CHAPTER XVI. |
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Treaty between Great Britain and Spain | 1 |
Surrender of CoruÑa | 3 |
Situation and strength of Ferrol | 5 |
Surrender of Ferrol | 6 |
Exultation of the French | 8 |
Pursuit of Romana’s army | 10 |
Dismay in Galicia | 11 |
Romana retreats toward Monterrey | 12 |
Blake leaves the army | 13 |
The French cease the pursuit | 14 |
Buonaparte is advised that Austria is arming | 15 |
Change in his views concerning Spain | 16 |
He returns to France | 18 |
His professions to the Spaniards at Madrid | 19 |
Registers opened | 24 |
The people of Madrid take the oath of allegiance to Joseph | 25 |
Addresses to the Intruder | 26 |
Edicts of the Intruder before his return to Madrid | 27 |
His entrance into Madrid | 29 |
Edicts against the patriots | 31 |
Circular epistle to the clergy | 32 |
Condition of Madrid | 34 |
False intelligence published by the intrusive government | 36 |
Unwillingness of the Spaniards to believe that Morla was a traitor | 37 |
Proofs of his prior treachery | 38 |
Morla’s letter to the Central Junta | 39 |
His letter to the governor of Cadiz | 41 |
Arrest and cruel imprisonment of the French at Cadiz | 42 |
Death of Florida Blanca | 43 |
Marques de Astorga chosen president of the Central Junta | 44 |
Catalonia | 45 |
Siege of Barcelona | 46 |
St. Cyr appointed to command the French | 48 |
He determines upon besieging Rosas | 50 |
Dilapidated state of that fortress | 52 |
Preparations for the siege | 52 |
British squadron in the Bay of Rosas | 54 |
Disposition of the Italian troops to desert | 56 |
Attack upon Fort Trinidad repulsed | 57 |
The French establish themselves in the town | 59 |
Lord Cochrane arrives, and throws himself into Fort Trinidad | 59 |
Gallant defence of the fort | 60 |
The citadel captured, and the fort evacuated | 6
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CHAPTER XIX. |
Portugal threatened by the French | 214 |
Preparations of the English for evacuating Lisbon | 214 |
Address of the Portugueze Regency to the nation | 215 |
State of public feeling at Lisbon | 216 |
Marshal Soult ordered to enter Portugal from Galicia | 218 |
Difficulty of providing for the French army | 219 |
His confidence of success | 220 |
Combined plans of the French | 220 |
Vigo and Tuy occupied by the French | 221 |
Preparations for crossing the Minho below Tuy | 221 |
Failure of the attempt | 223 |
Soult marches by way of Orense | 223 |
Romana rouses the Galicians | 224 |
Opinion of his strength | 225 |
Villages burnt by the French | 226 |
Intended plan of co-operation between Romana and Silveira | 226 |
Difference between Marshals Soult and Ney | 227 |
Rout of Romana’s army | 228 |
The French remove their sick and wounded to Monterrey | 229 |
Situation of Chaves | 230 |
Silveira retires from Chaves | 231 |
Some mutinous officers resolve to defend it | 232 |
Surrender of Chaves | 232 |
The French establish their hospital there | 234 |
Preparations for defence at Porto | 235 |
Advance of the French from Chaves | 237 |
Tumults at Braga | 238 |
General Freire murdered | 240 |
The Portugueze routed before Braga | 242 |
The French enter Braga | 243 |
They appear before Porto | 245 |
Oliveira murdered | 246 |
The Bishop leaves the city | 247 |
Porto taken | 247 |
Massacre there | 248 |
Soult remains in Porto | 250 |
Disposition of the inhabitants | 251 |
Marshal Soult’s views respecting the Liberals and the Jews | 252 |
His hopes of becoming King of Northern Lusitania | 254 |
He visits the Church of N. Senhor de BouÇas | 256 |
Chaves retaken by Silveira | 260 |
Proceedings at Coimbra | 262 |
Colonel Trant takes a position upon the Vouga | 421 |
Sir Arthur pursues the French | 422 |
Sufferings of the enemy in their flight | 423 |
Loss of the French at Puente de Misarella | 425 |
The pursuit given over at Montalegre | 425 |
Movement of troops from Aragon | 426 |
Reasons for not continuing the pursuit | 427 |
Victor enters Portugal by way of Alcantara, and speedily retreats | 428 |
Soult reaches Orense | 429 |
Romana enters Asturias, and displaces the Junta | 429 |
Combined movements of the French against Romana | 430 |
Romana escapes by sea | 431 |
Ney returns into Galicia | 432 |
The French in Lugo relieved by Soult | 433 |
Mahy returns to MondoÑedo | 434 |
The French driven from Compostella | 435 |
Combined operations of Marshals Ney and Soult in Galicia | 436 |
Romana rejoins his army | 437 |
Proceedings of Soult | 437 |
Cruelties exercised by the French | 439 |
Defeat of the French at the Bridge of S. Payo | 440 |
The Spaniards retaliate upon the invaders | 443 |
Soult retreats out of Galicia | 443 |
Ferrol and CoruÑa evacuated by the French | 444 |
Soult complains of certain officers | 446 |
He recommends a plan for securing Galicia | 447 |
Romana summoned to take his place in the Central Junta | 448 |
He orders a monument to be erected to Sir John Moore | 449 |
His farewell to the army | 450 |
Address of the Central Junta to the Galicians | 451 |
CHAPTER XXIII. |
Proceedings of the French after the fall of Zaragoza | 456 |
State of the Catalan army | 457 |
Reding determines to act on the offensive | 460 |
The Spaniards driven from Igualada | 461 |
Failure of the French against the Abbey of the S. Creus | 462 |
Reding takes the field, and collects his scattered troops | 465 |
He is advised to retreat | 466 |
Battle of Valls | 469 |
The French received at Reus | 472 |
Arrangement concerning the wounded | 473 |
Alarm at Tortosa | 474 |
Lazan separates his army from Reding’s command | 475 |
Mortality in Tarragona |
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