CONTENTS

SECTION XXIII
The Winter Campaign of 1810-11
CHAPTER PAGE
I. Masséna at Santarem. The deadlock on the Lower Tagus. December 1810-January 1811 1
II. Soult’s Invasion of Estremadura. January-March 1811. The Battle of the Gebora and the Fall of Badajoz 23
III. Masséna’s Last Weeks at Santarem. January-March 1811 64
IV. Events in the South of Spain. The Battle of Barrosa. January-March 1811 91
SECTION XXIV
Masséna’s Retreat from Portugal
I. Santarem to Celorico. March 9th-22nd, 1811 131
II. Guarda and Sabugal. March 22nd-April 12th, 1811 173
SECTION XXV
Events in Northern, Eastern, and Central Spain
I. King Joseph and his Troubles 206
II. Suchet on the Ebro. The Fall of Tortosa. December 1810-March 1811 227
SECTION XXVI
Fuentes de Oñoro and Albuera
I. Beresford’s Campaign in Estremadura. The First British Siege of Badajoz. March-May 1811 247
II. Fuentes de Oñoro: Preliminary Operations. April 12th-May 3rd, 1811 288
III. The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro. May 5th, 1811 315
IV. Brennier’s Escape from Almeida. May 1811 349
V. The Battle of Albuera. May 16th, 1811 363
SECTION XXVII
Wellington’s First Estremaduran Campaign
I. The Second British Siege of Badajoz. May-June 1811 404
II. Wellington on the Caya. June-July 1811 443
III. Events in the North of Spain during the concentration on the Caya. Dorsenne and the Galicians. June-August 1811 461
IV. Soult’s Troubles in Andalusia, July-September 1811 475
SECTION XXVIII
Operations in Eastern Spain in the Spring, Summer, and Autumn of 1811
I. Figueras and Tarragona. April-May 1811 484
II. The Siege and Fall of Tarragona. May-June 1811 497
III. The Fall of Figueras and the Autumn Campaign in Catalonia. July-October 1811 528
SECTION XXIX
Wellington’s Autumn Campaign of 1811
I. Wellington’s Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo. August-September 1811 542
II. El Bodon and Aldea da Ponte. September 1811 559
III. The End of Wellington’s Campaigns of 1811. Arroyo dos Molinos. September 1811 583
APPENDICES
I. The French Army in Portugal, Returns of January-April 1811 608
II. Soult’s Army in his First Expedition to Estremadura, January-March 1811 610
III. Spanish Troops in Estremadura, March 1811 610
IV. Graham’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses 612
V. Victor’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses 613
VI-VII. British Losses at Pombal, Redinha, Casal Novo, Foz do Arouce, and Sabugal, March-April 1811 614-616
VIII. French Losses at Sabugal, April 3rd, 1811 617
IX. Force of Wellington’s Army at Fuentes de Oñoro, May 3-5, 1811 618
X. British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro, First Day, May 3 622
XI. British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro, Second Day, May 5th, 1811 623
XII. The French Army at Fuentes de Oñoro 625
XIII. Masséna’s Orders for Fuentes de Oñoro 629
XIV. French Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro 630
XV. The Allied Army at Albuera, and its Losses, May 16, 1811 631
XVI. Soult’s Army at Albuera, and its Losses 634
XVII. Strength of the Spanish Armies in the Summer of 1811 636
XVIII. Strength of the French Army in Spain, July 15, 1811 638
XIX. French and Spanish Forces at the Siege of Tarragona 643
XX. Wellington’s Army on the Beira Frontier, September 15 644
XXI. Allied Losses at the Combat of El Bodon 648
XXII. Allied Losses at the Combat of Aldea da Ponte 648
XXIII. Hill’s Force in Estremadura, September-October 1811 649
XXIV. The British Artillery in the Peninsula during the Campaign of 1811 650
INDEX 653
MAPS AND PLANS
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I. Badajoz and the Battle of the Gebora To face 54
II. General Map of the Barrosa Campaign ” 104
III. The Battle of Barrosa ” 124
IV. Combat of Redinha ” 144
V. Combat of Casal Novo ” 152
VI. Combat of Foz do Arouce ” 158
VII. Masséna’s Retreat. Leiria to the Alva River ” 166
VIII. Combat of Sabugal ” 196
IX. Masséna’s Retreat. Celorico to Ciudad Rodrigo ” 200
X. Plan of the Siege of Tortosa ” 238
XI. The British Sieges of Badajoz in May and June 1811 ” 286
XII. Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (two plates) ” 316, 338
XIII. Battle of Albuera (two plates) ” 384, 394
XIV. General Map of Estremadura ” 452
XV. Plan of the Siege of Tarragona ” 524
XVI. General Map of Catalonia ” 538
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Portrait of General Picton Frontispiece
Portrait of General Graham To face 96
Portrait of Marshal Beresford ” 260
British Army crossing the Tagus at Villa Velha ” 408
Fort San Cristobal ” 424