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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809

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This volume presents a detailed narrative of the opening phase of the Peninsular campaigns (1807–1809), tracing diplomatic maneuvering, popular uprisings, and the military operations that followed the French interventions. It synthesizes official dispatches, private diaries, memoirs, and intercepted reports to reconstruct movements, sieges, retreats, and political decisions, and supplements the account with maps, plans, and portraits to clarify dispositions and actions. The focus lies on operational detail, the interaction between political events and battlefield choices, and the variety of contemporary Spanish, French, and British perspectives that illuminate the early course of the conflict.

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THE CENTRAL JUNTA OF REGENCY

LIST OF THE MEMBERS.

N.B.—The notes as to individuals are extracted from Arguelles.

1. For Aragon. Don Francisco Palafox, Brigadier-General [younger brother of Joseph Palafox, the Captain-General]. Don Lorenzo Calvo de Rozas [Intendant-General of the Army of Aragon, long a banker in Madrid].

2. For Asturias. Don Gaspar Jovellanos [Councillor of State, sometime Minister of Justice]. The Marquis of Campo Sagrado, Lieut.-General.

3. For the Canary Islands. The Marquis of Villanueva del Prado.

4. For Old Castile. Don Lorenzo Bonifaz [Prior of Zamora]. Don Francisco Xavier Caro [a Professor of the University of Salamanca].

5. For Catalonia. The Marquis of Villel [Grandee of Spain]. The Baron de Sabasona.

6. For Cordova. The Marquis de la Puebla [Grandee of Spain]. Don Juan Rabe [a merchant of Cordova].

7. For Estremadura. Don Martin Garay [Intendant-General of Estremadura]. Don Felix Ovalle [Treasurer of the Army of Estremadura].

8. For Galicia. The Conde de Gimonde. Don Antonio Aballe [an advocate].

9. For Granada. Don Rodrigo Riquelme [Regent of the Chancellery]. Don Luis Funes [Canon of Santiago].

10. For Jaen. Don Francisco Castanedo [Canon of Jaen]. Don Sebastian Jocano [Accountant-General].

11. For Leon. Don Antonio Valdes [Bailiff of the Knights of Malta, sometime Minister of Marine]. The Vizconde de Quintanilla.

12. For Madrid. The Marquis of Astorga [Grandee of Spain]. Don Pedro Silva [Patriarch of the Indies].

13. For the Balearic Isles. Don Tomas Veri [Lieut.-Col. of Militia]. The Conde de Ayamans.

14. For Murcia. The Conde de Florida Blanca [sometime Secretary of State]. The Marquis Del Villar.

15. For Navarre. Don Miguel Balanza and Don Carlos Amatria [formerly representatives in the Cortes of Navarre].

16. For Seville. The Archbishop of Laodicea [Coadjutor-Bishop of Seville]. The Conde de Tilly.

17. For Toledo. Don Pedro Rivero [Canon of Toledo]. Don José Garcia Latorre [an advocate].

18. For Valencia. The Conde de Contamina [Grandee of Spain]. The Principe Pio [Grandee of Spain and a Lieut.-Col. of Militia].