October 25th-26th.—Battle of Murviedro and capture of Sagunto: Blake and O'Donnell heavily defeated by Suchet.
December 20th.—Senatus Consultus puts 120,000 conscripts (born in 1792) at disposal of Government for 1812.
December 26th.—Suchet defeats Spanish, and crosses Guadalaviar.
SERIES P
1812
"'Tis the same landscape which the modern Mars saw
Who march'd to Moscow, led by Fame, the siren!