of Olivenza, [272];
- ‘Die-hards’, the, 57th regiment, at Albuera, [386].
- Dilkes, general, at Barrosa, [111].
- Dombrouski, general, escapes from Arroyo dos Molinos, [602], [604];
- at Merida, [606].
- Dorsenne, General Count, commanding at Burgos, [467], [468];
- Doyle, General Charles, British Commissioner in Catalonia, [519].
- Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte d’Erlon, leads 9th Corps to join Army of Portugal, [17-20];
- meets Masséna, [21];
- at Leiria, [22], [63];
- detached by Masséna and sent to Spanish frontier, [139], [178];
- reports on state of Almeida, [181], [202], [301];
- at Fuentes de Oñoro, [316-48];
- goes to Andalusia, [407];
- joins Soult, [441];
- left with 5th Corps under Marmont, [455-6];
- faces Hill in the late autumn, [595-7];
- operations of, in December, [606].
- Drummond, colonel, operations of his brigade at Sabugal, [194].
- Dumoustier, general, commands division in Army of the North, [463], [467], [469].
- Duncan, major, commands artillery at Barrosa, [112-17], [119].
- D’Urban, Sir Benjamin, his notes on the Portuguese commissariat, [70];