- Abrantes, Duke of, see Junot.
- Abrantes, Laure, Duchess of, her letters, 447.
- Abrantes, fortress of, 189;
- Masséna’s designs against, 445;
- views of Napoleon on, 457.
- Agar, captain Pedro, made one of the Spanish Regency, 518.
- Agueda river, Craufurd’s operations on the, 230-8.
- Alba de Tormes, battle of, 99-100.
- Albuquerque, Duke of, commands Army of Estremadura, 84, 97;
- his march on Cadiz, 136-8;
- governor of Cadiz, 149;
- goes as ambassador to London and dies, 325.
- Alcala la Real, combat of, 150.
- Alcañiz, operations around, 300, 305.
- Alcoentre, skirmish at, 413.
- Alemquer, combat of, 413.
- Alhandra, the position at, 425;
- Almaraz, operations around, 97.
- Almazan, combat of, 490.
- Almeida, frontier fortress of Portugal, 188;
- Almenara, José Hervas, Marquis of, Spanish envoy at Paris, 50-89.
- Alorna, general, Marquis of, Portuguese adviser of Masséna, 163;
- Alpujarras, insurrections in the, 150, 324-7.
- Alva, river, Wellington’s position on the, 190, 346.
- Alvarez, Mariano de Castro, governor of Gerona, 22-7, 30-5, 47-57;
- resigns command, 59;
- his imprisonment and death, 60-6.
- America, revolt of the Spanish Colonies in, 513;
- Andalusia, conquest of, by the French, 114;
- spring and summer campaign in, 315-40;
- Soult’s government of, 315-18.
- Anglona, Prince of, commands Galician cavalry, 75, 78.
- Anson, George, cavalry general, on retreat to Torres Vedras, 402-13;
- pursues the French to Santarem, 469.
- Araçena, combat of, 215.
- Aragon, Suchet’s conquest of, 11-14, 282;
- later insurrection in, 503.
- Aranjuez, Areizaga’s operations round, 87-9.
- Arce, Antonio, general, commands in Asturias, 217;
- Areizaga, Carlos, general, commands army in La Mancha, 73, 84;
- his advance on Aranjuez, 85-7;
- defeated by Soult at Ocaña, 91-6;
- defeated at Sierra Morena, 128-32;
- superseded by Blake, 151.
- Argüelles, Agustin, Liberal leader in the Cortes, 519.
- Astorga, fortress, 164, 220;
- Asturias, Bonnet in, 217-20;
- exploits of Porlier in, 485.
- Augereau, Pierre François Charles, Marshal, duc de Castiglione, supersedes St. Cyr, 18;
- at siege of Gerona, 53;
- his proclamations, 54;
- his harsh treatment of garrison of Gerona, 60;
- marches on Barcelona, 282, 288, 290;
- created military governor of Catalonia, 293;
- checked before Tarragona, 295;
- superseded by Macdonald, 299.
- Augereau, Jean, general, brother of above, unskilful operations of, 295, 297.
- Avila, Ney’s high-handed doings at, 202, 505.
- Baccelar, Manuel, general, commands northern provinces of Portugal, 176, 346, 399.
- Badajoz, fortress, 165;
- threatened by Mortier, 151, 213.
- Bagur (Catalonia), captured by British landing-force, 498.
- Ballasteros, Francisco, serves under Del Parque, 80, 98-9;
- surprises Mortier’s cavalry, 215;
- defeated at Zalamea and Araçena, 215;
- later operations of, 324, 331.
- Baraguay d’Hilliers, Achille, general, commands French forces in North Catalonia, 495, 497.
- Barba del Puerco, skirmish of, 238.
- Barcelona, the French in, 14, 16;
- Barcena, colonel, surprises Leon, 271;
- commands in the Asturias, 485.
- Barquilla, combat of, 255.
- Barreiros, major, Portuguese officer, betrays Almeida, 275.
- Baxter, sergeant, his exploit, 469.
- Baza, rout of, 337, 338.
- Beckwith, colonel, at Barba del Puerco, 238;
- Beresford, William Carr, marshal, organizes Portuguese army, 171-87;
- Wellington’s confidence in him, 233.
- Blake, Joachim, general, in Catalonia, 9;
- his attempts to succour Gerona, 40-4, 52, 55-6;
- his mistakes, 65;
- supersedes Areizaga, 151;
- resigns Catalonian command, 289;
- commands in Cadiz, 325;
- routed at Baza, 337-8;
- made a Regent, 518.
- Blayney, Lord, his disaster at Fuengirola, 335-6.
- Bolivar, general Juliano, surrenders Gerona, 59.
- Bonnet, general, his campaign in the Asturias, 217-20, 271;
- later operations of, in the Asturias, 483-5.
- Bussaco, Wellington at, 352;
- Cabrera, isle of, sufferings of French prisoners at, 323.
- Cadiz, held by Spaniards, 138;
- position and defences of, 145-9;
- attacked by Victor, 318-22;
- assembly of the Cortes at, 512-20.
- Caffarelli, general, commands the ‘Rearguard of the army of Spain,’ 484-7.
- Campbell, general, governor of Gibraltar, sends troops to Fuengirola, 335.
- Campbell, Alexander, commands 6th Division, 430, 441, 453.
- Campoverde, Marquis of, commands a division in Catalonia, 290;
- at the affair of La Bispal, 497-8;
- ravages the borders of France, 499;
- defeats Macdonald at Cardona, 500.
- Carbon, colonel, defends Mequinenza, 309.
- Cardona, Macdonald repulsed at, 500.
- Caro, José, general, his manifesto against the Junta, 7;
- governor of Valencia, opposes Suchet, 283-4;
- flies before French advance and is deposed, 494.
- Caro, Juan, general, captures Villafranca, 295;
- aids in deposing his brother José, 494.
- Castaños, Xavier, general, saves the lives of the Central Junta, 141;
- made a member of the first Regency, 141;
- deposed by the Cortes, 518.
- Catalonia, campaigns in, 14-66, 207-313, 492-504.
- Cervera, Macdonald’s cantonments at, 496-7.
- Cisgar, Gabriel, admiral, made Regent, 518.
- Ciudad Rodrigo, fortress, 164, 222, 239;
- Clausel, Bertrand, general, his report on the French army at Torres Vedras, 463;
- Coa, river, combat of the, 257-66.
- Coimbra, evacuation of, 400-3;
- Cole, Lowry, general, at Bussaco, 355-79;
- at Torres Vedras, 430-53;
- pursues French to Santarem, 471-8.
- Concepcion, Fort, blown up by the British, 257.
- Condé, Garcia, leads convoy into Gerona, 42-4;
- governor of Lerida, 302-8;
- surrenders and does homage to Joseph, 308.
- Copons, Francisco, general, his guerrilla warfare in Western Andalusia, 326-34.
- Cortes, proposal for summoning the, 104-5;
- Cotton, Stapleton, general, commands British cavalry on retreat to Torres Vedras, 462-3.
- Coupigny, Marquis, commands in Catalonia, 24-5.
- Cox, William, general, commands at Almeida, 188, 267, 273-6.
- Craufurd, Robert, general, commands the Light Division, 231;
- confidence of Wellington in him, 232, 258;
- early career of, 233-5;
- his methods, 236-7;
- skirmish with Ste. Croix, 251;
- at combat of Barquilla, 255;
- at combat of the Coa, 257-266;
- at Bussaco, 355, 363-79;
- retreats to Torres Vedras, 397, 402;
- retreats on Sobral, 414, 449;
- pursues the French, 467-9;
- his expedition into the French lines, 471-2;
- at Santarem, 473-8.
- D’Alorna, see Alorna.
- Da Costa, Bernardo, Portuguese officer, mutinies at Almeida, 275;
- Daroca, seized by French, 11.
- Del Parque, the Duke, commands the ‘Army of the Left,’ 70;
- wins battle of Tamames, 77-9;
- occupies Salamanca, 81;
- recovers Salamanca, 97;
- defeated at Alba de Tormes, 100;
- superseded by La Romana, 141.
- D’España, Carlos, general, aids the Portuguese, 449;
- destroys bridge of Villa Velha, 455;
- at Abrantes, 467.
- Doyle, Charles, colonel, British Commissioner in Catalonia, activity of, 497-499.
- Drouet, Jean Baptiste, Comte d’Erlon, commands the 9th Corps, 447;
- at Valladolid, 456;
- ordered to advance to Almeida, 458.
- Duhesme, Philippe, general, in Barcelona, 61-2;
- deposed from governorship, 290.
- D’Urban, Sir Benjamin, his memorandum on the Portuguese army, 173, 178 (note);
- notes on Bussaco, 357;
- at Torres Vedras, 446;
- tactical observations of, 478.
- Eblé, Jean Baptiste, general, commands artillery at Santarem, 449-50.
- Echevarria, general, defeated by the French, 226.
- Echeverria, guerrillero chief, shot by Mina, 488.
- Eguia, Francisco Ramon, general, marches for La Mancha, 69;
- deposed from command, 73.
- Empecinado, the (Juan-Martin Diaz), seizes Guadalajara, 115;
- harasses King Joseph, 339;
- his incursions round Madrid, 511.
- Eroles, Baron de, commands in Catalonia, 497, 500.
- Estrada, Juliano, colonel, defends Hostalrich, 291, 293, 298.
- Estrada Nova, the, 161.
- Fane, Hon. Henry, general, commands Portuguese cavalry, 364;
- at Lines of Torres Vedras, 431;
- operations of, on south bank of the Tagus, 462, 467, 470-6.
- Fane, captain, R.N., leads raid on coast of Catalonia, 497-9.
- Ferey, general, at Barba del Puerco, 238;
- at Bussaco, 379;
- before the Lines of Torres Vedras, 449, 466.
- Flandrin, major, left in charge of Coimbra, 407.
- Fletcher, Richard, colonel, constructs Lines of Torres Vedras, 191-2, 420.
- Forjaz, Miguel, general, Portuguese minister of war, 418.
- Fournas, Blas, brigadier-general, his defence of Monjuich, 29, 34;
- surrenders at Gerona, 59.
- Foy, Maximilien, general, at Bussaco, 369, 374, 377, 385;
- reports on the Lines of Torres Vedras, 445;
- his mission to Paris, 455-8.
- Freire, Manuel, general, commands cavalry at Aranjuez, 87;
- routed by Sebastiani, 90;
- defeated at Alcala la Real, 150;
- commands Murcian army, 325.
- Fririon, François, chief of the staff to Masséna, 209;
- his advice at Bussaco, 368;
- remarks on official accounts of Bussaco, 448.
- Fuengirola, disaster at, 355-6.
- Fuensanta, combat at, 503.
- Galicia, Army of, under Del Parque, 70;
- Mahy left in command of, 75;
- operations on the borders of, 218, 270, 485.
- Garay, Martin de, Secretary of State, his letters to Wellesley, 67.
- Gardanne, Claude, general, left behind to guard Masséna’s base, 344;
- ordered to join Masséna, 455;
- his failure, 480.
- Gayan, partisan chief, opposes Suchet in Aragon, 11.
- Gazan, Honoré, general, at the Sierra Morena, 130;
- operations of, in Andalusia, 330.
- Gerona, third siege of, 19-60.
- Girard, Jean Baptiste, general, at Ocaña, 93-4;
- opposes the Serranos, 328;
- defeats La Romana at Villa Garcia, 331.
- Giron, Francisco, general, at Ocaña, 94-6;
- at the Sierra Morena, 131.
- Graham, Thomas, general, commands British troops at Cadiz, 320.
- Granada, submits to Sebastiani, 150.
- Granollers, combat of, 290.
- Guerrilleros, the, 115-17, 488-92.
- Guétry, colonel, defeated by Catalans, 290.
- Habert, Pierre, general, operations of, in Aragon and Catalonia, 284-5, 300-1, 503.
- Halliwell, B., captain, R.N., burns French ships at Rosas, 62.
- Herrasti, Andrés, general, defends Ciudad Rodrigo, 222, 240-9;
- Heudelet, general, commands 2nd Corps, 97, 119, 213-14;
- Hill, Rowland, general, detached to Portalegre, 216;
- Wellington’s confidence in, 233;
- crosses the Tagus, 246;
- opposes Reynier, 269, 279, 332;
- marches to join Wellington, 343-4;
- at Bussaco, 355;
- in the Lines of Torres Vedras, 397;
- removed to south bank of Tagus, 467-8, 471, 476-8.
- Hostalrich, combat of, 57;
- siege of, 288;
- surrender of, 297-8.
- Ibarrola, general, at combat of Margalef, 304.
- Infantado, Duke of, his plot against the Junta, 4.
- Iranzo, Miguel, general, succeeds O’Donnell in command in Catalonia, 501.
- Jaca, operations round, 11-12.
- João, Prince Regent of Portugal, 193-4;
- Wellington’s appeals to, 417-18.
- Jones, John, major R.E., assists in construction of Lines of Torres Vedras, 420;
- his description of them, 421, 423.
- Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, his plan of campaign, 73-5;
- his difficulties, 116-24, 316;
- his campaign in Andalusia, 125;
- seizes Seville, 135-43;
- enters Granada, 151;
- his quarrels with Soult, 316-17;
- Napoleon’s disregard of, 460-1, 505;
- his complaints, 505-7;
- threatens to abdicate, 509.
- Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, marshal, resigns command in Spain, 74, 81.
- Junot, Andoche, general, Duke of Abrantes, in Leon, 221;
- invests and takes Astorga, 223-6;
- at Almeida, 267;
- with Masséna in Portugal, 344-51;
- at Bussaco, 367;
- at sack of Coimbra, 404;
- before Lines of Torres Vedras, 437-8, 441-50;
- retreats, 465.
- Junta, the Central, its dealings with Wellington, 1, 67;
- its plan of campaign in 1809, 69-73;
- its weakness, 103;
- its decrees, 105;
- flies from Seville and disperses, 137-8;
- abdicates, 141.
- Kellermann, François Christophe, general, in command in Leon, 75, 82;
- occupies Salamanca, 83;
- defeats Del Parque at Alba de Tormes, 99, 100;
- his quarrels with King Joseph, 483, 505.
- Lacy, Luiz, general, at Ocaña, 92-4;
- defeat of, in Sierra Morena, 130-1;
- his expedition to Algeciras, 328;
- his raid on Moguer, 329-30.
- La Carrera, Martin, general, at Tamames, 77-8;
- near Ciudad Rodrigo, 253;
- at combat of Alba de Tormes, 100;
- at Torres Vedras, 432.
- Lardizabal, Manuel, made a member of the Spanish Regency, 141;
- his views on the Cortes, 517;
- deposed, 518.
- La Romana, Pedro Caro, Marquis of, his manifesto against the Junta, 6-7, 104, 106;
- joins Seville Junta, 40;
- commander of Army of the Left, 141;
- opposes Mortier, 214-16;
- aids the Regency of Cadiz, 324-5;
- defeated at Villa Garcia, 331;
- at Fuente Cantos, 333;
- joins Wellington at Lines of Torres Vedras, 432.
- Lecchi, general, in Catalonia, 18;
- at siege of Gerona, 19, 27, 49.
- Leite, Francisco, Portuguese general, commands at Elvas, 176, 188.
- Leith, James, general, commands the troops at the Zezere, 247;
- joins Wellington on the Alva, 344;
- at Bussaco, 355, 362, 374;
- his part in the battle, 388-9;
- at the Lines of Torres Vedras, 430, 441, 453;
- pursues the French, 471, 476, 478.
- Leon, surprised by colonel Barcena, 271.
- Lerida, siege of, 300-8.
- Linhares, Rodrigo da Sousa, Conde de, Prime Minister of Regent of Portugal, 193, 417-18.
- Lisbon, riots in, 416;
- Liverpool, Robert Earl of, his correspondence with Wellington, 168-9, 451-2.
- Lobo, João, general, commands at Abrantes, 189, 455.
- Loison, general, threatens Astorga, 221;
- at the combat of the Coa, 258, 262;
- at Bussaco, 379-82;
- at the Lines of Torres Vedras, 449;
- retreats, 464.
- Longa, leader of guerrilleros, 491.
- Lujan, Manuel, Liberal leader in the Cortes, 518.
- Macdonald, Étienne, marshal, Duke of Tarentum, governor of Catalonia, 299, 311;
- his relief of Barcelona, 312;
- joins Suchet, 493, 495;
- checked at Cardona, 500;
- conducts convoys to Barcelona, 493-4, 501;
- returns to join Suchet, 501.
- Mahy, Nicolas, general, commands in Galicia, 75, 218;
- fails to relieve Astorga, 226;
- his weakness, 485.
- Malaga, submits to Sebastiani, 150.
- Manresa, defeat of Schwartz at, 295.
- Marchand, general, defeated by Del Parque at Tamames, 77, 79;
- retires from Salamanca, 97;
- at Bussaco, 382.
- Margalef, combat of, 304.
- Marshall, Ralph, his disastrous attempt to relieve Gerona, 35;
- Martin, G., admiral, destroys French convoy, 62.
- Mascarenhas, João, Portuguese traitor, his capture and execution, 277, 448.
- Masséna, André, marshal, Prince of Essling, commands army of Portugal, 199;
- his plan for attacking Portugal, 163;
- character of, 207-8;
- at Ciudad Rodrigo, 246, 251;
- his mendacious report of combat of the Coa, 264-6;
- besieges and takes Almeida, 267-75;
- advances into Portugal, 341;
- at Bussaco, 365-85;
- marches on Lisbon, 390-403;
- at sack of Coimbra, 404;
- views Lines of Torres Vedras, 442-4;
- his difficulties, 449-54;
- dispatches Foy to Paris, 455;
- Napoleon’s remarks on, 456-8;
- retreats, 463-76;
- halts at Santarem, 477-9.
- Matagorda, fort at Cadiz, 319-21.
- McLeod, major, gallant conduct of, at the Coa, 262.
- Mequinenza, siege of, 309-10.
- Merino, Geronimo, ‘El Cura,’ leader of guerrilleros in Old Castile, 490;
- fights the French at Almazan, 491.
- Merle, general, his attack at Bussaco, 370, 385.
- Milans, Francisco, leader of miqueletes, 291, 293.
- Milhaud, general, charge of, at Ocaña, 93;
- routs Blake’s forces at Baza, 337-8.
- Mina, Francisco Espoz y, the elder, his struggle with Suchet in Aragon, 286;
- his exploits in Navarre and Aragon, 488-9.
- Mina, Xavier, the younger, ‘the Student,’ his exploits and capture, 116, 212, 283, 286.
- Miot de Melito, André, courtier of King Joseph, 152, 506.
- Monjuich, citadel of Gerona, assault on, 31, 33.
- Monjuich, citadel of Barcelona, plots to capture, 24.
- Montbrun, Louis-Pierre, general, discovers Lines of Torres Vedras, 437-9, 449-50;
- Montmarie, general, defeats the Valencians near Morella, 493.
- Moore, Sir John, his views on the defence of Portugal, 169.
- Mortier, Edouard, marshal, wounded at Ocaña, 96;
- forces passes of Despeña Perros, 130, 132;
- marches on Badajoz, 151, 213;
- retires to Seville, 214;
- defeats La Romana at Fuente Cantos, 333.
- Murcia, capture of, by Sebastiani, 327;
- his second abortive expedition against, 334.
- Musnier, general, his work in Aragon, 11-12;
- defeats O’Donnell at combat of Margalef, 304.
- Napier, Sir William, his remarks on Suchet, 308;
- Napoleon, Emperor, supersedes St. Cyr and Reille, 17;
- his plans for the campaign in Spain and Portugal, 197-201, 227-30;
- his divorce and marriage, 198-9;
- supersedes Augereau, 299;
- his orders to Masséna, 227-9, 247;
- receives Foy’s report from Masséna, 456, 458;
- statement of his plans, 459;
- his quarrels with King Joseph, 316, 505-6;
- schemes for annexation of northern Spain, 506-10.
- Navarro, Garcia, general, defeated at Falcet, 503-4.
- Ney, Michel, marshal, Duke of Elchingen, character of, 209;
- threatens Ciudad Rodrigo, 222;
- besieges Ciudad Rodrigo, 242-54;
- advances on Almeida, 257;
- at combat of the Coa, 259-66;
- invests Almeida, 267-71;
- with Masséna in Portugal, 345-51;
- at Bussaco, 355, 365, 368;
- before the Lines of Torres Vedras, 437, 449-50;
- retreats, 465.
- Ocaña, battle of, 91-6.
- O’Donnell, Charles, commands under La Romana, 215, 432.
- O’Donnell, Henry, officer of the Ultonia regiment, fails to take convoy into Gerona, 52;
- surprises Souham’s camp, 53, 56;
- in command of the Army of Catalonia, 219;
- surprises Guétry’s troops, 290;
- attacks Souham, 289;
- in Tarragona, 295;
- routed at Margalef, 303-4;
- reorganizes his forces, 312-13;
- opposes Suchet at Tortosa, 493;
- and Macdonald, 495;
- his successful northern raid, 497-9;
- wounded at La Bispal, 501;
- tribute to his activity, 504.
- Ordenança, the Portuguese, character of, 181;
- called out, 183;
- Masséna’s treatment of, and Wellington’s protest, 341-2;
- blockade Almeida and Ciudad Rodrigo, 345, 397;
- at the Lines of Torres Vedras, 341-4;
- capture Masséna’s aides-de-camp, 448;
- capture dispatches, 461.
- Orense, Pedro de Quevedo, Bishop of, made a member of the Regency, 141;
- refuses to take an oath of allegiance to the Cortes, and resigns, 518.
- Orleans, Louis-Philippe, Duke of, his intrigues at Cadiz, 521.
- Oviedo, captured and recaptured by Bonnet, 217-18.
- Pack, Dennis, general, at Bussaco, 355, 362, 379, 382-3;
- at the Lines of Torres Vedras, 441, 453;
- pursues retreating French, 469;
- at Santarem, 473, 475, 478.
- Palafox, Francisco, his intrigues, 104, 141.
- Pamplona, general, Portuguese adviser of Masséna, 163, 348.
- Parque, Duke Del, see Del Parque.
- Pavetti, colonel, captured by the Ordenança, 340.
- Pelet, Jean Jacques, colonel, Masséna’s confidence in, 210.
- Peniche, fortress of, 188.
- Perena, colonel, his activity in Aragon, 11;
- Picton, Thomas, general, his quarrel with Craufurd, 266;
- Popham, Sir Home, raids coasts of Asturias and Biscay, 486.
- Porlier, Juan Diaz, ‘the marquesito,’ his activity, 83;
- cuts Bonnet’s communications, 217, 219;
- his exploits in Asturias, 485-7.
- Portugal, geography of, 153-66;
- Wellington’s scheme for its defence, 167-96;
- its army, 171-82;
- Regency of, 193;
- invasion of, by Masséna, 341-481;
- internal troubles of, during the invasion, 416-18.
- Regency, the Portuguese, 193-5, 415-17.
- Regency, Spanish, the first, nominated by Central Junta, 141, 149, 514, 517;
- deposed by the Cortes, 518;
- the second, appointed by the Cortes, 518.
- Reille, Honoré Charles, general, in Catalonia, superseded, 17;
- commands in Navarre, 488, 508;
- his contest with Mina, 489.
- Renovales, colonel, defeated by Laval, 10-12;
- his raids on the Asturias, 486-7.
- Reynier, Jean Louis Ebenezer, general, takes command of the 2nd Corps, 215;
- opposes Hill, 269, 279, 332;
- joins Masséna in Portugal, 343-51;
- at Bussaco, 355, 365, 369;
- before Lines of Torres Vedras, 437, 442, 450;
- retreats, 465, 469, 470;
- at Santarem, 471, 475.
- Rovira, Doctor F., leader of miqueletes, 16, 42, 291-3.
- Saavedra, Francisco, made head of the Junta at Seville, 140;
- member of the first Regency, 141;
- deposed by the Cortes, 528.
- Sainte-Croix, general, his operations on borders of Galicia, 223;
- commands Masséna’s advance, 391-2, 435;
- killed, 440.
- St. Cyr, Laurent Gouvion, general, his campaign in Catalonia, 14-17;
- superseded, 17;
- at Gerona, 30;
- his views on the siege, 48;
- takes command, 50;
- gives it over to Augereau, 53;
- criticism of his conduct, 63.
- Sanchez, Julian, guerrillero chief, 83;
- in Ciudad Rodrigo, 241;
- escapes, 248;
- blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, 447;
- renders aid to Wellington, 490.
- Sanson, French engineer general, his plans for siege of Gerona, 27.
- Santa-Fé, Mariano, Duke of, Spanish envoy at Paris, 509.
- Santarem, general Eblé at, 454;
- French retreat on, 472;
- skirmish at, 473.
- Santocildes, José, defends Astorga, 221, 225-6.
- Schwartz, general, defeated at Manresa, 295;
- surprised and captured at La Bispal, 498.
- Sebastiani, Horace, general, at combat of Ontigola, 89;
- defeats Areizaga, 129-32;
- subdues Granada and Malaga, 150;
- plunders Murcia, 327;
- marches against Blake, 334;
- defeats Lord Blayney, 336.
- Serras, general, commands province of Leon, 270-1, 483;
- his attempts to catch Porlier, 486.
- Seville, conspiracies in, 4;
- Central Junta at, 4, 68;
- abandoned by Central Junta, 139;
- revolutions in, 141;
- surrenders to Joseph, 143.
- Silveira, Francisco, general, commands the Tras-os-Montes, 176-7;
- captures Puebla de Senabria, 270;
- blockades Almeida, 447, 485, 487.
- Sobral, operations around, 414, 439, 440, 443.
- Souham, Joseph, general, his camp surprised by O’Donnell, 53;
- checked by O’Donnell, 289;
- defeats O’Donnell at Vich, 292;
- rejoins Macdonald, 501.
- Soult, Nicholas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, succeeds Jourdan as chief of the staff in Spain, 74, 81;
- defeats Areizaga at Ocaña, 91-6;
- his plans for conquest of Andalusia, 121-5;
- forces the passes, 128-32;
- his rule in Andalusia, 315-18;
- operations of, against La Romana, 331;
- Napoleon’s censure of, 433;
- his selfish policy, 458-9, 506.
- Soult, Pierre, general, at Lines of Torres Vedras, 437;
- Sousa, José Antonio, ‘the Principal,’ member of Portuguese Regency, influence of his family, 193;
- his quarrels with Wellington, 415-17.
- Sousa-Holstein, Pedro, Portuguese ambassador, intrigues of, at Cadiz, 195, 520.
- Sousa, Rodrigo, see Conde de Linhares.
- Stewart, William, general, takes British troops to Cadiz, 148;
- succeeded by Graham, 320.
- Stuart, Charles, ambassador at Lisbon, member of Portuguese Regency, 194-6.
- Suchet, Louis-Gabriel, marshal, his conquest of Aragon, 10-14, 282;
- marches on Valencia, 283-4;
- besieges and captures Lerida, 300-9;
- takes Mequinenza, 309-10;
- before Tortosa, 492;
- puts Caro to flight, 494;
- his inaction, 502.
- Taboada, Francisco Gil, general, captures Puebla de Senabria, 270.
- Tamames, battle of, won by Del Parque, 77-9.
- Teruel, operations of Suchet around, 13, 284.
- Torrero, Muñoz, Liberal deputy in Cortes, 518.
- Torres Vedras, Lines of, 191-2;
- Wellington retreats on, 393-413;
- description of, 419-36.
- Tortosa, Suchet before, 493;
- O’Donnell attempts to aid, 493;
- blockade of, 496.
- Trant, Nicholas, colonel, attacks Masséna’s artillery train, 350, 355;
- routed by French cavalry at Sardão, 398;
- seizes Coimbra, 410, 411.
- Tremendal, combat of, 11.
- Valencia, José Caro’s domination at, 6-7;
- Suchet’s abortive attack on, 284;
- operations of the army of, see Caro, José.
- Valverde, combat of, 215.
- Vaughan, Charles, his remarks on the Cortes, 523.
- Venegas, Francisco, general, military governor of Cadiz, 146-7;
- Verdier, general, supersedes Reille, 18;
- besieges Gerona, 19-48;
- throws up his command, 49;
- criticism of his conduct of the siege, 64.
- Vich, battle of, 291-2.
- Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, operations of, against Areizaga, 86-7;
- commands 1st Corps in conquest of Andalusia, 125-33;
- receives surrender of Seville, 143;
- marches on Cadiz, 145;
- besieges it, 318-22.
- Vigodet, Gaspar, general, defeated in the Sierra Morena, 132.
- Villacampa, general, operations of, in Aragon, 11, 13, 282, 283, 286, 310, 339;
- harasses Suchet, 503;
- defeated at Alventosa and Fuensanta, 503.
- Villafranca, French driven out of, 295.
- Villagarcia, combat of, 331.
- Villatte, colonel, expedition of, 296.
- Villa Velha, bridge of, its importance, 158, 189;
- destroyed by Carlos d’España, 455.
- Vizeu, Masséna at, 351-3.
- Wallace, colonel Alex., his charge at Bussaco, 372-3.
- Wellesley, Hon. Henry, minister at Cadiz, 522.
- Wellesley, Richard, Marquis, his negotiations with the Central Junta, 3, 67;
- becomes Foreign Secretary, 168.
- Wellington, Arthur, Viscount, his dealings with the Central Junta, 1, 68, 72;
- retreats into Portugal, 107-11;
- his plan of defence of Portugal, 167;
- concentrates his forces near the frontier, 243;
- refuses to move forward to Ciudad Rodrigo, 245;
- criticism of Craufurd, 266;
- watches Almeida, 274-9;
- prepares to meet Masséna, 345;
- at Bussaco, 352-61;
- wins battle of Bussaco, 362-89;
- retreats on Torres Vedras, 393-413;
- quarrels with Principal Sousa, 415-17;
- disposes troops at Torres Vedras, 439;
- Napoleon’s remarks on, 457;
- pursues retreating French, 468-76;
- stops at Santarem, 476;
- his views on the Cortes, 522.
- White, Blanco, Liberal journalist, his views, 515 (note), 516.
- Wilson, John, general, operations of, on the French rear, 479.
- Xerta, Suchet’s flotillas captured by insurgents at, 503;
- siege material for Tortosa at, 504.
- Zalamea, combat of, 215.
- Zayas, J., general, in the Ocaña campaign, 87, 92, 95.
- Zerain, T., general, routed by Victor, 133;
- Zezere, river, line of, fortified by Wellington, 190;
- Masséna’s operations on the, 455.
- Zizandre, river, fortification along, in the Lines of Torres Vedras, 423.