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

by Charles Oman

• Tarifa, garrisoned by General Colin Campbell, [112];
  • siege of, [114]-[29].
• Tarragona, blockaded by the Catalans, [94], [95], [563];
  • Wellington’s designs against, [344].
• Taupin, general, anecdote concerning, [392].
• Thiébault, Paul, general, governor of Salamanca, revictuals Ciudad Rodrigo, [159];
  • warns Marmont and Dorsenne of Wellington’s movement on Ciudad Rodrigo, [187], [192], [194].
• Thomières, general, his division at Salamanca, [432];
  • his rout and death, [445], [469].
• Todd, Alex., major, restores bridge of Alcantara, [333], [334].
• Tordesillas, captured by Santocildes, [502].
• Toreno, conde de, his account of Joseph’s negotiations with the Cortes at Cadiz, [139].
• Trant, Nicholas, general, protects Almeida, [281];
  • moves to Guarda, [283];
  • his rash scheme for attacking Marmont, [284], [285];
  • surprised and routed at Guarda, [285].
• Treillard, general, routs D’Urban’s force at Majalahonda, [508]-[13].

• Uslar, Frederich von, captain, leads the last charge at Garcia Hernandez, [486].

• Valencia, kingdom of, invasion of by Suchet, [2];
  • Napoleon’s opinion of the importance of its subjection, [53];
  • Suchet’s campaign of conquest in, [8]-[67];
  • Suchet’s levy of a war-contribution on, [560], [561].
• Valencia, city of, [10];
  • fortified by Blake, [48], [49];
  • attacked by Suchet, [61]-[9];
  • siege of, [70]-[3];
  • surrendered by Blake, [73];
  • oppression of by Suchet, [560].
• Valladolid, abandoned by French, entered by Wellington, [491].
• Vallée, general, at the siege of Saguntum, [27].
• Vandeleur, J. Ormsby, general, commands brigade at the storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, [179], [181];
  • wounded, [182].
• Vere, Charles, A.Q.M.G., his account of the battle of Salamanca, [455]-[6].
• Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, his unsuccessful siege of Tarifa, [115]-[29].
• Villacampa, Pedro, general, rout of his infantry at Saguntum, [37];
  • at Valencia, [60];
  • moves to Aragon, [89];
  • his activity in southern Aragon, [100], [101].
• Villagarcia, combat of, [277], [278].
• Villa Velha, bridge of, its importance, [284], [333].
• Villavicencio, admiral, member for the Cadiz Regency, [144].
• Vives, general, governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, refuses Marmont’s summons to surrender, [280], [281];
  • commended by Wellington, [296].

• Wachholz, Ludwig von, Captain Brunswick-Oels Jägers, his account of Salamanca, [455], [456].
• Wellesley, Richard, marquis, resignation of, [153]-[6], [349].
• Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Marquis of, takes Ciudad Rodrigo, [2];
  • his relations with the Portuguese Regency, [145];
  • financial difficulties, [146]-[50];
  • his support by the Home Government, [151]-[6];
  • prepares for siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, [161]-[7], [186];
  • prepares to be attacked by Marmont, [199];
  • plans attack on Badajoz, [201]-[17];
  • moves to Elvas, [219];
  • his memorandum on Marmont’s probable action, [221]-[3];
  • comments on fall of Badajoz, [255];
  • his views on giving quarter to a resisting garrison, [260];
  • soundness of his plan for taking Badajoz, [272];
  • determines to march on Marmont, [290];
  • his plan for Hill’s raid on Almaraz, [320], [321];
  • advances into Leon, [335];
  • approves Bentinck’s plan for attacking French on Catalonian coast, [343]-[8];
  • his financial difficulties, [348]-[52];
  • advances on Salamanca, [353]-[8];
  • his adventure with French cavalry skirmishers, [402];
  • long strategical movements, [402]-[17];
  • battle of Salamanca, [421]-[70];
  • summary of, [470]-[4];
  • urges on pursuit of enemy, [475];
  • gives up pursuit, [483];
  • enters Valladolid, [491];
  • marches on Madrid, [497];
  • his letter to Bentinck, [499];
  • triumphal entry into Madrid, [514];
  • his comments on Slade’s defeat at Maguilla, [524];
  • leaves Madrid for the valley of the Douro, [578];
  • division of his forces on advancing toward Burgos, [582].
• Whigs, their factious opposition to the Peninsular War, [151].
• Whittingham, Samuel Ford, general, leads Balearic division to descent on coast of Catalonia, [565];
  • at Alicante, [572].
• Wilson, John, general, brings Portuguese militia to Guarda, [283];
  • surprised by Marmont at Guarda, [285].

• Zamora, besieged by Silveira, [386]-[7], [502].
• Zayas, José, general, commanding a division in Valencia, [3];
  • at battle of Saguntum, [32], [39];
  • at siege of Valencia, [60]-[6].

END OF VOL. V

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