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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809

Chapter 55: INDEX
By Charles Oman
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The volume provides a detailed military account of the Peninsular campaigns of 1809, portraying the conflict as fragmented into several simultaneous regional operations and treating each campaign separately. It gives particular attention to the Talavera campaign and to Anglo-Portuguese actions, including a close study of a daring Douro crossing and an analysis of the reorganization of the Portuguese army. The narrative combines battlefield visits, contemporary French, Spanish and British documents, maps, illustrations and appendices to clarify troop movements, strengths and losses.

INDEX

  • Albergaria Nova, combat of, 325
  • Albuquerque, Duke of, attacks Digeon at Mora, 145;
    • his quarrel with Cartaojal, 145;
    • sent to join Cuesta’s army, 145, 157;
    • at the battle of Medellin, 159-63;
    • his intrigues against Cuesta, 465;
    • at Talavera, 532, 545;
    • at Oropesa, 583;
    • routed by Soult at Arzobispo, 589-91.
  • Alcañiz, battle of, 418-20.
  • Alcantara, sacked by Lapisse, 261;
  • Almonacid, battle of, 614-6.
  • Alorna, Marquis of, raises an ‘experimental legion’ in the Portuguese army, 210.
  • Alvarez, Julian, Governor of Gerona, his attempt to relieve Rosas, 51.
  • Amarante, defended by Silveira, 267-71;
    • captured by Loison, 271;
    • Loison defeated at, 344, 345.
  • Aranjuez, Venegas at, 568;
    • combat of, 612.
  • Areizaga, Juan Carlos, general, at Alcañiz, 418;
    • his error at Maria, 431;
    • commands army of Andalusia, 605.
  • Argenton, captain, his conspiracy against Soult, 279;
    • makes overtures to the English, 284;
    • his first interview with Wellesley, 315;
    • his second visit to Wellesley, 321;
    • his arrest and confession, 322-3;
    • his escape and death, 323.
  • Arzobispo, combat of, 591.
  • Astorga, Marquis of, elected President of the Central Junta, 21.
  • Asturias, Junta and army of, their selfish policy, 370-1;
    • dissolution of the Junta by La Romana, 375, 376;
    • invaded by Ney and Kellermann, 379;
    • evacuated by the French, 387.
  • Avé, passage of, by Soult, 239.
  • Badajoz, summoned to surrender by Victor, 168;
    • Wellington retires to, 607.
  • Ballasteros, Francisco, general, in command at Colombres, 372;
    • escapes from the advancing French, 382;
    • his descent on Santander, 386;
    • driven out by Bonnet, 387.
  • Barcelona, held by Duhesme against Vives, 41
  • Barrio, Manuel Garcia, Del, colonel sent by the Central Junta to lead Galician insurgents against Vigo, 263.
  • Bennett, captain, R. N. at the siege of Rosas, 50, 55, 56.
  • Beresford, William Carr, general, appointed Commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, 216;
    • his reorganization of the army, 217, 218;
    • joins Wellesley with ten line regiments, 314;
    • commands flanking column at the advance on Oporto, 318;
    • at Amarante, 344, 345;
    • pursues Soult, 351, 360;
    • his march to Perales and Coria, 599;
    • retires to Castello Branco, 611.
  • Blake, Joaquin, general, commands in Aragon, 414;
    • wins battle of Alcañiz, 418-20;
    • defeated at Maria, 423-7;
    • at Belchite, 429, 430.
  • Blanca, Florida, Marquis, President of the Junta, death of, 21.
  • Bogiero, Padre Basilio, chaplain of Palafox, shot by the French, 139.
  • Bonnet, general, his advance into Asturias, 382;
    • his pursuit of Ballasteros, 386-7.
  • Botilho, general, commands Portuguese force on the Minho, 223;
    • opposes Soult’s advance, 237.
  • Bouchard, captain, French engineer officer, his ingenious scheme for crossing the Tamega at Amarante, 270-1.
  • Bourke, colonel, sent by Wellesley to Cuesta, 437.
  • Braga, battle of, 235.
  • Cadiz, British proposal to garrison, 25;
    • negatived by the Junta, 26;
    • refusal of Villel to allow the British troops to land at, 28;
    • tumults in, 29-31.
  • Caldagues, Conde de, commands the Catalonian troops round Barcelona, 38, 39;
    • repulses sortie of Duhesme, 68;
    • retreats on Molins de Rey, 68;
    • taken prisoner by St. Cyr, 71.
  • Canning, George, proposes to garrison Cadiz, 25, 26;
    • his correspondence with Wellesley, 609.
  • Cardadeu, battle of, 64-7.
  • Carrera, Martin La, checks Maucune at Santiago, 385.
  • Carrol, W. P., captain, his adventures in Asturias, 373, 380;
  • Cartaojal, general, takes command of the Army of the Centre, 33, 143;
    • his quarrel with Albuquerque, 145;
    • attacks Lasalle’s division at Yébenes, 146;
    • routed by Sebastiani at Ciudad Real, 147;
    • deprived of his command by the Junta, 148.
  • Casa de Salinas, combat of, 503.
  • Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, his confidence in Wellesley, 287.
  • Castro, general, routed at Igualada, 79.
  • Catalonia, army of, its composition, 33, 40;
    • campaigns of St. Cyr, Vives, and Reding in, 38, 89.
  • Cavallero, colonel, his account of feeling in Saragossa, 99.
  • Cazadores (riflemen), new battalions of, raised in the Portuguese army, 212.
  • Chalot, colonel, surrenders Vigo, 263, 264.
  • Chaves, surrender of, to Soult, 225, 226;
    • reoccupied by Silveira, 264.
  • Chinchon, revolt of, 7;
    • massacre in, by the French, 8.
  • Cienfuegos, Captain-General of Asturias, 372.
  • Ciudad Real, the rout of, 143-7.
  • Ciudad Rodrigo, resists Lapisse, 260.
  • Cochrane, Lord, his raids on the coast of Languedoc, 39;
    • his defence of Rosas, 48, 50-5.
  • Colmenar, insurrection of, against the French, is put down by Victor, 8.
  • Corunna, surrenders to Soult, 173;
    • evacuated by Ney, 398.
  • Cotton, Stapleton, general, commands brigade at Albergaria Nova, 325.
  • Cradock, Sir John, general, dispatches British troops to Cadiz and Seville, 27, 206;
    • condition of his force in Portugal, 201, 202;
    • his timid policy, 203;
    • retires to Passo d’Arcos, 205;
    • at Lumiar, 206;
    • advises Sir R. Wilson to retreat, 256;
    • superseded by Wellesley, 207;
    • Governor of Gibraltar, 313.
  • Craufurd, Robert, arrives with light brigade at Talavera, after the battle, 560;
    • holds Almaraz against Ney, 586, 587.
  • Cuesta, Gregorio, general, commands Estremaduran army, 24, 143;
    • his operations against Victor, 152-8;
    • defeated at Medellin, 159-66;
    • appointed Captain-General of the Estremaduran army, 167;
    • his correspondence with Wellesley about the advance into Spain, 445-8;
    • his jealousy of Wellesley, 464-7;
    • receives Wellesley at Almaraz, 470-2;
    • quarrel with Wellesley at Talavera, 489-92;
    • pursues Victor, 492, 493;
    • retreats on Talavera, 500;
    • at the battle of Talavera, 509-56;
    • retreats on Oropesa, 579, 580;
    • withstands Mortier, 583;
    • his final disputes with Wellesley, 603;
    • retires from command, 605.
  • Dalmatia, Duke of: see Soult.
  • Dantzig, Duke of: see Lefebvre.
  • Decken, von der, Hanoverian general sent to Oporto by the British Government, 198;
    • his report on the Portuguese army, 213.
  • Delaborde, general, opposed to Soult’s ambitions in Portugal, 279.
  • Del Reino, Marquis, defends the Pass of Baños, 572;
    • breaks the bridge of Almaraz, 576.
  • D’España, Carlos, raises troops at Ciudad Rodrigo, 258;
    • follows Lapisse, 260.
  • Digeon, general, captures artillery of the Spanish Army of the Centre
    • at Tortola, 13;
    • surprised at Mora, 144.
  • Donadieu, colonel, one of Argenton’s conspirators, 279, 281;
    • his arrest, 323.
  • Douglas, major, receives Argenton, 284;
    • brings him to meet Wellesley at Lisbon, 315.
  • Doyle, Charles, colonel, British agent at Tarragona, sends muskets to Saragossa, 101;
    • his intrigues in favour of Infantado, 464.
  • Duhesme, general, at Barcelona, 37, 41, 58, 59;
    • relieved by St. Cyr, 68.
  • Dulong, major, his exploit at the Ponte Nova, 355;
    • and at the Saltador, 357.
  • Eben, Baron, Prussian colonel, sent to Oporto by the British Government, 198;
    • sent to Freire’s army with the 2nd batt. of the Lusitanian Legion, 228;
    • takes command of the army on Freire’s flight, 232;
    • defeated at Braga, 235;
    • at the siege of Oporto, 241.
  • Eguia, Francisco, general, succeeds Cuesta, 605;
    • his quarrel with Wellesley, 606.
  • Excellent, the, at Rosas, 48-9.
  • Ferrol, surrenders to Soult, 175.
  • Fleury, de, colonel, holds the tower of San Francisco at Saragossa, and is killed, 133.
  • Foy, general, routs a detachment of Silveira’s force, 224;
    • taken prisoner at Oporto, 243;
    • delivered by Soult, 249;
    • surprised by the English at Oporto, 337;
    • sent by Soult to Joseph, 496;
    • pursues Robert Wilson, 619.
  • Franceschi, general, receives the surrender of Vigo and Tuy, 178;
    • routs La Romana’s rearguard, 194;
    • at Lanhozo, 231;
    • at Albergaria Nova, 325;
    • at Grijon, 329;
    • at Zamora, 402;
    • his captivity and death, 402.
  • Freire, Bernardino, general, at Braga, 224, 228;
    • his timidity, 228;
    • his flight, 232;
    • and death, 233.
  • Frere, John H., British ambassador, his negotiations regarding the British garrison for Cadiz, 26-31;
    • correspondence with Wellesley, 290;
    • supports Albuquerque against Cuesta, 465;
    • urges Wellesley’s claims to be Commander-in-chief, 465, 466.
  • Galicia, Soult’s operations in, 170-95;
    • its insurrection, 367-401;
    • evacuated by Soult and Ney, 398-402.
  • Galindo, Mariano, leads a sortie from Saragossa, 119.
  • Galluzzo, general, defeated by Lefebvre at Almaraz, 4.
  • Garay, Don Martin de, Secretary to the Central Junta, declines the British proposal to garrison Cadiz, 26, 27, 29;
    • his dealings with Lord Wellesley, 608.
  • Gazan, general, takes part in the siege of Saragossa, 104, 107, 109;
    • present at Arzobispo, 589.
  • German Legion, the King’s, losses of, at Talavera, 510.
  • Girard, general, storms the bridge of Arzobispo, 589.
  • Giron, Pedro, general, commands at Aranjuez, 612;
    • at Almonacid, 615.
  • Grijon, combat of, 328-30.
  • Henestrosa, Juan, general, commands cavalry of Cuesta’s army, checks Lasalle at Berrocal and at Miajadas, 155;
    • at Medellin, 163.
  • Heudelet, general, sent out by Soult to relieve Tuy and Vigo, 262;
    • relieves Tuy, 263;
    • evacuates Tuy and Valenza, 265.
  • Hill, Sir Rowland, general, Wellesley’s appreciation of, 304, 305;
    • in the advance on Oporto, 326-8;
    • defends the Seminary, 338-9;
    • at Talavera, 503, 517, 524;
    • wounded, 525.
  • Igualada, combat of, 79.
  • Impérieuse, the, frigate, commanded by Lord Cochrane at Rosas, 48.
  • Infantado, Duke of, commands Army of the Centre, 5;
    • at Cuenca, 5;
    • his hesitation and delay, 6-8;
    • starts to join Venegas, 12;
    • his march to Chinchilla, 13;
    • joins Del Palacio on the Despeña Perros, 32;
    • removed from command by the Junta, 33;
    • his intrigues against the Junta, 464.
  • Jaca, surrender of, 408.
  • Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, his position at Madrid, 2-8;
    • makes formal entry into the capital, 13;
    • his anxiety about Soult and Ney’s expedition, 377;
    • dispatches an expedition to Galicia, 378;
    • correspondence with Victor, 443, 444;
    • leads his Guards from Madrid to pursue Venegas, 458;
    • joins Victor, 499, 500;
    • at the battle of Talavera, 527-54;
    • his mendacious report to Napoleon, 565;
    • retreats toward Madrid, 568;
    • marches against Venegas, 569;
    • his orders to Soult, 596;
    • wins battle of Almonacid, 614.
  • Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, marshal, military adviser to King Joseph, his controversy with Victor, 151;
    • his comments on the Spanish resistance, 167;
    • sends orders to Lapisse to go to Alcantara, 259;
    • at Talavera, 527-54;
    • his orders to Soult, 596.
  • Junot, general, Duke of Abrantes, besieges Saragossa, 110-19;
    • superseded by Lannes, 119;
    • removed from his command, 410.
  • Junta, the Central, flies from Aranjuez to Seville, 21;
    • its refusal to allow a British garrison in Cadiz, 26, 27, 29, 31;
    • refuses to appoint a single Commander-in-chief for Spanish troops, 35;
    • rejects the offers of negotiation of Sotelo, 169;
    • the plots against, 464;
    • its negotiations with Wellesley, 466;
    • its fears of Cuesta and intrigues with Venegas, 468-9;
    • endeavours to prevent Wellesley’s return to Portugal, 608.
  • Kellermann, François Christophe, general, commands expedition to Galicia, 378;
    • forces the pass of Pajares, 382;
    • evacuates the Asturias, 388;
    • commands in Leon, 575, 597.
  • Lacoste, general, commands engineers at the siege of Saragossa, 104, 109, 115;
  • Lafitte, colonel, one of Argenton’s conspiracy, 279;
    • his arrest, 323.
  • Lamartinière, general, left by Soult at Tuy, 188;
    • relieved by Heudelet, 262.
  • Lanhozo, combat of, 231, 232.
  • Lannes, Jean, marshal, besieges and takes Saragossa, 1, 119-36.
  • Lapisse, general, his instructions from Napoleon for the invasion of Portugal, 253;
    • held in check by Wilson, 257, 258;
    • escapes from Wilson and sacks Alcantara, 260, 261;
    • joins Victor at Merida, 261;
    • at Talavera, 504, 516, 522;
    • killed, 543.
  • Lasalle, general, commands cavalry in Victor’s army, 150;
    • at Berrocal, 155;
    • at Medellin, 161.
  • Lazan, Marquis of, brings the Aragonese division to Gerona, 52;
    • pursues St. Cyr, 61;
    • fails to appear at the battle of Cardadeu, 67;
    • his success in the Ampurdam, 73, 74;
    • promises to succour Saragossa, 116, 120;
    • unites with Francisco Palafox, 131;
    • retreats before Lannes, 131;
    • at Alcañiz, 417;
    • at Maria, 424.
  • Lefebvre, general, delates Argenton to Soult, 321-2.
  • Lefebvre, marshal, Duke of Dantzig, defeats Galluzzo at Almaraz, 4;
    • disobeys Napoleon’s orders, sent back to France, 4.
  • Leval, general, at Talavera, 530.
  • Lima-Barreto, general, at the defence of Oporto, 241;
  • Lippe, Conde de La (Frederick of Lippe-Bückeburg), his reorganization of the Portuguese regular army, 208, 211.
  • Lisbon, disturbed condition of, 200-1;
    • Wellesley’s plans for defence of, 610.
  • Loison, general, his disinclination to advance into Portugal, 192;
    • hatred of the people of Oporto for, 243;
    • sent out by Soult to the Tras-os-Montes, 262;
    • resisted by Silveira, 267;
    • attacks Amarante, 267;
    • his difficulties, 267-71;
    • occupies Amarante, 271;
    • and Villa Real, 272;
    • disapproves of Soult’s ambitious views, 279;
    • checked by the Portuguese and abandons Amarante, 344, 345;
    • retreat of, to Guimaraens, 346.
  • Lusitanian Legion, the, raised by Sir R. Wilson, 168;
    • on the Portuguese frontier, 199, 202;
    • 2nd batt. of, sent under Eben to Braga, 228;
    • at battle of Braga, 234;
    • 1st batt. defends Alcantara, 441;
    • engaged in Wilson’s march to Escalona, 479-570.
  • Mackenzie, general, commands brigade sent to garrison Cadiz, 28;
    • returns to Lisbon, 32;
    • commands ‘containing force’ left by Wellesley on his advance to Oporto, 317;
    • killed at Talavera, 541.
  • Mackinley, captain, R.N., receives the surrender of French garrison of Vigo, 264.
  • Madrid, formal entry of Joseph into, 14.
  • Mahy, Nicolas, general, is defeated by Franceschi at La Trepa, 194;
    • left in command of La Romana’s army, 375;
    • retreats before Ney, 380;
    • his descent on Lugo, 384.
    • Maria, battle of, 423-8.
  • Maucune, general, defeated by Carrera near Santiago, 385.
  • Mayne, William, lieut.-col. of the Lusitanian Legion, governor of Almeida, 256-8;
    • occupies Alcantara, 318;
    • driven out by Victor, 440-1.
  • Medellin, battle of, 158-66.
  • Melgarejo, governor of Ferrol, surrenders to Soult, 175.
  • Mequinenza, refuses to surrender to Mortier, 409.
  • Meza de Ibor, combat of, 153;
  • Miajadas, combat of, 155.
  • Milans, Francisco, leader of miqueletes, driven back by St. Cyr, 63;
    • fails to come up at battle of Cardadeu, 67.
  • Minho, Soult repulsed at the, 182.
  • Miqueletes, the Catalonian, surround Barcelona, 38, 60.
  • Misarella, passage of the, 357.
  • Molins de Rey, battle of, 1, 70, 71.
  • Moncey, Bon Adrien de, marshal, in charge of the siege of Saragossa, 91, 103-10;
    • recalled to Madrid, 110.
  • Moore, Sir John, his views on the defence of Portugal, 286.
  • Morella, taken and abandoned by Grandjean, 410.
  • Morillo, Pablo, leads Galicians against Vigo, 263;
    • at combat of Santiago, 385.
  • Mortier, Edouard, marshal, Duke of Treviso, leads the 5th Corps to take part in the siege of Saragossa, 103-12;
    • operations of, in Eastern Aragon, 409;
    • recalled to Castile by Napoleon, 410, 411;
    • leads the vanguard of Soult’s force to Plasencia, 574;
    • meets Cuesta’s force at Oropesa, 583;
    • movements of, in the Tagus valley, 589.
  • Murray, George, general, fails to stop the retreating French at Oporto, 340, 341;
    • his pursuit of Soult, 350-1.
  • Napoleon, Emperor, his parting orders to Jourdan, 3;
    • at Valladolid, 15-6;
    • quits Spain, 18;
    • his plan for the next campaign, 16;
    • its impracticability, 18-21, 171;
    • his dispatch to Soult on the invasion of Portugal, 175;
    • receives news of Soult’s ambitious views, 276;
    • his estimate of Wellesley, 297;
    • his orders to Ney for the subjection of Galicia, 369;
    • of the Asturias, 388;
    • his criticism of Soult’s advance on Plasencia, 497;
    • his rebukes to Joseph and Jourdan, 537, 565;
    • orders the cessation of active operations, 618.
  • Ney, Michel, marshal, Duke of Elchingen, leaves Saragossa, 91;
    • joins Soult, 178;
    • his difficulties in Galicia, 191, 367-70;
    • captures Oviedo, 379-81;
    • his meeting with Soult at Lugo, 391;
    • repulsed by Noroña at the Oitaben, 396-7;
    • abandons Galicia, 398;
    • joins Soult in pursuit of Wellesley, 583;
    • fails at Almaraz, 594;
    • returns towards Salamanca, 597;
    • defeats Wilson at Baños, 620.
  • Noroña, Conde de, commands the ‘Division of the Minho,’ repulses Ney at the Oitaben, 394-7.
  • O’Daly, Pedro, colonel, commands garrison of Rosas, 47, 50-6.
  • O’Donoju, general, chief of Cuesta’s staff, 472.
  • Oitaben, the, Ney repulsed by Noroña at, 395-7.
  • Oporto, fortifications of, 240;
    • stormed by Soult, 241-8;
    • surprise and capture of, by Wellesley, 334-42.
  • Oporto, the bishop of (Antonio de Castro), unwise zeal in rousing the populace of Oporto, 198;
    • gathers an army for the defence of Oporto, 240, 241;
    • abandons the city, 242.
  • Ordenanza, the Portuguese levée en masse, called out by the Regency, 197;
    • its organization, 221, 222;
    • opposes Soult’s advance, 223-38.
  • Orense, occupied by Soult, 189.
  • Oviedo, captured and sacked by Ney, 381.
  • Paget, Edward, general, crosses the Douro at Oporto, 336.
  • Palacio, Del, Marquis, escapes from Victor, 13;
    • commands Andalusian force, 25;
    • Captain-General of Catalonia, his slowness, 40;
    • recalled by the Central Junta, 41.
  • Palafox, Francisco, escapes from Saragossa to seek help for the garrison, 116;
    • arms the local levies, 119;
    • joins Lazan’s force, 131;
    • retreats before Lannes, 131;
    • intrigues against the Junta, 464.
  • Palafox, Joseph, defends Saragossa, 92-136;
    • capitulates, 136-8;
    • taken prisoner to Vincennes, 139;
    • criticism of his defence, 140-2.
  • Parque, Duke del, commands division of the Army of Estremadura at Meza de Ibor, 153;
    • at Medellin, 161, 163;
    • commands at Ciudad Rodrigo, 574.
  • Parreiras, general, takes part in the defence of Oporto, 241-6.
  • Patrick, colonel, his gallant defence of the bridge of Amarante, 267.
  • Peso de Regoa, combat of, 344.
  • Philadelphes, the, secret society in France opposed to Napoleon, 279.
  • Pino, general, at Cardadeu, 66;
    • at Valls, 87.
  • Pizarro, Magelhaes, his futile attempt to defend Chaves, 225, 226.
  • Ponte Nova, passage of the, 355-8.
  • Portugal, condition of, in the spring of 1809, 196-208;
    • Soult’s and Wellesley’s campaign in March-May, 1809, 222-366.
  • Portuguese army, its history and reorganization, 208-22.
  • Puerto de Baños, combat of, 620.
  • Quiroga, Abbot of Casoyo, raises Galicians against Soult, 184.
  • Reding, Teodoro, general, sent by Vives against St. Cyr, 62, 63;
    • at Cardadeu, 64, 65, 66, 67;
    • joins Caldagues, at Molins de Rey, 69;
    • defeated by St. Cyr, 70, 71;
    • supersedes Vives as Captain-General of Catalonia, 73;
    • in Tarragona, 76, 77;
    • drives back Souham at Valls, 84;
    • defeated by St. Cyr, 86, 87;
    • wounded and dies, 89.
  • Regency, the Portuguese, fails in organizing national defence after Junot’s departure, 196, 197;
    • calls out the Ordenanza, 197;
    • asks for a British Commander-in-chief for the Portuguese army, 215;
    • its report on the Oporto campaign, 218;
    • attempts to mobilize the militia, 219.
  • Reille, general, withdraws to Figueras, 37;
    • sufferings of his troops, 39;
    • besieges and takes Rosas, 48-57.
  • Ricard, general, his circular letter on the subject of Soult’s election as King of Portugal, 276.
  • Roca, general, at Alcañiz, 417;
    • at Maria, 424.
  • Rogniat, colonel, takes command of the French engineers at siege of Saragossa, 126, 135.
  • Romana, La, Marquis of, condition of his army, 23;
    • his wanderings, 179; retreats to Monterey, 180;
    • escapes from. Franceschi, 193-5;
    • captures Villafranca, 374-5;
    • his coup d’état at Oviedo, 375, 376;
    • routed by Ney at the passage of the Nova, 381;
    • marches to Orense, 386;
    • his operations against Soult, 399-400.
  • Rosas, siege of, 46-57.
  • Ruffin, general, commands division guarding Madrid, 3, 7;
    • at battle of Ucles, 10, 11;
    • leads night-attack at Talavera, 516-8;
    • leads the second attack, 523, 525.
  • St. Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, general, commands French army in Catalonia, 34;
    • his character, 43;
    • sends Reille to besiege Rosas, 46-57;
    • proceeds against Barcelona, 58-68;
    • wins battle of Cardadeu, 64-7;
    • of Molins de Rey, 70, 71;
    • routs Castro’s troops at Igualada, 79;
    • wins battle of Valls, 87, 88.
  • St. March, general, takes part in the defence of Saragossa, 106;
    • receives military command of the city from Palafox, 136.
  • Salamonde, combat of, 357-8.
  • San Genis, colonel, fortifies Saragossa, 94;
    • killed on the ramparts, 117.
  • Santander, Ballasteros’ descent on, 386;
    • retaken by Bonnet, 387.
  • Santiago, combat near, 385.
  • Saragossa, second siege of, 90-136;
    • its outworks stormed, 105-14, 123;
    • street-fighting in, 123-35;
    • capitulation of, 136;
    • condition of, after the siege, 139.
  • Sass, Santiago, parish priest of Saragossa, shot by the French, 139.
  • Sebastiani, Horace, general, succeeds to command of the 4th Corps, 5;
    • routs Cartaojal at Ciudad Real, 146, 147;
    • at Talavera, 522, 527, 529;
    • eludes Venegas, 566, 567;
    • wins battle of Almonacid, 614.
  • Senra, general, joins Venegas before the battle of Ucles, 9.
  • Silveira, Francisco, general, military governor of the Tras-os-Montes, 223;
    • assembles his forces at Chaves, 223;
    • returns to San Pedro, 224, 225;
    • to Villa Pouca, 228;
    • recaptures Chaves, 266;
    • attacks Loison, 267;
    • defends Amarante, 267-71;
    • escapes across the Douro, 272, 318;
    • checks Loison at Peso de Regoa, 344;
    • pursues Soult, 352, 359, 360.
  • Smith, Sir George, his endeavour to force a British garrison on Cadiz, 27-9;
    • his death, 31.
  • Somatenes, their good work in Catalonia, 35, 38.
  • Sotelo, agent for Victor, tries to negotiate with the Governor of Badajoz and Central Junta, 168, 169.
  • Souham, general, repulsed by Reding at Valls, 84, 85.
  • Soult, Nicolas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, receives instructions from Napoleon for the invasion of Portugal, 18;
    • their impracticability, 18, 170-2;
    • difficulties of his task, 173;
    • captures Ferrol, 174, 175;
    • his final orders from Napoleon, 175, 176;
    • starts his troops for Portugal, 178;
    • fails to cross the Minho, 182;
    • difficulties of his progress in Galicia, 184-9;
    • occupies Orense, 189, and Chaves, 226;
    • wins battle of Braga, 235, 236;
    • storms Oporto, 242-8;
    • his ambitious views, 273-276;
    • his dealings with the Argenton conspiracy, 322, 323;
    • surprised by Wellesley in Oporto, 332-41;
    • his retreat, 343-60;
    • meets Ney at Lugo, 390;
    • abandons Galicia, 398-402;
    • his justificatory letters, 403-5;
    • appointed commander of the united army, 460, 461;
    • advances on Plasencia to support Joseph, 497, 573;
    • pursues Wellesley, 577-580;
    • routs Albuquerque at Arzobispo, 589-91;
    • his desire to invade Portugal, 595, 617;
    • checked by King Joseph, 618.
  • Stewart, Charles, general,
    • at combat of Grijon, 329;
    • at battle of Oporto, 340;
    • at conference of Mirabete, 470-1.
  • Suchet, general, takes command of the 3rd Corps, 412;
    • defeated at Alcañiz, 418-20;
    • wins battle of Maria, 423-7;
    • and of Belchite, 429.
  • Tactics, the, of Wellesley, 300, 301.
  • Talavera, Victor retires to, 490;
    • the allied armies at, 491-2;
    • battle of, 502-56.
  • Tarragona, blockaded by St. Cyr, 89.
  • Troncoso, Mauricio, Abbot of Couto, raises the Galician peasantry against Soult, 184.
  • Tuy, surrendered to Franceschi, 178;
    • occupied by Lamartinière, 188;
    • relieved by Heudelet, 262;
    • evacuated by the French, 264.
  • Ucles, battle of, 10-12;
    • town of, sacked by the French, 12.
  • Valls, battle of, 82-9.
  • Vaughan, Sir Charles, his testimony to Palafox’s character, 142.
  • Venegas, Francisco, general, attempts to surprise Tarancon, 6;
    • defeated by Victor at Ucles, 9-12;
    • supersedes Cartaojal in command of the Army of the Centre, 148;
    • advances to meet Sebastiani, 457;
    • fails to carry out Wellesley’s and Cuesta’s orders, 478;
    • at Toledo, 529;
    • allows the army of Sebastiani to escape him, 566, 567;
    • loses the opportunity of occupying Madrid, 568;
    • his blunders, 612;
    • defeated at Almonacid, 614.
  • Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, defeats Spaniards at Ucles, 9-12;
    • marches to Almaraz, 143, 144;
    • his controversy with Jourdan, 151;
    • drives back the Duke del Parque at Meza de Ibor, 153;
    • wins battle of Medellin, 158-66;
    • remains stationary at Merida, 252;
    • joined by Lapisse, 261;
    • seizes Alcantara, 440-41;
    • misery of his army, 443-4;
    • retires from Talavera, 490;
    • joined by Joseph and Jourdan, 500;
    • at Talavera, 504-55;
    • his night-attack, 516-8;
    • his second attack, 522;
    • his great attack, 531-54;
    • retreats on Madrid, 570;
    • reoccupies Talavera, 580;
    • in La Mancha, 618.
  • Vigo, surrenders to Franceschi, 178;
    • blockaded by Galicians, 263;
    • surrenders to Capt. Mackinley, R.N., 264.
  • Villafranca, captured by La Romana, 374, 375.
  • Villatte, general, at the battle of Ucles, 11;
  • Villel, Marquis of, special commissioner at Cadiz, opposes landing of British troops, 28;
    • his eccentric legislation, 29, 30;
    • recalled by the Junta, 31.
  • Villiers, Hon. John, British minister at Lisbon, opposes Cradock’s timid policy, 205.
  • Vittoria, general, at the defence of Oporto, 241, 245.
  • Vives, appointed Captain-General of Catalonia, 41;
    • invests Barcelona, 41;
    • fails to send help to Rosas, 51;
    • sends miqueletes against St. Cyr, 61;
    • defeated at Cardadeu, 66, 67;
    • at Molins de Rey, 71;
    • superseded by Reding, 73.
  • Waters, colonel, seizes barges for the crossing of the Douro, 334, 335.
  • Wellesley, Sir Arthur, takes command of British troops in Portugal, 207;
    • declines the post of commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, 216;
    • arrives in Lisbon, 283;
    • his opinions on the defence of Portugal, 287, 290, 293;
    • his character and abilities, 295-300;
    • his limitations, 302-11;
    • his tactics, 300, 301;
    • his interviews with Argenton, 315, 321;
    • advance on Oporto, 316-35;
    • attacks and takes Oporto, 335-42;
    • his pursuit of Soult, 354-66;
    • correspondence with Cuesta, 445-8;
    • reviews Cuesta’s troops at Almaraz, 470-2;
    • quarrel with Cuesta at Talavera, 491, 492;
    • his choice of the positions at Talavera, 503, 507;
    • wins battle of Talavera, 513-54;
    • marches on Plasencia, 573;
    • on Oropesa, 583;
    • holds the line of the Tagus, 600-1;
    • retires to Badajoz, 606;
    • his plans for the Defence of Portugal, 610.
  • Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, his diplomacy at Seville, 608.
  • West, captain, R. N., of the Excellent, at Rosas, 49, 50.
  • Wilson, Sir Robert, commands the Loyal Lusitanian Legion, 168;
    • his differences with the bishop of Oporto, 199;
    • his character and record, 253, 254;
    • refuses to retreat as advised by Sir John Cradock, 256;
    • holds Lapisse in check, 257, 258;
    • joins Wellesley’s advance into Spain, 438;
    • threatens Victor’s flank after Talavera, 570;
    • his escape from Escalona, 619;
    • defeated by Ney at Baños, 620.
  • Worster, lieut.-general, commands Asturian force, 372;
    • escapes from Ney, 383.