IBERIA WON.

LONDON:

WILLIAM STEVENS, PRINTER, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR.

IBERIA WON;

A Poem

DESCRIPTIVE OF

THE PENINSULAR WAR:

WITH IMPRESSIONS FROM RECENT VISITS TO

THE BATTLE-GROUNDS,

AND

Copious Historical and Illustrative Notes.

BY T. M. HUGHES,

Author of “An Overland Journey to Lisbon,” “Revelations of Spain,” “The Ocean Flower,” &c.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

MDCCCXLVII.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prefaceiii

Introduction1

CANTO I43

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto I59

CANTO II69

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto II87

CANTO III99

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto III117

CANTO IV127

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto IV144

CANTO V149

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto V165

CANTO VI173

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto VI190

CANTO VII199

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto VII216

CANTO VIII231

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto VIII247

CANTO IX259

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto IX276

CANTO X283

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto X299

CANTO XI305

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto XI322

CANTO XII327

Historical and Illustrative Notes to Canto XII344