A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812

by Charles Oman

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INDEX

• Abadia, Francisco Xavier, general, orders for, [220];
  • tiresome conduct of, [337].
• Abbé, general, governor of Navarre, his proclamation against guerrilleros, [102];
  • defeated by Mina, [198].
• Alba de Tormes, Carlos de España fails to hold castle of, [415], [466].
• Albuera, Hill in position at, [269];
  • combats in front of, [527]-[30].
• Alcantara, bridge of, restored by Wellington, [333].
• Aldaya, combat of, [64].
• Alicante, occupied by Mahy, repulses Montbrun, [78], [79];
  • Maitland lands at, [573].
• Almaraz, forts of, stormed by Hill, [322]-[30].
• Almeida, re-fortified by Wellington, [160];
  • repulses the attack of Clausel, [281].
• Almendralejo, seized by Hill, [132].
• Altafulla, combat of, [96].
• Alten, Victor, general, fails to assist Carlos de España at Rodrigo, [280];
  • retreats to Villa Velha, [284];
  • results of his action, [290];
  • with Wellington’s advance into Spain, [352];
  • at Salamanca, [365], [369], [372]-[3];
  • at Pollos, [389], [399], [401];
  • his successful charge at Castrillo, [405]-[6];
  • wounded at Salamanca, [422].
• America, Spanish colonies in, troubles of, [136]-[8], [337].
• Andalusia, position of Soult in, [80], [108], [109], [110], [274], [305];
  • evacuation of, proposed by Jourdan, [307], [308];
  • resisted by Soult, [309]-[10];
  • operations in, during June-August, [521], [522], [535], [536];
  • evacuation of, by Soult, [539]-[43].
• Andriani, Luis, colonel, defends Saguntum, [13], [17]-[30];
  • surrenders, [45]-[6].
• Anson, George, major-general, operations of his cavalry, [401], [402];
  • at Salamanca, [449], [461];
  • at Garcia Hernandez, [501].
• Anson, William, major-general, his brigade at Castrillo, [406];
  • at Salamanca, [457], [458].
• Aragon, French army of, [5];
  • Suchet’s garrisons in, [6];
  • operations of Duran and the guerrilleros in, [21]-[3];
  • French reinforcements for, [51]-[2];
  • Palombini’s and Severoli’s campaigns in, [98]-[101].
• Arentschildt, Friedrich, colonel, takes command of a brigade at Salamanca, [442]-[5], [454], [461], [494];
  • marches on Madrid, [504].
• Artificers, Royal Military, at siege of Badajoz, [225], [255]-[6];
  • converted into Royal Sappers and Miners, [256].
• Artillery, the allied, table of the, in 1812, Appendix, pp. 619-[22].
• Astorga, siege of, [337]-[8], [388], [502].
• Asturias, the, evacuated by Bonnet, [196]-[8];
  • reconquered by him, [338];
  • evacuated again, [390], [391].
• Aubert, colonel, governor of Almaraz, slain there, [324]-[6].
• Ayerbe, skirmish at, [22].

• Baccelar, Manuel, general, commands Portuguese of the North, [219]-[21];
  • concentrates to keep off Marmont, [282]-[3];
  • dissuades Trant from attacking Marmont, [285].
• Badajoz, siege of, [217]-[56];
  • disgraceful sack of, [256]-[64].
• Ballasteros, Francisco, general, harasses Soult in south Andalusia, [111];
  • harasses the besiegers of Tarifa, [116]-[17];
  • unwilling to receive orders from British, [230];
  • threatens Seville, [274];
  • retires prematurely, [275];
  • his ineffective raids on Zahara and Osuna, [275];
  • routs Rey at Alhaurin, [276];
  • checked at battle of Bornos, [336], [348], [385];
  • instructed by Wellington to threaten Seville, [519];
  • defeated at Bornos, [521], [522];
  • surprises Malaga, [535];
  • and Osuna, [536];
  • harasses retreating French, [542], [544].
• Barcelona, alleged poisoning plot at, [565].
• Barnard, Andrew, colonel, at the storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, [179];
  • becomes commander of the Light Division on Craufurd’s death, [182], [184].
• Barrié, general, governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, [165], [173], [188].
• Barrois, general, takes part in siege of Tarifa, [116];
  • sent to Drouet’s aid by Soult, [525], [531].
• Bathurst, Henry, second earl, his correspondence with Wellington on financial difficulties, [350], [351].
• Bentinck, Lord Frederick, negotiates with Wellington, [344].
• Bentinck, Lord William, commander of British forces in Sicily, proposes expedition against east coast of Spain, [342], [343];
  • sends only a small force, [346], [347];
  • his indecision, [386], [408];
  • the expedition starts, [499], [565].
• Beresford, William Carr, marshal, his strict discipline for Portuguese army, [149];
  • at siege of Badajoz, [217], [228];
  • leads centre of army advancing into Leon, [352];
  • nominated by Wellington second in command in event of his being disabled, [353];
  • before Salamanca, [359];
  • with Wellington involved in skirmish of Castrejon, [402];
  • urges delay in attack at Salamanca, [427];
  • in the battle, [459];
  • wounded, [471].
• Berkeley, admiral, sends Russian guns for siege of Badajoz, [224].
• Berthier, Louis Alexander, marshal, his dispatch to Marmont on reorganization of army of Portugal, [189];
  • sends news of Joseph’s appointment as Commander-in-Chief to the marshals in the Peninsula, [298]-[9].
• Bertoletti, general, governor of Tarragona, [96].
• Bilbao, taken by Popham and Mendizabal, [556];
  • recaptured by Caffarelli, [557].
• Blake, Joaquim, general, Spanish commander-in-chief in Valencia, assumes defensive against Suchet, [10];
  • his plans, [19]-[23];
  • advances against Suchet, [31];
  • defeated at battle of Saguntum, [36]-[43];
  • besieged by Suchet in Valencia, [47]-[72];
  • surrenders, [73];
  • imprisoned at Vincennes, [73].
• Blaniac, H. Lafon, general, appointed governor of Madrid on Joseph’s departure, [488];
  • defends the Retiro against Wellington, [507];
  • surrenders, [516].
• Bock, Eberhard, major-general, commanding Heavy Dragoons K.G.L. at Badajoz, [219], [229];
  • with army advancing into Leon, [352];
  • at Salamanca, [365], [372], [373];
  • at Pollos, [389];
  • at Castrillo, [399];
  • at Salamanca, [403], [425];
  • at Garcia Hernandez, [476]-[7];
  • marches on Madrid, [504];
  • goes north with Wellington, [581].
• Bonnet, general, his expedition into the Asturias, [338];
  • summoned by Marmont before Salamanca, [354];
  • joins him, [381], [390], [391];
  • his feigned advance against Wellington, [397];
  • at Salamanca, [424]-[39];
  • assumes command on Marmont’s being disabled, [440];
  • wounded, [440], [469].
• Bornos, battle of, [336], [385].
• Bourke, general, defeated by Eroles at Roda, [98].
• Boussard, general, wounded at Aldaya, [64].
• Brennier, Antoine François, general, blockades Rodrigo, [281];
  • beaten at Castrillo, [405], [406];
  • his division routed at Salamanca, [451].
• Burgoyne, John, major of engineers, takes charge of assault on castle of Badajoz, [251];
  • besieges the forts of Salamanca, [362].

• Cadiz, bombardment of by the French, [167], [168];
  • politics at, [137]-[44];
  • siege of, raised, [539], [540].
• Caffarelli, Louis Marie, general, occupies Saragossa, [57];
  • troubles of, in Aragon, [82];
  • vainly pursues Mina, [103];
  • Wellington’s plans against, [339], [340];
  • promises help to Marmont, [356], [372];
  • fails to send it, [378], [393], [394];
  • sends cavalry brigade under Chauvel, [419];
  • relieves Santander, [554];
  • retakes Bilbao from Mendizabal, [556], [557].
• Calatayud, captured by Duran, [21], [22];
  • attacked by Montijo, [51]-[2];
  • captured by Gayan, [101].
• Campbell, Colin, general, governor of Gibraltar, garrisons Tarifa, [112];
  • forbids abandonment of the town, [123].
• Campbell, John, colonel, commands brigade of Portuguese horse in Estremadura, [219], [530], [531], [534].
• Caro, José, general, at battle of Saguntum, [33], [41], [42].
• Caroline, queen of the Two Sicilies, her intrigues against the British, [346], [347].
• Carrera, La, Martin, brigadier, encompasses Boussard’s cavalry at Aldaya, [64];
  • his gallant raid on Murcia, [81];
  • death, [81].
• Carrié, general, beaten and captured at Castrillo, [405].
• Castalla, battle of, [567]-[70].
• Castaños, Francis Xavier, general, in command in Galicia, [197], [219], [337], [388].
• Castello Branco, sacked by Clausel, [284].
• Castlereagh, Lord, succeeds Canning at the Foreign Office, [155], [349].
• Castrejon, combat of, [401], [402].
• Castrillo, combat of, [405], [406].
• Castro Urdiales, taken by Popham, [553].
• Catalonia, French army of, [4], [5];
  • operations of Lacy, Eroles, and Decaen in, [90]-[9];
  • formally annexed by Napoleon, [97];
  • projected British landing in, [344];
  • Lacy’s summer campaign in, [562]-[4];
  • Maitland refuses to land in, [571].
• Ceccopieri, colonel, slain near Ayerbe, [22].
• Cerdagne, ravaged by Eroles, [93];
  • by Sarsfield, [99].
• Chauvel, general, arrives after Salamanca, and covers retreat of French army, [482].
• Chlopiski, general, commands flank-guard at Saguntum, [35];
  • his victorious charge, [37].
• Chowne, Christopher Tilson, general, makes false attack on castle of Miravete, [324]-[8].
• Ciudad Real, seized by Morillo, [134].
• Clausel, Bertrand, general, fails to attack Almeida, [281];
  • occupies Castello Branco, [284];
  • dissuades Marmont from attacking at Salamanca, [367], [368];
  • his unsuccessful attack at Castrillo, [405], [406];
  • at battle of Salamanca, [430], [435];
  • assumes command after Marmont and Bonnet are disabled, [440];
  • advances on Wellington’s centre, [458];
  • repulsed, [460];
  • wounded, [469];
  • his dispatch to Joseph, [489];
  • continues to retreat north, [491].
• Clinton, Henry, general, his victorious advance at Salamanca, [459]-[60];
  • left to contain Clausel, [501].
• Codrington, Edward, captain R.N., operations of, on the coast of Catalonia, [92], [563], [564];
  • his views on Lacy and Eroles, [572].
• Colborne, John, colonel, leads storming-party at Ciudad Rodrigo, [167];
  • wounded, [182], [184].
• Cole, Hon. Lowry, general, his operations on June 10, [403]-[6];
  • his advance at Salamanca, [455];
  • wounded, [456].
• Conroux, Nicolas, general, surprised by Ballasteros, [522].
• Constitution, the Spanish, drawn up by the Cortes, [140], [144].
• Copons, Francisco, general, at the siege of Tarifa, [112], [118];
  • opposes evacuation of the town, [123], [125].
• Cortes, the, at Cadiz, Constitution drawn up by, [140].
• Cotton, Stapleton, general, routs Drouet’s rearguard at Villagarcia, [278];
  • commands rearguard on retreat to Salamanca, [401];
  • in the battle, [434]-[47], [449];
  • wounded there, [471].
• Craufurd, Robert, general, observing Ciudad Rodrigo, [159];
  • mortally wounded in storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, [182];
  • Charles Stewart’s high estimate of him, [186].
• Creagh, Juan, general, at Valencia, [60], [65].
• Cruz Murgeon, Juan, general, storms Seville, [540], [541].
• Cuenca, occupied by Mahy, [24];
  • taken by D’Armagnac, [56];
  • evacuated by Maupoint, [488].

• Daricau, general, operations of, in Estremadura, [233], [275], [521], [526], [533].
• D’Armagnac, general, goes to aid Suchet in Valencia, [56]-[76];
  • co-operates with Montbrun, [478].
• Decaen, Charles, general, commands in Catalonia, [4], [5], [90];
  • his difficulties with Barcelona, [92];
  • relieves Barcelona, [94];
  • harassed by the Catalan army under Lacy, [563].
• Decken, Gustav von der, captain, his gallant charge and mortal wound at Garcia Hernandez, [477].
• Delort, colonel, defeats O’Donnell at Castalla, [568], [569].
• D’Erlon, see [Drouet].
• Denia, captured by General Harispe, [87].
• Dickson, Alexander, colonel, brings up siege-guns to Ciudad Rodrigo, [160];
  • prepares for siege of Badajoz, [201], [224];
  • his account of the storm, [247];
  • with Hill’s expedition to Almaraz, [322];
  • at Salamanca, [364].
• Dombrouski, general, driven from Merida, [131], [132].
• Dorsenne, Jean Marie, general, ignores the danger of Ciudad Rodrigo, [187], [188], [194];
  • meets Marmont at Valladolid, [192];
  • declines to obey Jourdan’s orders, [300], [304].
• Downie, John, colonel, his gallant conduct at Seville, [541].
• Doyle, Charles, general, suggests fortification of Saguntum (Murviedro), [11], [12].
• Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte d’Erlon, in Estremadura, observing Hill, [106], [107];
  • driven from Almendralejo by Hill, [132];
  • retires before Graham, [230], [231];
  • sends pressing summons to Soult, [267];
  • routed by Le Marchant at Villagarcia, [277];
  • fails to intercept Hill after Almaraz, [330], [331];
  • threatened by Hill, [525];
  • his manœuvres against Hill, [531]-[5];
  • retreats suddenly to join Soult, [543].
• Duran, José, chief of guerrilleros, seizes Calatayud, [21];
  • attacks Suchet’s rear, [49];
  • seizes Almunia, and retires to Molina, [51].
• D’Urban, Benjamin, colonel, chief of the Portuguese staff, his views on Wellington’s advance into Leon, [317];
  • with Silveira on the Douro, [339];
  • his activity, [386], [387], [409];
  • joins Wellington before Salamanca, [410]-[13];
  • in the battle, [426]-[36];
  • his charge, [441]-[5], [453], [454], [461];
  • in pursuit of Joseph at Segovia, [495];
  • enters the town, [496];
  • marches on Madrid, [504];
  • routed by Treillard at Majalahonda, [509]-[13].

• ‘El Manco,’ guerrillero chief, [102].
• Empecinado, Juan Martin, the, his co-operation with the army of Valencia, [3], [5], [10];
  • seizes Calatayud, [21];
  • attacks Suchet’s rear, [49];
  • attacks Mazzuchelli, [51];
  • his jealousy of Montijo, [52];
  • his disaster at Siguenza, [102];
  • captures the garrison of Guadalajara, [516].
• Engineers, Wellington’s demand for sappers and miners, [255], [256].
• Eroles, General Baron, raids French frontier, [93];
  • destroys a French column at Villaseca, [95];
  • defeated at Altafulla, [96];
  • defeats Bourke at Roda, [98];
  • his differences with Lacy, [562]-[3].
• Erskine, Sir William, lieut.-general, sends false intelligence of French advance to Hill, [330];
  • Wellington’s comments on, [331]-[2];
  • his slack pursuit of Pierre Soult, [542].
• España, Carlos de, general, [220];
  • retires from Rodrigo before Marmont’s advance, [280], [281];
  • reports lack of provisions to Wellington, [290];
  • joins Wellington before Salamanca, [355], [365];
  • at the ford of Pollos, [389];
  • at Castrillo, [399];
  • at Salamanca, [411];
  • fails to hold castle of Alba de Tormes, [415], [466];
  • marches on Madrid, [504];
  • governor of Madrid, [517], [567].
• Estremadura, invaded by Hill, [133], [134];
  • operations by Hill and Graham in, [228]-[33];
  • campaign of Hill and Drouet in, June-August, [520]-[33].

• Ferey, general, advises Marmont to fight at San Cristobal, [367];
  • covers retreat of French at Salamanca, [462]-[5];
  • slain, [464], [469].
• Figueras, fall of, [1].
• Fletcher, Richard, colonel, engineer officer directing siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [170];
  • at Badajoz, [228], [237];
  • wounded, [238];
  • again on duty, [243].
• Fortescue, Hon. John, his estimate of the British Ministers and their dealings with Wellington, [152].
• Foy, Maximilien, general, moves with Montbrun against Valencia, [52]-[78];
  • attempts to divert British from Badajoz, [233], [266];
  • fails to help Almaraz, [329];
  • his description of Marmont’s plans at San Cristobal, [367];
  • at Toro, [390];
  • makes feigned advance against Wellington, [397];
  • describes opening of battle of Salamanca, [420], [421], [424], [433];
  • criticism of Marmont, [438], [461];
  • successfully covers French retreat, [467];
  • his account of battle of Salamanca, [472]-[3];
  • defeated at Garcia Hernandez, [475]-[8].
• Freire, Manuel, general, prevented from joining Blake at Valencia, [57];
  • with Mahy’s force, [77], [78];
  • his raid on eastern Andalusia, [559].
• Frère, general, protects Suchet’s rear in Catalonia, [6], [92].

• Galicia, state of, in 1812, [220], [337], [338].
• Garcia Hernandez, combat of, [467]-[8].
• Gaspard-Thierry, colonel, governor of Picurina fort at Badajoz, taken prisoner, [240].
• Gayan, guerrillero chief, seizes Calatayud, [101].
• Gijon, occupied by the French, [338].
• Gough, Hugh, colonel, takes part in defence of Tarifa, [118];
  • opposes its evacuation, [122]-[7].
• Graham, Thomas, general, overruns Estremadura, [228];
  • fails to catch Reymond, [230]-[2];
  • falls back on Albuera, [268];
  • obliged to throw up his command, [352]-[3];
  • before Salamanca, [359], [369], [373]-[5].
• Granada, evacuated by Soult, [544], [545].
• Grant, Colquhoun, major, captured at Idanha Nova, [292], [318].
• Guarda, Trant’s disaster at, [285]-[6].
• Guarena, combat of the, [404]-[5].
• Gudin, colonel, at the storming of Saguntum, [17], [18].
• Guetaria, attacked by Home Popham, [553], [557].
• Gurwood, lieutenant, J., leads forlorn hope at storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, [181];
  • controversy concerning, [589].

• Habert, general, at storming of Saguntum, [17], [28], [33], [39];
  • at capture of Valencia, [58]-[63];
  • joins Harispe, [67];
  • at Gandia, [85].
• Hamilton, general A., commands a Portuguese division under Hill, [130], [520].
• Harispe, general, in invasion of Valencia, [14];
  • at battle of Saguntum, [34], [40];
  • at capture of Valencia, [58], [61]-[4];
  • moves toward Alicante, [85];
  • defeats O’Donnell at Castalla, [567]-[70];
  • retires behind the Xucar, [573].
• Hay, Andrew Leith, captain, his account of the storming of Badajoz, [255];
  • of the battle of Salamanca, [448]-[9].
• Henriod, governor of Lerida, repulses Lacy, [564].
• Hill, Rowland, General, his advance into Estremadura, 86:
  • retires into Portugal, [106];
  • seizes Merida, [130]-[2];
  • forms covering force for siege of Badajoz, [218], [228], [233];
  • joins Graham at Albuera, [268];
  • contains Drouet in Estremadura, [291];
  • his raid on Almaraz, [311]-[29], [348];
  • Wellington’s instructions to him to harass Drouet, [519];
  • advances to Zafra, [522];
  • awaits Drouet’s attack, [527];
  • his manœuvres against Drouet, [531]-[5];
  • does not pursue when Drouet joins Soult, [543];
  • warns Wellington of Soult’s evacuation of Andalusia, [578];
  • marches on Madrid, [579].
• Hodenberg, Karl, captain in the K.G.L., his account of the sack of Badajoz, [262];
  • of Garcia Hernandez, [480].