A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812 - Charles Oman - Page №141
A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812
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  • Infantado, J. de Silva, Duke of, created a member of the Regency [144], [145].
  • Jones, John, colonel R.E., his remarks on the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [173];
    • on the storming of Badajoz, [247];
    • on the siege of the Salamanca forts, [371].
  • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, Napoleon’s instructions to him to send troops to Valencia, [53];
    • he negotiates with the Cortes at Cadiz, [138];
    • receives news of the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [188];
    • appointed commander-in-chief by Napoleon, [298];
    • difficulties of his situation, [301], [302];
    • determines to march to Marmont’s aid, [385];
    • authorizes Marmont to give battle, [395];
    • marches north to join Marmont, [484];
    • receives news of the defeat of Salamanca, [488];
    • retreats to Madrid, [489];
    • halts at Segovia, [492];
    • evacuates Madrid, [505];
    • orders Drouet to join him, [533];
    • marches on Valencia, [574]-[8].
  • Jourdan, Jean Baptiste, marshal, appointed Chief-of-the-Staff to Joseph, [298];
    • his comments on the situation, [301];
    • his Mémoire of May 1812, [303]-[7];
    • urges Marmont to attack Wellington, [394], [395];
    • his criticism of Marmont’s failure at Salamanca, [430], [473];
    • marches with Joseph to aid Marmont, [488];
    • and retreats, [489];
    • urges evacuation of the Retiro, [507].
  • Kempt, James, major-general, leads assault on castle of Badajoz, [239]-[40];
    • takes command when Picton is disabled, [251];
    • wounded, [252].
  • Kincaid, John, his account of the sack of Badajoz, [261].
  • King, Henry, major, takes part in defence of Tarifa, [112], [118];
    • opposes its evacuation, [122], [123].
  • La Carrera, see [Carrera].
  • Lacy, Luis, general, his raids against Igualada, Cervera, and Montserrat, [5];
    • his quarrels with the Catalan Junta, [91];
    • endeavours to starve out Barcelona and Tarragona, [94];
    • his unpopularity, [91], [562], [563];
    • his fruitless attack on Lerida, [564];
    • dissuades Maitland from landing at Palamos, [571].
  • Lafosse, general, governor of Tortosa, surprised and routed by Eroles, [95].
  • Lallemand, general, defeats Slade at Maguilla, [523], [524];
    • skirmishes with Hill’s cavalry, [530], [531].
  • Lamare, commandant of engineers at Badajoz, [235];
    • his able conduct in the defence, [246].
  • La Peña, Canon, secret agent of King Joseph, [139], [140].
  • Lardizabal, José, general, commanding a division in Valencia, [3];
    • at battle of Saguntum, [32], [40], [44];
    • at siege of Valencia, [60], [66];
    • fails to cut his way out, [70];
    • surrender of, [73].
  • Leith, James, general, commanding 5th Division, his successful escalade at Badajoz, [245], [253], [254];
    • at Salamanca, [434], [435];
    • leads central attack, [446], [448];
    • wounded, [449], [471].
  • Le Marchant, John Gaspard, general, commanding heavy dragoons, [219], [228];
    • routs Drouet’s rearguard at Villagarcia, [277];
    • with Wellington’s advance into Leon, [352];
    • at Salamanca, [365], [374];
    • at Pollos, [389];
    • to Fuente la Peña, [399];
    • at Salamanca, [403], [425], [447], [449];
    • charges Maucune’s division, [450], [451];
    • fatally wounded, [452];
    • founder of Military College at High Wycombe, [452].
  • Le Mesurier, Haviland, general, governor of Almeida, repulses Clausel, [281];
    • his report on the defences of the city, [283].
  • Leval, Jean François, general, besieges Tarifa, [116]-[29];
    • fails to catch Ballasteros, [536];
    • harassed by Freire, [559], [560].
  • Liverpool, Lord, his support of Wellington, [152]-[6], [349];
    • sanctions Sir Home Popham’s naval expedition on coast of Biscay, [340];
    • and Bentinck’s scheme for attacking Catalonian coast, [342], [343].
  • Llerena, Graham’s operations round, [230], [231].
  • Longa, Juan, guerrillero chief, [340];
    • joins Popham’s raid on Biscayan coast, [553];
    • joins Mendizabal at Bilbao, [557].
  • Lübeck, sack of, by Bernadotte’s troops a parallel to that of Badajoz, [262].
  • Luddites, the, riots of, [153].
  • Macdonald, Étienne, marshal, Duke of Tarentum, recall of, [1].
  • Mackinnon, Henry, major-general, at siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [178], [180];
    • killed in the storm, [181].
  • Madrid, Wellington marches on, [497];
    • evacuated by Joseph, [506], [507];
    • Wellington’s triumphal entry, [513], [514].
  • Maguilla, combat of, [385], [523], [524].
  • Mahy, Nicolas, general, commands Murcian army, [20];
    • his abortive expedition against Cuenca, [23];
    • joins Blake in attacking Suchet, [31];
    • at battle of Saguntum, [36]-[8];
    • his comments, [39];
    • opinion of Valencians, [50];
    • abandons Valencia, escapes to the south, [64], [68];
    • occupies Alicante, [78];
    • abandons Denia, [87];
    • removed from his command, [87].
  • Maitland, Frederick, general, leads Sicilian expedition against Catalonia, [346], [347], [499], [565];
    • arrives at Palamos, [571];
    • at Alicante, [572];
    • threatens Harispe, [573];
    • withdraws to Alicante, [574].
  • Majalahonda, combat of, [509]-[13].
  • Malaga, surprised by Ballasteros, [535];
    • seized by English squadron, [559].
  • Marmont, Auguste Frédéric, marshal, Duke of Ragusa, sends expedition to Valencia, [53], [157], [161];
    • receives news of fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, [187], [188];
    • reorganization of his army by Napoleon, [190], [191];
    • warned by Thiébault of Wellington’s advance on Ciudad Rodrigo, [192], [195];
    • concentrates troops to oppose him, [196];
    • retires to Valladolid 199;
    • deprived of some troops by the Emperor, [203], [204];
    • severely criticized by Napoleon, [203]-[6], [221]-[6];
    • makes a raid on central Portugal, [243];
    • concerts joint action with Soult against Wellington, [266];
    • masks Rodrigo and Almeida, and marches to Sabugal, [283];
    • surprises Trant at Guarda, [285];
    • returns to Sabugal, [288];
    • and Fuente Guinaldo, [288];
    • escapes from Wellington at Fuente Guinaldo, [290]-[295];
    • receives news of Joseph’s appointment as commander-in-chief, [298]-[9];
    • sends in report to Joseph, [302];
    • his partial compliance with Joseph’s orders, [310]-[11];
    • his intercepted dispatches, [318]-[19];
    • evacuates Salamanca, [354];
    • his dispatch to Joseph, [370];
    • waits vainly for Caffarelli, [370]-[8];
    • retreats on to the Douro, [380];
    • requisitions horses, [391];
    • advances against Wellington, [397];
    • long strategical movements, [398]-[417];
    • opens battle of Salamanca, [421]-[37];
    • wounded, [437];
    • his dispatch, [469];
    • criticism of his actions, [472]-[4];
    • his report to Joseph, [488].
  • Mathieu, Maurice, general, operations of, in Catalonia, [94]-[6], [563].
  • Maucune, general, at Salamanca, [430]-[7].
  • May, John, brevet-major, R.A., in charge of siege of forts of Salamanca, [362].
  • Mazzuchelli, general, his skirmishes with Aragonese guerrilleros, [51].
  • Melito, André, Miot de, Joseph’s minister, his comments on his master’s situation, [301].
  • Mendizabal, Gabriel, general, commanding 7th army, employed by Wellington to harass Caffarelli, [339], [348];
    • comes to aid Popham, [554];
    • in conjunction with Popham captures Bilbao, [550]-[7];
    • driven out by Caffarelli, [557].
  • Merida, seized and evacuated by Hill, [130]-[2];
    • reoccupied, [233];
    • raided by the French, [535].
  • Merino, guerrillero chief, his cruelty, [102].
  • Mina, Francisco, guerrilla chief, [4], [6], [21];
    • destroys Ceccopieri, [22];
    • eludes Musnier, [23];
    • his reprisals against the governor of Navarre, [102];
    • escapes into Aragon, [103];
    • seizes French convoy in the Pass of Salinas, [103];
    • escapes from Pannetier, [104];
    • his activity in the North, [190];
    • defeats Abbé near Pampeluna, [198];
    • his activity 548, [549];
    • sends aid to Popham, [553].
  • Miranda, José, general, at battle of Saguntum 36-[44];
    • at Valencia, [60].
  • Mislata, combat of, [65]-[6].
  • Montbrun, Louis Pierre, general, leads expedition against Valencia, [53], [76];
    • advances on Alicante, [77];
    • retires, [78];
    • returns to Toledo, [79], [265].
  • Montijo, conde de, commands irregular troops against Suchet, [49], [52];
    • besieges Soria, [198];
    • with O’Donnell at rout of Castalla, [568]-[9].
  • Morillo, Pablo, general, his raid on La Mancha, [134], [135];
    • with Penne-Villemur threatens Seville, [274];
    • co-operates with Hill, [520];
    • marches with Hill on Madrid, [580].
  • Mosquera, Joaquim, member of the Council of the Indies, created member of the Spanish Regency, [144].
  • Murat, Joachim, King of Naples, failure of his expedition against Sicily, [341].
  • Murcia, captured and evacuated by Pierre Soult, [80], [81].
  • Murviedro, see [Saguntum].
  • Musnier, general, [9];
    • opposed by guerrilleros, [21]-[3];
    • marches on Valencia, [57];
    • attacks Valencia, [61], 69:
    • relieves Tarragona, [94]-[6].
  • Napier, George, major, at the storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, [181];
    • wounded, [182].
  • Napier, Sir William, historian, his remarks on the surrender of Peniscola, [88];
    • comments on the fall of Ciudad Rodrigo, [194];
    • account of the storming of Badajoz, [247];
    • of Salamanca, [407], [457];
    • comments on Soult’s plan for retiring on Andalusia, [546];
    • accepts Suchet’s version of his administration in Valencia, [560], [561].
  • Napoleon, Emperor, his plans for the invasion of Valencia, [2];
    • arrangements for reinforcing Suchet, [53]-[5], [80];
    • withdraws troops from Spain for the Russian War, [83]-[4], [189];
    • his plan for the subjection of Catalonia, [96]-[7];
    • fails to foresee Wellington’s advance on Ciudad Rodrigo, [193], [194];
    • withdraws troops from Marmont, 203:
    • his criticism on the fall of Badajoz, [270];
    • his forebodings about the Russian campaign, [297];
    • appoints Joseph commander-in-chief of forces in the Peninsula, [298];
    • further instructions to Joseph, [312], [313];
    • his condemnation of Marmont’s failure at Salamanca, [396], [397], [431], [439], [473].
  • Navarro, Garcia, treacherously surrenders Peniscola, [87];
    • deserts to the French, [89].
  • Navas de Membrillo, combat of, [131].
  • Neveux, captain, exploit of, at Navas de Membrillo, [131].
  • Nevill, P. P., colonel, his account of the sack of Badajoz, [263], [264].
  • Ney, Michel, marshal, Duke of Elchingen, his views on the treatment of a garrison that held out to the last, [259].
  • Niebla, the Condado of (western Andalusia), operations in, [107], [274], [539].
  • Obispo, José, general, cuts French communications, [20];
    • driven away by Palombini, [24];
    • returns to Segorbe, [30];
    • advances on Saguntum, [32], [35];
    • arrives too late for the battle, [36], [38];
    • at Valencia, [60];
    • retires to Cullera, [65].
  • O’Donnell, Charles, general, threatens Suchet’s flank, [20], [21];
    • forced to retire from Benaguacil by Suchet, [24], [25];
    • at battle of Saguntum, [35], [544].
  • O’Donnell, Henry, conde de la Bispal, made member of the Regency, [144].
  • O’Donnell, Joseph, general, captain-general of Murcia, reorganizes Mahy’s troops, [559];
    • routed by Harispe at Castalla, [567]-[70].
  • Ollorgan, combat of, [557].
  • O’Ronan, colonel, at battle of Saguntum, [32], [37].
  • Oropesa, garrisoned by Blake, [13], [14];
    • taken by Suchet, its garrison escapes, [25].
  • O’Toole, Bryan, major, commanding Portuguese caçadores at Ciudad Rodrigo, [179], [183].
  • Oviedo, captured by Bonnet, [338];
    • evacuated by him, [381].
  • Pack, Denis, general, commanding Portuguese brigade at Ciudad Rodrigo, [179], [183];
    • sent to Badajoz, [217], [229];
    • to Portalegre, [291];
    • with Wellington’s advance into Leon, [352];
    • at Salamanca, [365];
    • at Pollos, [389];
    • at Salamanca, [411], [424], [425];
    • his attack on the Greater Arapile, [455], [457];
    • marches on Madrid, [504];
    • with Wellington’s army moves North, [581].
  • Pakenham, Hon. Edward, major-general, takes command of the 3rd Division before Salamanca, [352], [353];
    • in battle, [425], [426];
    • executes turning movement, [436];
    • routs Thomières, [443], [445], [461].
  • Palacio, Marquis, captain-general of Valencia, [20].
  • Palamos, Maitland at, [571].
  • Palombini, general, sent against Obispo, [24], [30];
    • at siege and battle of Saguntum, [28], [33], [41];
    • at capture of Valencia, [63], [65], [66];
    • moved to southern Aragon, [85];
    • checked by Villacampa, [100];
    • summoned by Joseph to Madrid, [487];
    • at Majalahonda, [509].
  • Peña La, Canon, employed by Joseph to negotiate with Cortes at Cadiz, [139].
  • Peniscola, held by General Garcia Navarro, [13];
    • treacherously surrendered by him, [87], [88].
  • Penne-Villemur, Conde de, threatens Seville, [229], [230];
    • with Morillo makes a raid on Seville, [274];
    • co-operates with Hill, [520], [522];
    • routed by Lallemand at Santa Marta, [530];
    • pursues Drouet, [543];
    • marches with Hill on Madrid, [580].
  • Perceval, Spencer, Prime Minister, his troubles, [151]-[6].
  • Phillipon, Armand, general, governor of Badajoz, [235];
    • his energy and ability, [236], [240], [242];
    • his gallant defence at the storm of the city, [45], [246];
    • surrenders, [254];
    • Soult’s over-confidence in him, [270].
  • Picurina, fort at Badajoz, stormed, [239], [240].
  • Ponsonby, Hon. William, commanding cavalry brigade at Villagarcia, [278];
    • at Salamanca, [365];
    • marches on Madrid, [504];
    • drives away Treillard from Majalahonda, [512];
    • goes north with Wellington’s army, [58].
  • Popham, Sir Home, leads naval expedition against coast-forts of Cantabria and Biscay, [340]-[8];
    • prevents Caffarelli from joining Marmont, [378], [384], [393];
    • his descent on the Biscayan coast, [550];
    • his successes, [552], [553];
    • captures Santander, [554], [555];
    • captures Bilbao, [556], [557].
  • Porlier, Juan Diaz, guerrillero leader, in Cantabria, [338], [339], [340], [555], [556].
  • Regency, the, of Portugal, its financial difficulties, [145], [350]-[51].
  • Regency, the, of Spain, its composition changed, [144].
  • Reille, Honoré Charles, general, commands division on Upper Ebro, [4];
    • joins Suchet, [7], [48], [52], [57];
    • attacks Valencia, [61];
    • appointed chief of the army of the Ebro, [96];
    • his plan for the subjection of Catalonia, [98];
    • fails to capture Mina, [104].
  • Reizenstein, August von, captain K.G.L., leads charge at Garcia Hernandez, [479].
  • Renaud Redoute, at Rodrigo, stormed by Colborne, [167], [168].
  • Renovales, Colonel, his operation in Biscay, [556]-[7].
  • Reymond, general, escapes from Graham, [230], [231].
  • Ridge, Henry, lieut.-colonel, killed at the storm of Badajoz, [252].
  • Rignoux, general, governor of Seville, alarmed by raids of guerrilleros, [274], [275].
  • Rivas, Ignacio Rodriguez de, member of the Cadiz Regency, [144].
  • Roche, Philip K., general, organizes a Spanish division at Alicante, [85];
    • his operations at the battle of Castalla, [567]-[70];
    • joins Maitland at Alicante, [572].
  • Roda, combat of, [98].
  • Rodrigo, Ciudad, siege of, [158], [161]-[86];
    • defies Marmont, [281];
    • blockaded by Brennier, [281].
  • Rogniat, general, at the storm of Saguntum, [27].
  • Ross, captain, killed at Ciudad Rodrigo, [170].
  • Rouget, general, his campaign about Bilbao, [557].
  • Russia, Napoleon’s war with, causes withdrawal of French troops from the Peninsula, [83].
  • Saguntum (or Murviedro), its defences, [11], [16], [17];
    • ineffectually stormed by Suchet, [17]-[19];
    • battle of, [26]-[45];
    • surrender of, [45].
  • Salamanca, evacuated by Marmont, [354];
    • Wellington enters, [360];
    • its forts besieged, [361]-[79];
    • Marmont and Wellington manœuvre before, [402]-[17];
    • battle of, [421]-[70].
  • Salinas (Puerto de Arlaban), Mina’s victory at, [102].
  • Sanchez, Julian, guerrillero chief, his activity in the neighbourhood of Salamanca, [188], [220], [299];
    • marches with Wellington on Madrid, [504].
  • San Juan, José, general, rout of his Valencian cavalry at Saguntum, [37].
  • Santander, captured by Popham, [554]-[5].
  • Santesteban, general, in the Castalla campaign, [568], [570].
  • Santocildes, José Maria, general, his half-hearted attack on Astorga, [386]-[9];
    • comes to Benavente, [409];
    • sent to threaten Valladolid, [490];
    • occupies the town, [502], [503].
  • Santoña, French garrison at, [551], [555], [558].
  • Sarrut, general, joins expedition against Valencia, [53];
    • guards the fords of Huerta, [415]-[16];
    • his action at Salamanca, [458]-[61].
  • Sarsfield, Pedro, general, his raid on Foix, [99];
    • Lacy’s jealousy of, [563].
  • Schepeler, colonel, his account of Blake at Saguntum, [43];
    • and at Valencia, [66];
    • seizes Cordova, [543];
    • his notes on Suchet’s tyranny, in Valencia, [560], [561].
  • Scovell, George, captain, his ingenuity as cipher-secretary to Wellington, [317];
    • account of his file of ciphers, Appendix, [611]-[18].
  • Segovia, Joseph, halts at, [492];
    • occupied by D’Urban, [495].
  • Severoli, general, commands a division on Upper Ebro, [4];
    • joins Suchet, [4];
    • occupies western Aragon, [22], [23];
    • summoned to Valencia, [48], [52], [57].
  • Seville, attacked by Penne Villemur, [274], [275];
    • stormed by Cruz Murgeon and Skerrett, [540], [541].
  • Silveira, Francisco, general, commanding Portuguese in Tras-os-Montes, [219], [220];
    • moves on Lamego to protect Beira, [282];
    • told off by Wellington to blockade Zamora, [339], [348], [386], [387], [491], [502].
  • Slade, John, general, defeated at Maguilla, [385], [523], [524].
  • Smith, Charles F., captain R.E., opposes evacuation of Tarifa, [122].
  • Smith, Harry, 95th regiment, his romantic marriage at Badajoz, [264].
  • Souham, Joseph, general, put under Marmont’s orders, [189];
    • summoned by Marmont to Salamanca, [198].
  • Soult, Nicolas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, Napoleon orders him to assist Suchet, [80];
    • failure of his expedition to Tarifa, [78];
    • disposition of his troops in Andalusia, [106]-[10];
    • sends Victor to besiege Tarifa, [115];
    • denounces King Joseph to Napoleon, [140];
    • moves toward Badajoz, [243], [268];
    • concerts action with Marmont against Wellington, [265], [266];
    • retires on hearing of the fall of Badajoz, [269];
    • reproaches Marmont, [271];
    • summoned back to Seville, [274], [275];
    • receives news of Joseph’s appointment as commander-in-chief, [299];
    • his recalcitrance, [302], [309];
    • threatens to give up command of Army of the South, [332];
    • believes Wellington is about to attack him, [357];
    • refuses to obey Joseph, [485], [492], [493], [495], [528];
    • denounces Joseph to Napoleon, [538];
    • begins to evacuate Andalusia, [539], [540], [557];
    • at Granada, [544];
    • joins Suchet, [545];
    • results of his insubordination, [545].
  • Soult, Pierre, general, seizes Murcia, [80], [81];
    • marches against Ballasteros, [276];
    • sent to Drouet’s help, [525], [531];
    • his raid on Ribera, [542].
  • Stewart, Charles (Lord Londonderry), his estimate of Craufurd, [186].
  • Stuart, Charles, British Ambassador in Lisbon, [145], [148].
  • Sturgeon, Henry, colonel, restores bridge of Alcantara, [333].
  • Suchet, Louis Gabriel, marshal, invades Valencia, [2];
    • takes Murviedro and Valencia, [2];
    • estimate of his forces, [4]-[9];
    • crosses Valencian frontier, [14];
    • fails to storm Saguntum, [17]-[19];
    • besieges Saguntum, [26]-[30];
    • wins battle, [34]-[45];
    • attacks and takes Valencia, [57]-[73];
    • violates treaty of capitulation, [74], [75];
    • deprived of troops for the Russian War, [84];
    • his illness, [86];
    • his threats to the governor of Tortosa, and governor of Tarragona, [259];
    • and Blake, [260];
    • receives news of Joseph’s appointment as commander-in-chief, [299];
    • refuses obedience, [304], [309], [341];
    • alarmed by reports of the Sicilian expedition, [345], [346], [500], [566];
    • weakness of his position, [559];
    • raises a war-contribution, [560];
    • Schepeler’s account of his methods, [561].
  • Synge, Charles, his narrative of Pack’s attack on the Greater Arapile, [455].