CONTENTS

SECTION IX
After Corunna (Jan.-Feb. 1809)
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I. The Consequences of Moore’s Diversion: Rally of the Spanish Armies: Battle of Ucles 1
II. Napoleon’s departure from Spain: his plans for the Termination of the War: the Counter-Plans of the Junta: Canning and Cadiz 15
SECTION X
The Autumn and Winter Campaign in Catalonia
I. The Siege of Rosas 37
II. St. Cyr relieves Barcelona: Battles of Cardadeu and Molins de Rey 58
III. The Campaign of February, 1809: Battle of Valls 76
SECTION XI
The Second Siege of Saragossa (Dec. 1808-Feb. 1809)
I. The Capture of the Outworks 90
II. The French within the Walls: the Street-fighting: the Surrender 115
SECTION XII
The Spring Campaign in La Mancha and Estremadura
I. The Rout of Ciudad Real 143
II. Operations of Victor and Cuesta: the Battle of Medellin 149
SECTION XIII
Soult’s Invasion of Portugal
I. Soult’s Preliminary Operations in Galicia (Jan.-March 1809) 170
II. Portugal at the moment of Soult’s Invasion: the Nation, the Regency, and Sir John Cradock 196
III. The Portuguese Army: its History and its Reorganization 208
IV. Combats about Chaves and Braga: Capture of Oporto (March 10-29, 1809) 223
V. Soult’s halt at Oporto: Operations of Robert Wilson and Lapisse on the Portuguese Frontier: Silveira’s defence of Amarante 250
VI. Intrigues at Oporto: the Conspiracy of Argenton 273
SECTION XIV
Wellesley’s Campaign in Northern Portugal (May 1809)
I. Sir Arthur Wellesley: the general and the man 286
II. Wellesley retakes Oporto 312
III. Soult’s Retreat from Oporto 343
SECTION XV
Operations in Northern Spain (March-June 1809)
I. Ney and La Romana in Galicia and the Asturias 367
II. The French abandon Galicia 390
III. Operations in Aragon: Alcañiz and Belchite (March-June 1809) 406
SECTION XVI
The Talavera Campaign (July-Aug. 1809)
I. Wellesley at Abrantes: Victor evacuates Estremadura 433
II. Wellesley enters Spain 449
III. Wellesley and Cuesta: the interview at Mirabete 463
IV. The March to Talavera: Quarrel of Wellesley and Cuesta 483
V. Concentration of the French Armies: the King takes the offensive: Combats of Torrijos and Casa de Salinas 494
VI. The Battle of Talavera: the Preliminary Combats (July 27-28) 507
VII. The Battle of Talavera: the Main Engagement (July 28) 527
VIII. The Retreat from Talavera 559
IX. The end of the Talavera Campaign: Almonacid 599
APPENDICES
I. The ‘Army of the Centre,’ Jan. 11, 1809. The Spanish Army at the Battle of Ucles 621
II. The Garrison of Saragossa 622
III. The French Army in Spain, in Feb. 1809 624
IV. The Spanish Army at Medellin 627
V. The Portuguese Army in 1809: organization and numbers 629
VI. Papers relating to the intrigues at Oporto, April-May 1809 632
VII. Strength of Wellesley’s Army, May 6, 1809 640
VIII. Soult’s Report on Galicia, June 25, 1809 642
IX. Suchet’s and Blake’s Armies, May and June 1809 643
X. Papers relating to the Talavera Campaign: strength and losses of the British, Spanish, and French Armies 645
XI. The British Royal Artillery in the Peninsula, 1809 654
XII. Venegas’s Army of La Mancha in June-July 1809 655
INDEX 657
MAPS AND PLANS
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I. Ucles and Rosas To face 54
II. General Map of Catalonia: Battle of Valls ” 88
III. Saragossa, the Second Siege ” 134
IV. Medellin ” 166
V. Braga (Lanhozo) and Oporto ” 248
VI. Northern Portugal, showing Soult’s and Wellesley’s Campaigns of 1809 ” 360
VII. Alcañiz and Maria ” 426
VIII. Talavera ” 550
IX. Central Spain, showing the localities of the Talavera Campaign ” 596
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Joseph Palafox, Equestrian Portrait by Goya Frontispiece
A Portuguese Cavalry Soldier, 1809 212
A Portuguese Infantry Soldier, and a Man of the Ordenanza 222
The Douro above Oporto, the locality of Wellesley’s crossing 336
Coins struck in Spain during the Peninsular War 478