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Letters from the peninsula, 1808-1812

INDEX

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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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