Letters from the peninsula, 1808-1812

INDEX

Abrantes, 41, 77, 79, 89, 213
Abrantes, Marquez de, 38
Acland, his brigade at Ramsgate, 1;
at Porto Novo, 18;
at the battle of Vimiero, 31
Adaja river, 275, 281, 282
Adam, Captain, of H.M.S. Resistance, 2;
his appearance, 3
Adamson, Mr, 16
Agueda, 117, 148, 246, 248;
bridges across the, 134, 136;
crossing the, 258
Alaejos, 274, 285
Alba de Tormes, defeat at, 45
Alberca, 158
Albuera, 268;
battle of, 179, 186
Albuquerque, 257
Albuquerque, Duke of, 58;
at Cadiz, 109
Alcobaça, 18
Aldea Nueva, 263
Aldea Nueva de Figueroa, 271
Aldea Rubia, 264
Aldea Seca, 292
Alemtejo, insurrection in, 18;
frontier of, 116
Alfaiates, 140, 248, 252
Algardon, fords of, 143
Algarve brigade, 61, 97
Alhandra, 172
Allen, Captain, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Talavera, 69
Allen, Maj.-gen. Victor, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 290, 293
Almaraz, 69, 70;
bridge over the, destroyed, 220;
victory at, 254;
number of killed and wounded, 255
Almeida, 41, 137, 246, 248;
siege of, 103, 117, 155, 179, 218;
journey to, 139-141;
surrender of, 162, 166;
escape of the French, 179
Almendralejo, 232
Alorna, Marquez d’, 149, 166
Alumeda, 142, 143, 146, 148
Alva de Tormes, 286
Alvez, Pedro, 54, 55, 60, 82, 93
Amarante, attack on, 61
Amazon, the, 55, 59
America, invasion of the Spanish colonies in, 1
Amoral, Captain Julio Cæsar d’, killed at the siege of Badajos, 239
Ancede, 62
Andalusia, 22, 251, 298;
invasion of, 103, 109
Anderson, Lieut., wounded at the battle of Talavera, 69
Anstruther, his brigade at Harwich, 1;
at Porto Novo, 18
Aragon, 223
Archer, Mrs William, 23
Archibald, W., 34
Archidiacono, 263
Arçobispo, bridge of, 69, 70, 71, 255
Aremberg, Prince d’, at Lisbon, 210
Arenschild, Captain, at Coimbra, 56
Arilez, Colonel d’, 154
Army, new regulations for the, 64
Arouca, 102, 107
Arroio del Molino, prisoners taken at, 210
Astorga, 272;
fall of, 103, 123;
fort at, besieged, 282
Asturias, the, 223, 266, 268
Atalaya, 157
Austria, peace with France, 45, 96, 103
Avanilla, 46
Avelans da Ribeira, 158
Azara river, 141, 142
Badajos, 22, 89;
French advance on, 110;
siege of, 178, 179, 219, 229, 231-241;
raised, 179, 185;
number of killed and wounded, 219, 233, 234, 237, 243, 245;
capture of, 241-247;
in a state of defence, 251
Baird, Sir David, at Corunna, 43;
at Mayorga, 43;
loss of his arm at the battle of Corunna, 50
Balgonie, Lord, 197
Ball, a charity, 13, 15
Ballasteros, defeated in the Sierra Morena, 120;
enters Seville, 248;
advance to, 251
Baltic, the, 2
Baños, pass of, 71, 75
Barceiros, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, 239
Barcelona, 41
Barcilha, 147
Barcinha, 79
Barclay, Lieut.-col., wounded at the battle of Coa, 154
Barfleur, H.M.S., 44
Barretto, Major, of artillery, his treachery, 166, 167
Bath, 52
Bayonne, 110
Beira, the, 116
Bejar mountains, 260
Belem, 169
Bell, John, 127
Benevente, 203
Benito, John, 55, 63, 256
Bentinck, Lord William, at Madrid, 298
Bernardo, Frè, 121
Beresford, Marshal, 19;
at the battle of Corunna, 44;
at Plymouth, 44;
appointed commander-in-chief of the Portuguese army, 44;
retreat towards Salvaterra, 72;
his discipline of the Portuguese army, 78, 89, 100, 128;
at Torres Novas, 97;
treatment by both Governments, 100;
tour of the Northern Province, 102;
reception at Oporto, 106;
characteristics, 106;
at Arouca, 107;
Vizeu, 119;
knighted, 169;
recaptures Campo Mayor and Olivença, 178;
lays siege to Badajos, 178, 179, 219, 231;
at Albuera, 179;
effect on his health of the siege of Badajos, 180;
improved health, 190, 196;
approbation of his country, 190;
at Lisbon, 192;
Cintra, 195;
title of Count of Francozo, 201;
attack of low fever, 206, 210, 213;
wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 221, 284, 285, 288, 291;
at Nava del Rey, 274;
La Seca, 275
Bertie, Mr, 277
Bessières, detachments from, 179
Bettrão, Frè Bernardo, 29, 39
Blake, General, defeated at Grenada, 204
Bodmin, 177
Bonnet, in the Asturias, 266, 268;
wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Borde, de la, 18
Bouverie, Captain, of the Medusa, 181
Bowes, General, at the battle of Vimiero, 31;
wounded at the siege of Badajos, 243, 246;
killed at the siege of Salamanca, 267
Braave, the, 182
Bradford, Captain, killed at the battle of Roliça, 24
Braga, 60
Braganza, 121, 157
Brennier, General, taken prisoner at the battle of Vimiero, 27, 35;
his escape from the siege of Almeida, 179
Brest fleet, escape from, 54
Bron, General, 210
Brown, Colonel, 25
Brown, Major, 89
Brown, H., 123
Brown, John, 216
Bucellas, 172
Buenos Ayres, 28
Buonaparte, King Joseph. See Joseph
Burgh, Captain, 168
Burgos, 272;
defeat at, 43
Burrard, Sir Harry, 17;
his action after the battle of Vimiero, 19
Bussaco, 104;
number of killed at, 170
Butler, James, 55
Cabeça, Vellozo, 286
Caçeres, 232, 257;
attack on, 117
Cadiz, 2, 6, 109;
siege of, 103, 109, 295, 298
Calbaraza de Ariba, 286
Calvert, General, 5
Campbell, Augustus, 156
Campbell, John, 114, 164, 228
Campbell, Robert, at the siege of Badajos, 241
Campbell, W., 144
Campbell, Lieut.-col., 116
Campo Mayor, 180, 186;
recaptured, 178;
reconnaissance on, 188
Canizal, 285
Carpio, 142
Carrera, General, 143
Carrière, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Carvalhos or Carvalhal, 155
Casal Eschin, 171
Castanhos, General, his army, 22, 23;
march on Madrid, 22;
character, 186
Castello Branco, 73, 75, 77, 79, 140, 249
Castille, 69, 71, 76, 220
Castillejos de Morisco, 262
Castlereagh, Lord, 229
Castrejon, 285
Castrello, 285
Castrillo, 271
Castro, Principe al, 38
Catalonia, 187
Catano, St, Fort of, 269
Caxias, 195
Celorico, 120, 124, 131, 134
Cercal, 18
Charlot, General, taken prisoner at the battle of Vimiero, 27
Chasse au Sanglier, 252
Chaves, 57
Christopher’s Fort, St, 232, 239, 243
Christoval de la Cuesta, St, 262
Cintra, Convention of, 19;
result, 36;
climate, 195
Ciudad Rodrigo, 110, 123, 246, 248;
siege of, 58, 120, 133, 134, 136, 148, 179, 196, 198, 222-226;
taken, 103, 218, 223;
march on, 127;
explosions at, 137;
defence, 151;
number of killed and wounded at, 224
Clare, Lord, at Lisbon, 201;
Cintra, 204
Clauzel, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 293;
in command, 297
Clinton, his attack on the Forts at Salamanca, 262
Coa, the, 139, 140, 246, 248;
battle of, 103, 154;
number of killed and wounded at, 154;
allied army withdraws to, 179
Coimbra, 40, 77, 89, 115, 213, 222;
advance on, 173
Colborne, Colonel, wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 224
Cole, General, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 290, 293
Coleman, Brig.-general, his death and funeral, 217
Colquhoun, Sir George, killed at the siege of Salamanca, 267
Colville, General, at the siege of Badajos, 242;
wounded, 243, 246
Commons, House of, result of debates in, 118
Conception, Fort, 141, 143
Condado de Niebla, 232
Connell, Lieut., killed at the siege of Badajos, 237
Conqueror, the, 54
Cordova, supplies from, 160
Coria, 70, 72
Cork, 2, 5
Corn, Indian, price of, 137
Corunna, 43;
retreat on, 44;
battle of, 44, 50;
number of killed and wounded, 54
Cotton, Captain, 148
Cotton, Sir C., his victory in the Mediterranean, 187
Cotton, Sir Stapleton, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 290, 293
Cove, 8
Covilhao, 249
Cowell, 228, 233;
his illness, 295
Cox, General, Governor of Almeida, 140;
besieged, 159;
forced to surrender, 166
Crawford, General, 14;
on board H.M.S. Resistance, 7;
in command at Niza, 80
Crawfurd, General, at the battle of the Coa, 103;
at Gallegos, 139, 141;
wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 224
Crawfurd, Robert, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 218
Creagh, Captain, killed at the battle of Coa, 154
Croft, Fred., 59
Croft, Jack, his kindness to W. Warre, 169;
at Sobral, 174
Croft, John, 108, 111
Cuesta, General, 53, 58, 61;
his bad order of battle, 62;
at the battle of Talavera, abandons the wounded, 69, 74;
removed, 74
Currie, Major, 255
Custine, 65, 101
Cuthbert, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, 234
D’Aeth, appointed Acting Commander of the Eclipse, 34
Dalrymple, Sir Hew, in command of the force, 17, 19
Dance, Colonel, at the battle of Talavera, 69
Dawson, Lieut. R., killed at the battle of Roliça, 24
Dawson, 225;
at the siege of Badajos, 243
Day, The, newspaper, 190
De Febre, Colonel, 123
Delaney, Colonel, 89, 93
Delaware, Lord, at Lisbon, 201;
Cintra, 204
Digby, Captain, 181
Diligent, gun-brig, 56
Dobbs, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 225
Doidga, Count, 149
Domingos, Dr, 198, 212
Donegal, the, 29
Douglas, Captain, at the siege of Badajos, 241
Douglas, Colonel, 52
Douro river, 89, 140, 220, 258, 259, 271, 274, 275, 280, 284, 296, 297, 298
Drake, Captain, wounded at the battle of Talavera, 69
Drouet, expedition against, 240;
retires from Villa Franca, 272
Duckworth, Sir John, 54
Dundas, Sir David, 89, 93, 126
Dundas, Captain, wounded at the siege of Badajos, 239
Dupont, capitulates, 22
Dutch, wounded in the Guelderland, 16
Earthquake at Lisbon, 92
Eastley End, 156
Eclipse, the, 34
El Bodon, action of, 179
Elder, Lieut.-col., 143;
at the battle of Coa, 154
Elliot, Major, his treatise on the defence of Portugal, 171
Ellis, Captain, of the Spitfire, 181
Elvas, 41, 89, 111, 185, 186, 219, 226
Ençina, 286
Enxara dos Cavaleiros, 171
Erfurth, Treaty of, 43
Espanha, Don Carlos d’, 262;
at Pollos, 275
Esperança, Convent of the, 113
Espino, Val d’, 136
Espinosa, defeat at, 43
Espiritu, St, 120, 258
Estrella mountain, 131
Estremadura, 223
Ewart, 225;
wounded at the battle of Vimiero, 27;
at the siege of Badajos, 240
Exeter, 177
Falmouth, 104, 175, 177
Fane, General, 14;
on board H.M.S. Resistance, 7;
at the battle of Talavera, 70
Farmer, 235
Ferguson, General, 14;
embarks at Portsmouth, 2;
his characteristics, 11;
at the battle of Vimiero, 26, 31;
gallantry and judgment, 33;
return to England, 36;
at Lisbon, 273;
at the battle of Salamanca, 292
Ferguson, Mrs, 59
Fermoy, 10
Fernesen, 133
Figueira, 17, 21
Finisterre, Cape, 54
Fiorenzo, the, 182
Fitzgerald, Mr, at Cintra, 204
Fletcher, Lieut.-col., wounded at the siege of Badajos, 234
Flushing, expedition to, 105
Foncastin, 280
Forjas, his characteristics, 207
Formidable, 133
Fornos d’Algodres, 120, 123, 131
Foy, in command of the French army, 297
France, peace with Austria, 45, 103;
reinforcements from, 199
Francisco, Fort of St, taken, 57
Francozo, 136
Frankland, wounded at the battle of Talavera, 69
Frederick, Sir J., 169
Freixedas, 140, 156, 166
Frejenal, 232
French army, number of, taken or destroyed, 22;
massacred, 23;
defeated in the action at Roliça, 24;
Vimiero, 26-28, 30-35;
number of killed and wounded at, 27, 34, 168;
evacuate Portugal, 42;
at Saldanha, 47;
take Oporto, 56;
re-enter Castille, 76;
defeated at Tamames, 90;
invasion of Andalusia, 102, 109;
advance on Badajos, 110;
defeated at Caçeres and Valverde, 117;
advance on Ciudad Rodrigo, 120;
deserters from, 121, 127, 136, 148, 157;
number of sick, 127;
number of, besieging Ciudad Rodrigo, 134;
sickness, 138, 158;
attack at Coa, 154;
preparations for the siege of Almeida, 156;
defeated at Ladoeiro, 164;
sick and wounded taken prisoners, 173;
defeated at the battle of Albuera, 179, 186;
prisoners, 210;
reinforcements, 211, 263;
movements, 219, 264;
defence of Badajos, 245;
entrenchments, 246;
advance on Salamanca, 263;
number of killed at the battle, 290, 293;
retreat towards Madrid, 293
Fuenta da Capeña, 271
Fuente La Peña, 285
Fuente Sanco, 271
Fuentes d’Onoro, battle of, 179
Fuentes Guinaldo, 197, 250, 252
Fundão, 249
Galicia, 43;
insurrection in, 57
Gallegos, 120, 134, 139, 143, 146, 223
Gata pass, 70
Gaveon, 79
Geary, Captain, killed at the battle of Roliça, 24
George, St, 133
Gibbs, 225;
wounded at the siege of Badajos, 243, 248
Gibbs, Mrs, 225
Gordon, Major, 225
Graham, General, Sir J., at the siege of Badajos, 219;
expedition against Drouet, 240;
return to Villa Franca, 241;
at Portalegre, 257;
his march to Salamanca, 258
Graham, Sir T., disorder in his eye, 273, 277;
leaves for England, 277
Gravier, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Grenada, supplies from, 160;
defeat at, 204
Grimes, Lieut., wounded at the siege of Badajos, 239
Guadalajara, passes of, 294
Guadiana, the, 188, 219, 231, 239
Guadalaxara, garrison of, 298
Guaratte, 271
Guarda, 66, 124, 134, 160
Guarena river, 271, 285
Guelderland, capture of the, 16
Hardinge, 139, 146;
shot through his coat at the siege of Badajos, 252
Hardy, Captain, 133
Harvey, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, 246
Harwich, 2
Hay, Leith, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Hendon, 14, 102
Herreros, fords at, 281
Hill, General, 14;
in command at Fermoy, 10;
his corps march to Elvas, 111;
on the Frontier of Alemtejo, 116;
at Portalegre, 120;
at the siege of Badajos, 219
Hill, Sir Rowland, his success at Almaraz, 254;
at Albuera, 268
Honiton, 104, 117
Hope, Sir John, 42
Houston, General, 200
How, Mr Samuel, 52
Howard, Capt., wounded at the battle of Talavera, 69
Huebra, 258
Hull, Captain, wounded at the battle of Coa, 154
Hunt, at the siege of Badajos, 243
Imaz surrenders Badajos, 178
Infantado, Duke of, 53
Instructions for Light Infantry, translation of, 97, 108
Ireland, troops assembled in, 1
Jackson, 295
Jago, St, 49
James’s Naval History, 16 note
Johns, St, Fort of, seized, 57
Johnstone, Hon. A. C., 165
Jones, killed at the siege of Badajos, 243
Joseph, King, his invasion of Andalusia, 103;
number of his army in Spain, 159;
his attempt to resign his Crown, 179;
at Madrid, 219;
advance to reinforce Marmont, 292;
at Valencia, 298
Julians, St, 195
Junot, Marshal, number of troops commanded by him, 18, 22;
attack on, 22;
at the battle of Roliça, 25;
at Vimiero, 27;
besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, 149;
encamps near Sobral, 173
Kellerman, 160
Kemp, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, 246
Kingston, 3
Knox, Mr, 111
Knox, Captain, of the Fiorenzo, 182
Konigsberg, 283
Kranckenberg, Captain, 142
Laborde, General, in command at the battle of Roliça, 25;
wounded, 25;
at the battle of Vimiero, 27
Lacebo, 68
Lacerda, 101
Lacerda, Antonio de, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Ladoeiro, attack at, 164
Laffões, Duchess of, her death, 107
Lagiosa, 156
Lake, Colonel, killed at the battle of Roliça, 24
Lamego, Convent at, 45;
flight of the nuns, 62
Larza, 77
Launceston, 177
Lavos, Camp, 21
Le Mesurier, Colonel, Governor of Almeida, 248;
repulses Marmont, 248
Ledesma, evacuation of, 256
Leinster, Duke of, at Lisbon, 201;
Cintra, 204
Leith, General, 208;
at the siege of Badajos, 233, 242;
his march to Salamanca, 258;
wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 290, 291, 293
Lemos, Brigadier, sent to Rio de Janeiro, 198
Ligon, Captain, wounded, 163
Linhares, Count, 198, 207
Lisbon, 18, 44, 53;
earthquake, 92;
storms, 112;
hoax at, 214-216
Loison, General, 18;
at the battle of Vimiero, 27;
at Zezere, 176
Longa, intercepts mail from Paris, 283
Loring, Captain, of the Niobe, 60
Los Hoyos, 71
Los Santos, 232
Louriçal, Marquis and Marchioness of, 99, 114
Lourinhao, 24
Lugo, 44, 48;
retreat from, 50
Lutyens, taken prisoner, 188
Maçedo, Senhor Manoel, 39
Maceira river, 18
M’Kay, wounded at the battle of Vimiero, 35
M’Lean, Major, at the siege of Badajos, 237
M’Leod, Major, at the siege of Badajos, 239
M’Minnon, General, killed at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 224
Madden, killed at the siege of Badajos, 243
Madrid, 43, 53, 223, 297;
march on, 22;
disturbances in, 160
Mafra, positions at, 170
Malcato, 249
Malcolm, Captain, 15
Mango Alde, 119
Mantzoro, Madame, 40
Maps of Spain and Portugal, 116, 122
Marchand, General, at Salamanca, 77;
defeated at Tamames, 90
Marchant, General le, 194;
at Cintra, 204;
killed at the battle of Salamanca, 221, 290, 293
Marialva, 134, 141
Marmont, Marshal, in command of the army of Portugal, 179;
advance to relieve Ciudad Rodrigo, 179;
threatens it, 219;
evacuates Salamanca, 220, 259;
retires behind the Douro, 220;
wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 221, 289, 290, 293, 297;
threatens Almeida, 246, 248;
retreat across the Agueda, 249;
result of his advance, 249;
sufferings of his army, 250;
advance on Salamanca, 262;
crosses the Tormes, 265;
retirement, 271;
crosses the Douro, 284;
at the battle of Salamanca, 284-289
Martha, Sta., ford of, 265
Martin, d’El Rio, 258
Martin, Admiral, 273
Masséna, in command of the French army, 127, 130, 132;
besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, 149;
defeated at Busaco, 172;
retires from Santarem, 178;
reinforcements, 179
Maucune, 297
Mayhew, Mr, 9
Mayorga, 43
Medellin, 256;
battle of, 61
Medina del Campo, 274, 280
Mediterranean Sea, victory in the, 187
Medusa, the, 181
Mellish, Captain, Aide-de-Camp to Major-general Ferguson, 2;
studies Spanish, 10
Mello, Pedro de, 38
Merida, 61, 232, 234
Merry, wounded at the siege of Badajos, 243;
death, 248
Mesão Frio, 62
Milman, wounded at the battle of Talavera, 70, 75
Miller, General, advance on Coimbra, 173
Mina, action of, 193
Minas, Marquez das, 38
Minho, skirmishing on the, 53
Minucal, 136
Mirabete, 255
Miranda, 220
Misquetella, Viscondessa de, 111
Molloy, 295
Mondego Bay, 17, 18;
river, 131
Monte Rey, 53
Montemor Velho, price of Indian corn at, 137
Moore, Sir John, 17, 19;
ordered to Portugal, 2;
in command of the troops, 42;
at Salamanca, 43;
Mayorga, 43;
his retreat on Corunna, 44;
death of, 44, 50
Moralega, 72
Morilho, the Spanish general, 233
Morisco, 263, 264
Morréra, 264
Mortier, at Zamora, 77
Mostyn, Lieut., 5
Mulcaster, Captain, killed at the siege of Badajos, 237
Mulgrave, Lord, 190
Muradal, passes of, 89
Murphy, Major, 139
Na. Senora de la Peña, 286
Napier, George, loss of an arm at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 224
Napoleon, at Madrid, 43;
his advance, 44;
return to Paris, 54;
at Konigsberg, 283
Nava, 248, 285
Nava del Rey, 274, 280
Naves d’Haver, 165
Naylor, W., 55
New Castille, 139
Ney, Marshal, his return to France, 90;
besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, 149;
encamps near Sobral, 173
Nightingale, Brigade-General, 14
Niobe, the, 60
Niza, 79
Norge, the, 54
Nutt, Colonel, killed at the battle of Coa, 154
Oakhampton, 177
Obidos, 24
Ocaña, defeat at, 45;
rout at, 96, 99
O’Donnel, General, at Albuquerque, 120
Olaia, St, 180
Oliveira, Governor of Oporto, assassinated, 57
Oliveira, Cornet Raymundo, 164
Olivença, 110;
recaptured, 178
Oman, 43 note, 166 note
Oniel, Senhor Carlos, 40
Oporto, 296;
taken by the French, 45, 56, 60;
retaken by Sir A. Wellesley, 45;
insubordination at, 56, 60;
Wine Company at, 205, 209, 212
Orbada, 271
Otter, Captain, 89, 93
Ovar, 20;
French post at, 62
Pajares, 271
Pakenham, Major-general, 144, 147;
at the battle of Salamanca, 288
Palmela, 85
Pampeluna, 149, 166
Parada de Rubiales, 271
Paris to Madrid mail intercepted, 283
Parque, Duque del, his victory at Tamames, 90;
his army disperses in a panic, 100
Patrick, Major, wounded, 61
Patton, Captain, 182, 183
Payne, General, 8, 13, 117
Payo, Conde de St, 38
Pays, Colonel, in command of the 1st Portuguese Cavalry, at the battle of Coa, 155
Peacock, the, 55
Peña Maior, 250
Penafiel, occupied, 62
Peñazanda, 289
Peniche, 18, 24
Peninsular War, first combat, 18
Perales pass, 70
Petersburg, St, 9 note
Philippon, General, Governor of Badajos, taken prisoner, 243
Picorina, Fort, 234
Picton, General, 234;
at the siege of Badajos, 242, 246;
his march to Salamanca, 258
Pinhel, 134, 139, 140, 148;
Bishop of, 139
Pitiegna, 271, 286
Placencia, 69, 77
Plover, the, 36
Plymouth, 44, 51
Pollos, 275, 280
Ponte de Lima occupied, 62
Poole, killed at the siege of Badajos, 243
Portalegre, 120, 257
Port Mahon, 180, 181, 183
Porto, Bishop of, 38
Porto Novo, 18
Porto Roads, 17, 19
Portsmouth, 2, 180
Portugal, troops ordered to, 1;
character of the Government, 38, 186;
decrees, 38;
evacuated by the French, 42;
map of, 116, 122;
translation on the Defence of, 174
Portuguese army, number of men, 23;
their character, 28, 78, 239;
organisation, 44, 45, 48;
at Monte Rey, 53;
insubordination, 56;
training, 63;
improved discipline, 100, 101, 104, 115;
enlistments, 111;
pay, 115;
at the battle of Coa, 154, 155;
noble behaviour, 168, 170;
relations with the English troops, 174;
heroism and gallantry at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 225;
at the siege of Badajos, 239
Prince, Jack, 70
Prior, 97
Puebla de Senabria, 160
Puente de Douro, 282
Puerto de Baños, 203
Ramsgate, 2
Rankin, 4;
tried by Court Martial, 45, 90, 94;
detected in stealing, 79, 80;
executed, 94, 95
Regnier, his attack on Salvaterra, 155;
encamped near the Tagus, 174
Regnioux, General, Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, taken prisoner, 208
Resistance, H.M.S., 2;
at Cork, 2;
officers take part in a play, 9
Resolution, 133
Rio de Janeiro, 198
Rio Seco, 62
Roliça, battle of, 18, 24;
killed and wounded, 24
Romana, Marquez de la, his force, 53;
at Badajos, 110
Romanzow, 284
Romulus, the, 182
Ross, Colonel, 134, 164;
his illness, 176
Rosslyn, Lord, 9
Rowan, Captain, 144
Royds, 225
Rueda, 280;
skirmish at, 274
Russell, D. W., wounded at the battle of Talavera, 69
Russia, 9 note;
policy, 199;
condition of the army, 283
Sabugal, 140, 248, 250;
combat of, 178
Sahagun, combat of, 43;
retreat from, 48
Salamanca, 43, 77, 258;
number of French in, 127;
evacuated, 220;
battle of, 220, 284-294;
number of killed and wounded, 221, 270, 285, 289, 293;
siege of, 258-269;
destruction, 260;
attack on the forts, 262;
surrender, 269-271;
explosion, 283;
prisoners, 289, 293
Salamonde, passes of, 60
Saldaña, 41, 43
Salteros, 71
Salvaterra, 71, 155
San Joaô da Pesqueira, 296
San Meñios, 258
Sanchez, Don Julian, 262;
takes General Regnioux prisoner, 208
Sancos Mezeude, 149
Santarem, 18, 41, 79, 178
Santo Cildes, in command of the Galician army at Astorga, 271;
besieges the fort, 282
Sarzedas, 164
Sebola, 69
Seca, La, 274
Segovia, 297
Seville, 219, 246, 248, 251
Sewell, his illness, 252, 257;
return home, 257
Seymour, Colonel, at the battle of Talavera, 69
Shaw, Captain, 148
Sheridan, Sir W., wounded at the battle of Talavera, 70
Shrapnell, Major, his invention of new shells, 34
Siabra, Lucas, 39
Sierra Morena, 53, 120, 248
Silveira, 57;
attack on, 61
Simancas, 281
Slade, General, 162
Sobrado, 48
Sobral, 172, 173
Somerset, Lord Fitzroy, at the siege of Badajos, 243
Soult, Marshal, 298;
at Saldaña, 43;
takes Oporto, 45;
at Coria, 77;
invests Badajos, 178;
advance to relieve Badajos, 179, 219, 246;
reconnaissance on Campo Mayor, 188;
retreat, 248;
in Andalusia, 251;
advance on Salamanca, 268
Souza, Captain, 68
Spain, maps of, 116
Spaniards, their revolt against the French, 1;
enmity to the French, 74, 96, 113, 203, 204;
sufferings of the peasants, 145;
plan of enlisting in the British army, 256;
reception of the army, 259;
joy at the deliverance from the French, 272
Spanish army, neglect of the, 37;
defeated at Burgos, 43;
victory at Tamames, 45, 91;
defeated at Ocaña and Alba de Tormes, 45;
advance on Madrid, 53;
treatment of the British army, 69, 73;
causes of their defeat, 99;
attack on Caçeres and Valverde, 117
Spencer, General, in command of the troops at Cadiz, 2, 14;
his arrival at Camp Lavos, 22;
at the battle of Vimiero, 26
Spitfire, 180, 181
Stag, merchant vessel, 177
Stanhope, Major, 169
Stanhope, Mr, 111
Stately, 133
Stewart, General, 129
Stockholm, 9
Stuart, Mr, 228
Stuart, Col., wounded at the battle of Roliça, 24;
his death, 28, 33
Sutton, Lieut.-col., at Fort Conception, 141
Sweden, 9 note
Sydenham, Mr, 182, 183
Tagus, the, 22, 58, 70, 89, 172, 250;
chart of the, 129
Talavera, battle of, 45, 68;
number of killed and wounded, 69, 74
Tamames, victory at, 45, 120, 258;
battle of, 90;
number of killed at, 1
Tancos, 79
Tangier bay, 6
Tarragona, fall of, 194
Taylor, Colonel, killed at the battle of Vimiero, 32
Teson, redoubt on the, taken, 218
Thomar, 59, 77, 97, 213
Thomier, 53;
wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 293
Thomond, Lieut., 9
Thomson, Major, killed at the siege of Badajos, 237
Tordesillas, 274, 281, 284
Tormes, 259, 265, 286;
bridge over the, 220
Toro, 77, 259, 263, 280, 284;
bridge, 271
Torre de Mouro, 185, 186
Torrecilla, 274
Torrecilla de la Orden, 285
Torrens, Colonel, 14
Torres Novas, 97, 221
Torres Vedras, 18, 172;
retreat to, 104
Torresilla de la Abadessa, 281
Toulon, 187
Trabancos, river, 274
Trant, Colonel, 62;
advance on Coimbra, 173;
repulses Marmont, 248
Truxillo, 257
Tudela, defeat at, 43
Turner, W., 184
Tuy, surrounded, 58
Ubes, St, 85
Urban, Colonel d’, 116, 271;
at the battle of Medellin, 61;
of Salamanca, 290
Urbina, his advance on Madrid, 85
Val de la Mula, 144
Valença de Tuy, occupied, 62
Valencia, 298
Valladolid, 160, 266, 271, 272, 281;
French concentrate at, 275
Vallados, 79
Vallesa, La, 286
Valliadacen, Marquez de, 53
Valmaza, 258
Valverde, attack at, 117
Van Diest, 85
Vandeleur, General, wounded at the taking of Ciudad Rodrigo, 224
Veia ford, 140
Verlet, General, at the siege of Badajos, 234
Vesey, 235
Vianna, occupied, 62
Vicente, St, Convent of, 258;
attack on, 269
Villa Escusa, 269, 274, 276
Villa Formosa, 211, 213
Villa Franca, 18, 241, 246, 248;
French retire from, 272
Villa Nueva, 282
Villa de Porco, 147
Villa Verde, 274
Villa Viçosa, 226
Villar de Ciervo, 148
Villar de la Egoa, 148
Villiers, Mr, 60, 92
Vimiero, battle of, 18, 25-28, 30-34;
anniversary of the battle, 161
Vincente, St, 186
Vittoria, 193
Vizeu, 77, 119
Vouga, the, 62
Walker, General, wounded at the siege of Badajos, 243, 246
Walsingham packet, 176
Warre, A. E., letters from, 168-171
Warre, Clara, takes the veil, 45;
at the Convent at Lamego, 45;
takes refuge at Ancede, 62;
visit from her brother, 107;
order obtained to remove her to the Convent of the Esperança, 113;
refuses to quit the Convent, 121, 125;
attack of fever, 125;
at Oporto, 171
Warre, James, 9 note
Warre, Thomas, his escape from Russia, 9;
extracts from his letters, 132, 133
Warre, William, Aide-de-Camp to Major-general Ferguson, 2;
on board H.M.S. Resistance, at Portsmouth, 3;
at St Helens, 4;
anxiety about his servant, 4, 45;
destination, 6, 14;
at Cove, 8;
studies Spanish, 10;
his wish to remain in the 23rd, 10;
attack of fever, 19, 29, 104;
A.D.C. to General Beresford, 19;
at Porto Roads, 19;
off Ovar, 20;
disembarkation at Figueira, 21;
life in camp, 23;
knowledge of Portuguese, 23;
at the battle of Roliça, 24;
Vimiero, 25-28, 30-35;
at Buenos Ayres, Lisbon, 28;
on the result of the Convention of Cintra, 36;
difficulty of removing his sister Clara, 45, 82, 86, 87, 99;
at Avanilla, 46;
Sobrado, 48;
at the battle of Corunna, 50;
at Plymouth, 51;
Lisbon, 53, 81, 192;
Thomar, 60, 97;
training the Portuguese troops, 63;
declines to receive pay, 66, 82, 88;
accident to his hand, 68, 72;
account of the battle of Talavera, 68;
on the treatment of the Spaniards, 72-74, 77;
at Castello Branco, 75;
leaves Spain, 77;
on the behaviour of his servant Rankin, 79, 90, 94;
his claim for losses, 85;
on his expenses, 88, 93, 97;
experiences an earthquake, 92;
his translation of “Instruction for Light Infantry,” 97, 108;
invalided home, 104, 178;
tour in the Northern Province, 106;
visit to his sister Clara, 107;
obtains an order to remove her, 113;
compiles a set of regulations for the Cavalry, 114;
at Coimbra, 115;
Mango Alde, 119;
distress at his sister Clara’s refusal to leave the Convent, 121, 125;
at Fornos d’Algodres, 123;
received by Lord Wellington, 124, 126;
at Francozo, 136;
visit to the nuns, 136;
journey to Almeida, 139-141;
visits the outposts, 146-150;
speculations on the attack of the French, 150;
on the battle of Coa, 154-156;
at Lagiosa, 156;
Avelans da Ribeira, 158;
on the fall of Almeida, 162, 166;
his illness, 168, 169, 176;
recovery, 171;
joins the army at Casal Eschin, 171;
at Falmouth, 175;
Honiton, 177;
Portsmouth, 180-184;
St Olaia, 184;
on raising the siege of Badajos, 185;
gazetted Major, 192;
on the visit of his father, 192, 197, 198, 202;
on the climate of Cintra, 195;
promoted Lieut.-colonel, 199;
account of the hoax at Lisbon, 214-216;
at Torres Novas, 221;
Coimbra, 222;
at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, 222-226;
at Elvas, 226;
his views on the purchase of his majority, 229-231, 282;
at the siege of Badajos, 231-247;
at Nava, 248;
Fuente Guinaldo, 252;
at a Chasse au Sanglier, 252;
his broken shin, 254, 257;
at the siege of Salamanca, 258, 271;
mode of life, 266;
at the Villa Escusa, 269;
his confidence in Lord Wellington, 272, 281;
at the skirmish of Rueda, 274;
at La Seca, 275;
his view of politics, 279;
at the battle of Salamanca, 284-294
Waters, 129
Wellesley, Lieut.-gen. Sir Arthur, in command of the troops for Portugal, 1, 14;
at Cork, 2, 5;
sails from Cork, 17;
fourth in command, 17;
his disposition of the forces at the battle of Vimiero, 26, 31;
at Lisbon, 44;
retakes Oporto, 45;
despatch on the battle of Talavera, 68
Wellesley, Lord, 229, 279
Wellington, Lord, at Lisbon, 92;
Torres Novas, 97;
appointed Marshal-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese army, 100;
withdrawal of his army from Spain, 103;
in Portugal, 103;
at Celorico, 124, 126, 134;
Francozo, 136;
his disposition of the troops, 174;
blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, 179, 196, 218;
invests Almeida, 179;
his victory of Fuentes d’Onoro, 179;
at St Vincente, 186;
title of Count of Vimiero, 201;
attack on Badajos, 218, 231, 234;
enters Castile, 220;
at Alfaiates, 252;
his plan of enlisting the Spaniards, 256;
his secret plans, 259, 272, 275;
moves on Rueda, 274;
at Villa Verde, 274;
formation of the army at the battle of Salamanca, 286;
pursuit of the enemy, 289, 292
Westmorland, 180, 184
Weyland, General, taken prisoner at Badajos, 243
White, Captain, his attack on the French at Ladoeiro, 164
White, Mr, wounded at the battle of Salamanca, 292
Whitelock, General, in command of an expedition in America, 1
Whittingham, appointed Colonel in the Spanish service, 23;
Brigadier, 75;
wounded, 75
Wilson, Major, wounded at the battle of Vimiero, 39
Wilson, Sir R., his defence of the Pass of Baños, 75;
his characteristics, 122;
his advance on Coimbra, 173
Yeltes river, 258
York, Duke of, 187
Zafra, 232
Zamora, 61, 76, 77;
evacuated, 297
Zamora bridge, 271
Zapardiel river, 274
Zeller, Frank van, 108
Zezere, 176

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