INDEX
- Abadia, Francisco Xavier, general, supersedes Santocildes, 469;
- Abbé, general, at siege of Tortosa, 230, 235, 246;
- Abrantes, Duke of, see Junot.
- Alacha, Major-General Lilli, Conde de, governor of Tortosa, 232;
- Albuera, Wellington’s choice of the position, 280;
- battle of, 372-94.
- Albuquerque, disgraceful surrender of, 256.
- Alcantara, orders of Napoleon concerning its bridge, 544.
- Alcina, Commissary, his plot to seize Monjuich, 244;
- shot, 245.
- Alcobaça, monastery of, wrecked by French, 135.
- Aldea da Ponte, combat of, 578-9.
- Alfayates, Wellington’s chosen position at, 298, 409, 557, 579.
- Almada, Lines of, constructed by Wellington, 73.
- Almaraz, bridge of, fortified by Marmont, 543.
- Almeida, Drouet at, 18;
- Almenara, José Hervas, Marquis of, King Joseph’s envoy to Paris, 215.
- Almeria, evacuated by the French, 477;
- Alten, Major-General V., defends Albuera village, 378, 389.
- Alva, river, Wellington forces the line of the, 163-5.
- Andalusia, Soult’s position in, 26-31;
- Anglona, Prince of, in Tarifa expedition, 99, 102.
- Anson, George, major-general, 8;
- Aragon, operations in, by Suchet’s lieutenants, 246, 486, 507, 535.
- Aremberg, Prosper, Prince of, operations of in Andalusia, 277-8;
- taken prisoner at Arroyo dos Molinos, 605.
- Arroyo dos Molinos, Hill surprises Girard at, 603-5.
- Artillery, table of the British in the Peninsula in 1811, see pages 650-1.
- Astorga, destroyed and evacuated by the French, 466;
- reoccupied, 471.
- Asturias, operations in, 210-11;
- Baccelar, Manuel, general, commander of Portuguese forces in the north, 19, 20, 211.
- Badajoz, besieged by Soult, 38-58;
- Balaguer, San Felipe de, seized by the French, 242;
- Campoverde fails to recover it, 245.
- Ballasteros, Francisco, 24;
- encounters Mortier, 33;
- driven by Gazan into Portugal, 33, 34, 93;
- defeats Remond on the Rio Tinto, 58, 128;
- and at La Palma, 129;
- pursued by Maransin, 277-8;
- informs Beresford of Soult’s move on Badajoz, 369;
- at Albuera, 377-94;
- with Blake, 475;
- retires before Conroux, 476;
- his successes against Godinot, 483;
- sustains the revolt in Southern Andalusia, 593-4.
- Baraguay d’Hilliers, Achille, commands French force in Northern Catalonia, 484, 493-5, 538.
- Barba del Puerco, Brennier’s skirmish at, 353-4.
- Barcelona, conspiracy in, 244-5.
- Barnard, Andrew, colonel, at Barrosa, 111.
- Barrosa, Victor defeated at, by Graham, 106-25.
- Batalha, monastery, wrecked by French, 135.
- Baza, operations of Soult against the Murcian army near, 480-1.
- Beckwith, Colonel S., his exploits at Sabugal, 191.
- Beguines, general, joins Tarifa expedition, 95, 98 note, 101, 107, 110, 117, 124, 127.
- Belpuig, captured by the Catalans, 541.
- Belveder, Conde de, forced out of the pass of Manzanal by Dorsenne, 470.
- Benalcazar, threatened by Colborne, 284;
- captured by Morillo, 597.
- Beresford, William Carr, marshal, takes command of detached forces beyond the Tagus, 5;
- sent to the relief of Badajoz, 60, 89;
- in pursuit of Masséna, 86;
- leads expedition into Estremadura, 160, 248;
- marches on Campo Mayor, 252;
- at combat of Campo Mayor, 263, 264;
- unfortunate delay in crossing Guadiana, 265-70;
- invests Badajoz, 279;
- raises siege, 287;
- prepares for Soult’s advance, 369;
- wins battle of Albuera, 372-94;
- gives up command of Estremaduran army, 415.
- Bessières, Jean Baptiste, Duke of Istria, marshal, appointed head of the ‘Army of the North’, 208;
- Bevan, colonel, misfortunes of at Almeida, 353, 356.
- Blake, Joachim, general, joins Ballasteros in Estremadura, 279;
- Blakeney, Robert, his account of Barrosa, 110, 113, 114, 116;
- at Arroyo dos Molinos, 604.
- Blakeney, J., colonel of 7th Fusiliers, describes Albuera, 391, 392.
- Blunt, general, commands at Peniche, 7, 22.
- Bonnet, general, in Asturias, 211, 462;
- Bornos, combat of, 594.
- Brennier, Antoine François, general, governor of Almeida, 288;
- Bron, general, defeated at Usagre, 413-14;
- captured at Arroyo dos Molinos, 603.
- Browne, John Frederick, colonel, his exploits at Barrosa, 109-10, 112.
- Bushe, colonel, commands Portuguese at Barrosa, 111-17;
- mortally wounded, 118.
- Cabrera, general, in Galicia, 213, 466.
- Cadiz, operations round, 93-125.
- Caffarelli, Louis Marie, general, commands division in Army of the North, 225, 474.
- Cagigal, Major-General José, his disgraceful surrender of Albuquerque, 256.
- Cameron, colonel of 79th, killed at Fuentes de Oñoro, 335.
- Campbell, general, commanding at Gibraltar, sends troops to Graham, 94, 95.
- Campbell, Alex., general, takes command of Portuguese blockading Almeida, 351;
- allows Brennier to escape, 353-6.
- Campo Mayor, siege of, 254, 255;
- combat of, 258-64.
- Campoverde, Marquis of, captain-general of Catalan army, 240, 243;
- Carpio, combat of, 563.
- Casal Novo, combat of, 151.
- Casas Viejas, skirmish of, 101.
- Cassagne, general, holds Medina Sidonia, 101, 105;
- operations of, 125-6.
- Castañon, general, in Galicia, 466-7;
- forced out of pass of Fuencebadon, 470.
- Castaños, Xavier, general, succeeds La Romana as captain-general, 46, 212;
- Castillejos, combat of, 34.
- Catalonia, campaigns in, 227-46, 484-541.
- Caya, Wellington’s position on the, June-July 1811, 443-50.
- Celorico, operations around, during Masséna’s retreat, 167, 173.
- Cervera, captured by Lacy, 541.
- Ciudad Rodrigo, blockaded by Wellington, 547-8;
- Claparéde, general, commands division under Drouet, 17;
- Clausel, Bertrand, general, commanding a division of the 8th Corps, 8, 13;
- commanding a division under Marmont, 361.
- Cochrane, Colonel Basil, his rash charge at the bridge of Barba del Puerco, 354-6.
- Codrington, British commodore, co-operates in defence of Tarragona, 501, 515, 519-20;
- ships off a Valencian division, 529-30.
- Cogorderos, combat of, 467.
- Coimbra, Masséna fails to seize, 140, 149.
- Colborne, John, colonel, operations of, in Estremadura, 284;
- Cole, Lowry, general, sent to join Army of Estremadura, 161, 172;
- Condeixa, Wellington and Masséna’s operations round, 144-5.
- Conroux, Nicolas, general, with Drouet’s 9th Corps, 17;
- Contreras, Juan Senen, general, governor of Tarragona, 506-7;
- Cooke, general, takes over command of the troops at Cadiz from Graham, 130.
- Copons, Francisco, general, at Cadiz, 93, 94.
- Coupigny, Marquis, supersedes La Peña, 130.
- Courten, general, tries to surprise Monjuich, 245;
- Craufurd, Robert, general, on leave in England, 135;
- Cristobal, San, Fort at Badajoz, 38;
- Cruz Murgeon, general, mistakes of, at Barrosa, 107-9, 117.
- Daricau, general, governor of Seville, 57;
- Dickson, Major Alexander, commands Portuguese artillery at siege of Olivenza, 272;
- ‘Die-hards’, the, 57th regiment, at Albuera, 386.
- Dilkes, general, at Barrosa, 111.
- Dombrouski, general, escapes from Arroyo dos Molinos, 602, 604;
- at Merida, 606.
- Dorsenne, General Count, commanding at Burgos, 467, 468;
- Doyle, General Charles, British Commissioner in Catalonia, 519.
- Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte d’Erlon, leads 9th Corps to join Army of Portugal, 17-20;
- meets Masséna, 21;
- at Leiria, 22, 63;
- detached by Masséna and sent to Spanish frontier, 139, 178;
- reports on state of Almeida, 181, 202, 301;
- at Fuentes de Oñoro, 316-48;
- goes to Andalusia, 407;
- joins Soult, 441;
- left with 5th Corps under Marmont, 455-6;
- faces Hill in the late autumn, 595-7;
- operations of, in December, 606.
- Drummond, colonel, operations of his brigade at Sabugal, 194.
- Dumoustier, general, commands division in Army of the North, 463, 467, 469.
- Duncan, major, commands artillery at Barrosa, 112-17, 119.
- D’Urban, Sir Benjamin, his notes on the Portuguese commissariat, 70;
- Eblé, Jean Baptiste, general, builds bridge equipage at Punhete, 15.
- El Bodon, combat of, 565-9.
- El Medico (Dr. Juan Palarea), guerrillero chief, 213.
- Empecinado, the, guerrillero chief, 213, 246.
- Eroles, Baron, commands a division in Catalonia, 493-4, 511, 520, 540;
- defeated at Montserrat, 532.
- Erskine, Sir William, general, commands Light Division in Craufurd’s absence, 135;
- España, Carlos de, general, serves near Abrantes, 16, 17;
- Estremadura, Soult’s expedition into, 23-61;
- Eugenio, general (Orsatelli), defeated and slain at Pla, 243.
- Fane, captain R.N., his disastrous raid on Palamos, 241.
- Fenwick, major, mortally wounded at Obidos, 7.
- Ferey, general, his useless expedition beyond the Zezere, 15;
- Figueras, surprised by Rovira and the miqueletes, 491-2;
- Fletcher, Richard, colonel, commanding engineer at the siege of Badajoz, 282, 284, 287;
- Fonte Cuberta, Masséna’s adventure at, 147.
- Foy, Maximilien, general, sent by Masséna to Napoleon, 10, 28, 206;
- Foz do Arouce, combat of, 155-8.
- Freire, Manuel, general, commands Army of Murcia, advances against French, 477;
- Fririon, François, chief of the staff to Masséna, his evidence cited, 10, 17, 71, 147, 148, 167, 172, 176, 197, 343-8.
- Fueute Guinaldo, Wellington’s position at, its dangers, 572-5.
- Fuentes de Oñoro, position of, 307-10;
- battle, 310-48.
- Galicia, state of, in the spring of 1811, 212;
- Gasca, colonel, his circuitous retreat to Valencia, 531.
- Gazan, Honoré, general, his pursuit of Ballasteros, 33, 34, 93;
- Gebora, battle of the, 51-5.
- George III, political results of the insanity of, 65.
- George, Prince Regent, continues Perceval ministry, 66.
- Gibraltar, threatened by the French, 594.
- Gijon, occupied by the French, 210, 586.
- Girard, Jean Baptiste, general, operations of, 35-9, 48-50;
- Godinot, general, his operations at Albuera, 378, 389;
- Golegão, Masséna’s conference at, 77-80.
- Gor, the Murcian army at, 479;
- driven from the position, 480.
- Gough, Hugh, major, leads Irish Fusiliers at Barrosa, 120.
- Graham, Thomas, general, at Cadiz, 93;
- Granada, insurrections in the kingdom of, 478, 483-4.
- Grant, colonel, operations of his irregular force, 75.
- Grattan, William, of the 88th, describes devastation of Portugal by French, 135-6;
- Guadiana, the, Beresford’s difficult passage of, 207-10.
- Guarda, Masséna retreats on, 179;
- Guerrilleros, importance of the operations of, 206-7, 210, 213, 463-4, 472, 483.
- Guingret, captain, his authority quoted, 12.
- Habert, general, commands a division under Suchet, 241, 487, 490, 500;
- leads the stormers at Tarragona, 522.
- Hamilton, general, commands a Portuguese division, 4, 5;
- at Albuera, 370.
- Hardinge, Colonel Henry, urges Cole to charge at Albuera, 390, 391.
- Harispe, general, commands a division under Suchet, 487, 497, 500, 516.
- Herck, Manuel, governor of Olivenza, his disgraceful surrender, 36, 37.
- Heudelet, general, at Santarem, 82-3;
- at Sabugal, 195.
- Hill, Lieut.-Col. J., captured at Fuentes de Oñoro, 328.
- Hill, Rowland, general, commands 2nd Division, 4, 5;
- Hoghton, general, his charge at Albuera and death, 385-7;
- Houston, general, at Fuentes de Oñoro, 317-20;
- at Badajoz, 424.
- Imaz, General José, succeeds Menacho as governor of Badajoz, 56;
- Iremonger, colonel, his blunders at Almeida, 352.
- Istria, Duke of, see Bessières.
- Jaca, Suchet opens route to France by, 488.
- Jerumenha, bridges constructed at, 267, 283.
- Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, quarrels with Bessières, 210;
- Jourdan, Jean Baptiste, marshal, returns to Madrid, 219.
- Junot, Andoche, general, Duke of Abrantes, his position north of Santarem, 9, 13;
- Lacy, General Luis, takes command of the Catalan army, 531;
- La Carrera, Martin, general, at Badajoz, 54.
- La Cuadra, general, chased by Soult, 477, 479, 481.
- Lahoussaye, general, operations of, 214.
- La Peña, Manuel, general, commands Tarifa expedition, 95, 99;
- La Romana, José Caro, Marquis of, serves under Wellington in Portugal, 24, 32;
- Lardizabal, Manuel, general, in Tarifa expedition, 99, 101;
- Las Vertientes, combat of, 481.
- Latour-Maubourg, Marie Charles, in Estremadura, 32;
- at siege of Badajoz, 46-7, 49, 51;
- summons and takes Albuquerque, 256;
- at combat of Campo Mayor, 258-64;
- succeeds Mortier in command, 268;
- retires from Estremadura, 276, 277, 284;
- joins Soult in marching to relieve Badajoz, 286, 363, 369;
- at Albuera, 403;
- at combat of Usagre, 412-15;
- at combat near Elvas, 447;
- routs the Murcian army, 481.
- Leal, J. C., Portuguese artilleryman, his good service at Coimbra, 149.
- Leiria, Drouet at, 22, 64;
- burnt by the French, 135.
- Leite, general, governor of Elvas, 273, 456.
- Leon, operations of Bessières and Dorsenne in, 466-71.
- Leval, Jean François, general, at Cadiz, 105, 106;
- Lilli, major-general, Conde de Alacha, governor of Tortosa, see Alacha.
- Liverpool, Robert Jenkinson, Earl of, his correspondence with Wellington, 65-9.
- Loison, Louis Henri, general, commands division at Santarem, 8, 14, 146;
- Long, R. B., general, at combat of Campo Mayor, 259-62;
- Longa, guerrillero chief, 207, 210, 211, 463, 468, 469, 474.
- Losada, general, commanding Army of Asturias, 463, 586.
- Lumley, Hon. W., general, commands cavalry at Albuera, 372, 403;
- Lusitanian Legion, at Albuera, 390-1.
- Macdonald, Étienne, marshal, Duke of Tarentum, on the lower Ebro, 229, 241;
- Madden, brigadier-general, leads Portuguese cavalry to relief of Badajoz, 43-6;
- his disaster at the Gebora, 53.
- Mahy, Nicolas, captain-general of Galician army, recalled, 212.
- Manresa, taken and burnt by Macdonald, 486.
- Maransin, Jean Pierre, general, pursues Ballasteros, 277, 278.
- Marbot, Marcellin, colonel, his authority quoted or doubted, 12, 147, 153, 157, 304, 348.
- Marchand, Jean Gabriel, commands rearguard in Masséna’s retreat, 162;
- Marcognet, general, his skirmish with Wilson at Espinhal, 7;
- encounters Drouet’s advanced guard, 17.
- Marmont, Auguste Frédéric, marshal, Duke of Ragusa, replaces Masséna as commander of Army of Portugal, 295, 357;
- Rodrigo, 559;
- Masséna, André, marshal, Prince of Essling, his position about Santarem, 1-57;
- receives orders from Napoleon by General Foy, 75, 76;
- holds a conference at Golegão, 77-80;
- retreats from Santarem, 82, 131-97;
- surprised at Fonte Cuberta, 147;
- quarrels with Ney, 148;
- retreats towards Plasencia, 162;
- his difficulties, 173-5;
- supersedes Ney, 176-8;
- abandons his plan of going to Plasencia, 181;
- crosses the Coa, 187;
- retreats on Ciudad Rodrigo, 197;
- causes of his failure, 203-5;
- recalled by Napoleon, 295;
- reorganizes his army, 301;
- quarrels with Bessières, 303;
- defeated at Fuentes de Oñoro, 310-48;
- withdraws garrison from Almeida, 349-54;
- receives his recall, 357.
- Masterson, sergeant, captures an eagle at Barrosa, 121.
- Mathieu, Maurice, governor of Barcelona, defeats attempt of Campoverde to surprise Monjuich, 245.
- Medina Sidonia, combats at, 98, 127.
- Menacho, Rafael, general, governor of Badajoz, 40;
- Mendizabal, general, retreats on Badajoz, 32;
- Merle, Pierre Hugues, general, at combat of Sabugal, 192.
- Mermet, Julien, his engagements during Masséna’s retreat from Portugal, 138-9, 142, 157;
- Mina, Francisco, guerrillero chief in Navarre, 207;
- joins Longa and Porlier, 468.
- Miot de Melito, André, courtier of King Joseph, 217-18.
- Miranda, José, general, lands in Catalonia to support Campoverde, 507;
- Monjuich, fortress of, failure of Campoverde to surprise, 245.
- Montbrun, Louis Pierre, general, 55;
- Montijo, Conde de, his irregular warfare in Granada, 478-82.
- Montserrat, stormed by Suchet, 533-4;
- recovered by the Spaniards, 541.
- Morillo, Pablo, general, exploits of, 597.
- Mortier, Edouard, marshal, in the expedition to Estremadura, 30;
- Murcia, Army of, its unsuccessful campaign against Soult, 477-81.
- Myers’s Fusilier Brigade, exploits of, at Albuera, and death of its commander, 390-3.
- Napier, Sir William, his strictures on the Perceval Cabinet, 67;
- on Wellington at Redinha, 143;
- on cavalry pursuit at Campo Mayor, 264;
- describes doings of the Light Division at Fuentes de Oñoro, 326;
- criticism of Wellington’s action at Fuentes de Oñoro, 343-8;
- on topography of Albuera, 374;
- on battle of Albuera, 385, 386, 398, 401;
- his remarks on Soult’s strategy in September, 454;
- on Dorsenne’s advance into Galicia, 471;
- on Contreras’s conduct at Tarragona, 510, 513.
- Napoleon, Emperor, his orders to Drouet, 18, 19;
- to Soult, 23;
- his failure to understand situation of affairs in Spain and Portugal, 228, 93, 94, 204, 205;
- approves of Masséna’s superseding Ney, 178;
- establishes a single military commander in Northern Spain, 207;
- threatens to annex Spain, 215-16;
- refuses Joseph command over the troops in Spain, 219-20;
- supersedes Masséna, 295, 357;
- his criticism of Bessières, 305;
- his orders to Soult, 363-5;
- his criticism on Marmont, 435;
- his orders to Suchet for the conquest of Catalonia, 485;
- orders the reconquest of the Asturias, 585;
- directs Marmont to invade the Alemtejo, 587-8;
- his projects for the conquest of Valencia, 591-2.
- Ney, Michel, marshal, Duke of Elchingen, commands 6th Corps, 8, 9;
- Niebla, the Condado of (W. Andalusia), operations in, 30, 34, 58, 128;
- O’Donnell, Charles, general, serves under La Romana, 43;
- O’Donnell, Henry, general, retires from command in Catalonia, 240.
- O’Donnell, Joseph, general, defeated by Godinot, 480;
- retires before Soult’s advance, 481.
- Olivenza, fortress, taken by Soult, 35, 36;
- Olivo, Fort, at Tarragona, storm of, 503.
- Orbigo, combats on the, 467.
- O’Ronan, colonel, leads the attack on Fort Olivo, 505.
- Ouguella, fortress, in Wellington’s position on the Caya, 449.
- Oviedo, evacuated by Bonnet, 466;
- recaptured by him, 586.
- Pack, Denis, general, commanding a Portuguese brigade, 3;
- Palacio, Marquis of, commanding in Valencia, 479.
- Palamos, surprised by landing party from British frigates, 241.
- Pelet, Jean Jacques, colonel, his evidence as to Masséna’s campaign quoted, 140, 147, 174, 177, 338, 347.
- Peniche, fortress of, its importance, 7.
- Penne Villemur, Count, Spanish cavalry general, 272, 276, 377, 412, 597.
- Perceval, Spencer, prime minister, his correspondence with Wellington, 65-9.
- Phillipon, Armand, general, governor of Badajoz, 253, 270, 279;
- Picton, Thomas, general, commanding 3rd Division, 3;
- Pla, combat of, 243.
- Polish Lancers, 1st, charge of the, at Albuera, 383-4.
- Pombal, combat of, 136, 137, 138.
- Porlier, Juan Diaz, guerrillero chief, 207, 210, 211, 463, 468, 469;
- Pozo Bello, fighting at, during the battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, 317-18.
- Punhete, French bridge and dockyard at, 16;
- burnt by Loison, 86.
- Quintanilla de Valle, combat of, 467.
- Ramsay, Norman, captain, his exploit at Fuentes de Oñoro, 327.
- Redinha, combat of, 139-43.
- Regency, the Spanish, deprives La Peña of his command, 130.
- Reille, Honoré Charles, general, enters Spain with reinforcements, 225.
- Rémond, general, defeated by Ballasteros on the Rio Tinto, 58, 128;
- Renaud, General, governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, captured by Julian Sanchez, 587.
- Reynier, Jean Louis Ebenezer, general, commands division at Santarem, 9, 13;
- Ridge, major, commanding 5th Fusiliers, his exploit at El Bodon, 567.
- Rio Mayor, skirmish at, 75.
- Rio Tinto, Ballasteros defeats Rémond on the, 58, 128.
- Rogniat, general, Suchet’s chief engineer, 499.
- Roguet, general, commands division in Bessières’ Army of the North, 462, 463;
- sent on into Galicia by Dorsenne, 469.
- Romana, La, Marquis of, Pedro Caro, see La Romana.
- Rouget, general, driven from Santander by Porlier, 472.
- Rovira, doctor, miquelete chief, 484;
- Ruffin, general, defeated and mortally wounded at Barrosa, 110-16.
- Sabugal, combat of, 189-96.
- Saint-Cyr-Nugues, colonel, his part in the surrender of Tortosa, 237.
- Sanchez, Julian, chief of guerrilleros, his raids near Salamanca, 201, 207, 213, 289;
- Santa Fé, Mariano, Duke of, his fruitless embassy to Paris, 215.
- Santander, stormed by Porlier, 472.
- Santarem, Masséna at, 1-22;
- Santocildes, José, general, interim commander-in-chief in Galicia, 212, 293;
- Sarsfield, general, defeats French at combat of Pla, 243, 246;
- Sebastiani, Horace, general, at Granada, 30, 31.
- Serras, general, commands division at Benavente, 463;
- Seville, weakness of, 31, 368;
- Silveira, Francisco, general, at Trancoso, 19;
- Skerret, colonel, his fruitless expedition to Tarragona, 519-21.
- Slade, general, cavalry operations of, 166, 187, 437, 439, 450.
- Souham, Joseph, general, joins Army of Portugal, 225;
- Soult, Nicolas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, commands Army of Andalusia, 9;
- his expedition into Estremadura, 23, 91, 92;
- takes Olivenza, 35-7;
- besieges and takes Badajoz, 38-61;
- returns to Seville, 62, 129, 247;
- marches to relieve Badajoz, 286;
- his orders from Napoleon, 363-5;
- advances and fights at Albuera, 377-94;
- his dispatch to Napoleon, 395-6;
- retreats, 397, 410;
- meets Marmont, 445;
- relieves Badajoz, 446;
- marches for Seville, 455;
- drives Blake from the Condado de Niebla, 475, 476;
- disperses Murcian army, 481;
- his operations against the insurgents of Andalusia, 593-4.
- Soult, Pierre, general, at combat of Sabugal, 193-6;
- pursues Freire’s army, 481.
- Sousa, José Antonio, member of the Portuguese Regency, Wellington’s suspicions of, 71.
- Spencer, General Sir Brent, commands troops between the Agueda and Coa, 297;
- Squire, captain, engineer officer with Beresford, 266;
- at Olivenza, 272.
- Stewart, William, general, 5;
- Suchet, Louis Gabriel, marshal, commands in Aragon, 225;
- Taboada, general, commands a division of the Army of Galicia, 466-7.
- Tagus river, the, Ney’s and Reynier’s plans for passing, 15, 78-80;
- Wellington’s precautions to prevent a passage, 73-4.
- Talaya, Major José Joaquim, commander of Campo Mayor, 254;
- his gallant defence, 256-7.
- Tarifa, held by the British, 98, 593, 594.
- Tarragona, besieged by Suchet, 497-525;
- Teruel, beset by the Valencian army, 507;
- by the Aragonese insurgents, 535.
- Thiébault, Paul Charles, general, governor of Salamanca, fails to catch Julian Sanchez, 201;
- Thomar, operations around, 86-8.
- Tillet, André, carries Masséna’s dispatch to Almeida, 350.
- Tortosa, importance of, 227, 228;
- Trancoso, combat of, 21.
- Trant, Nicholas, colonel, commands militia brigade at Coimbra, 7, 19, 133;
- Truxillo, occupied by Lahoussaye, 214;
- by Foy, 542.
- Usagre, combat of, 412-15.
- Valazé, engineer colonel, at Coimbra bridge, 137.
- Valencia, the Army of, 227-8;
- Valencia, kingdom of, Napoleon’s designs against, 539, 591-2.
- Valencia de Alcantara, evacuated by Spaniards, taken by Latour-Maubourg, 256;
- head quarters of Castaños, 597.
- Valladolid, attacked by partidas, 467.
- Valletaux, brigadier, defeated and slain at combat of Cogorderos, 466, 467.
- Velasco, general, second in command at Tarragona, 512;
- Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, at Cadiz, 30;
- Vigo-Roussillon, colonel, his account of Barrosa, 118-20.
- Villacampa, general, commands Aragonese insurgents, 246, 535.
- Villa da Ponte, combat of, 21;
- Villanueva de Sitjes, captured by Suchet, 528.
- Villatte, general, opposes the Spaniards at the battle of Barrosa, 105-7.
- Villa Velha, bridge of, its importance in Wellington’s communications, 408, 438-9.
- Wathier, general, at Fuentes de Oñoro, 316, 322;
- Wellesley, Hon. Henry, Ambassador at Cadiz, correspondence with, 129, 184, &c.
- Wellington, Arthur, Viscount, disposition of his forces in Portugal, 1-6;
- correspondence with Lord Liverpool on the cost of the war, 65-9;
- his plan for attacking Masséna, 83;
- occupies Santarem, 86;
- his letter to Graham after the battle of Barrosa, 125;
- his plan for pursuing Masséna, 131-5;
- at skirmish of Redinha, 143;
- at Foz do Arouce, 155-8;
- crosses the Alva, 165;
- his tactics, 169-72;
- on the Coa, 189;
- blockades Almeida, 201;
- remarks on the surrender of Badajoz, 249;
- on combat of Campo Mayor, 265;
- directs investment of Badajoz, 279;
- at Elvas, 296;
- prepares for Masséna’s advance, 305;
- battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, 310-48;
- criticism on, 343-8;
- his anger at Brennier’s escaping from Almeida, 355-6;
- his remarks on Albuera, 399;
- goes to besiege Badajoz, 405;
- raises siege, 431;
- expects Marmont’s advance, 435, 436;
- his position on the Caya, 442-53;
- retires with his army into the Beira, 457;
- his plans for the autumn, 546-8;
- blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, 551-3;
- raises the blockade, 561;
- surprised by Marmont at El Bodon, 565;
- retires to Fuente Guinaldo, 571;
- and to Alfayates, 577;
- his errors in this campaign, 581-2;
- resumes the blockade of Rodrigo, 583;
- his plans for the winter, 584, 591.
- Wheatley, colonel, at Barrosa, 111.
- Whigs, their factious opposition to the Peninsular War, 66.
- Whittingham, Samuel, colonel, in Tarifa expedition, 99;
- Wilson, John, general, commands militia brigade at Espinhal, 6, 7;