| CHAPTER XXIV. |
| PAGE |
| Victor retreats across the Tagus | 1 |
| Alburquerque proposed for the command in La Mancha | 2 |
| Plan of detaching a Spanish force toward Segovia | 4 |
| Jealousy entertained of Cuesta | 5 |
| Sir Arthur confers with Cuesta | 6 |
| He requires that the passages toward the north be occupied | 7 |
| Junction of the British and Spanish armies | 8 |
| Opportunity of attacking the French lost by Cuesta’s indecision | 9 |
| Distress of the British army for means of transport | 10 |
| Sir Arthur halts | 12 |
| Cuesta advances in pursuit of the French | 12 |
| Junction of Joseph and Sebastiani with Victor | 13 |
| Cuesta’s vanguard attacked by the French | 14 |
| Alburquerque saves Cuesta from defeat | 15 |
| Cuesta retreats to the Alberche | 16 |
| Sir Arthur prevails on him to cross that river | 16 |
| Position of the allies in front of Talavera | 17 |
| Sir Arthur nearly made prisoner | 18 |
| Battle of Talavera | 19 |
| Cuesta decimates some of his troops | 29 |
| State of Talavera | 31 |
| Movements of Sir Robert Wilson | 32 |
| Movements of Soult, Ney, and Mortier | 33 |
| Cuesta neglects to secure the passes | 33 |
| Intelligence of Soult’s advance | 34 |
| Soult occupies Plasencia | 35 |
| Sir Arthur marches against him | 36 |
| Cuesta determines to follow Sir Arthur | 38 |
| Cuesta joins the British | 39 |
| They retreat across the Tagus | 40 |
| Colonel Mackinnon removes part of the wounded | 41 |
| Defeat of the Spaniards at Arzobispo | 43 |
| Movements of Marshal Ney | 45 |
| Action with Sir Robert Wilson at the Puerto de BaÑos | 46 |
| The French enter Talavera | 48 |
| Victor behaves well to the English wounded | 49 |
| Murder of the Bishop of Coria | 50 |
| Venegas’s army kept inactive before and after the battle of Talavera | 51 |
| His useless attempt upon Toledo | 53 |
| He complains of Cuesta | 55 |
| The Intruder’s movements after the battle | 56 |
| Venegas prepares to fight at Aranjuez | 57 |
| Aranjuez and its gardens248 |
| Pension voted for Lord Wellington | 248 |
| Opposed by Sir Francis Burdett | 249 |
| Mr. Whitbread | 250 |
| Mr. Wilberforce | 251 |
| Mr. Canning | 251 |
| The Common Council petition against the pension | 252 |
| Marquis of Lansdowne | 254 |
| Lord Holland | 255 |
| Marquis Wellesley | 257 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
| Supineness of the Central Junta | 264 |
| Romana refuses the command | 266 |
| Montijo and D. Francisco Palafox imprisoned | 266 |
| Attempts to produce a false confidence | 267 |
| Scheme of Count Tilly | 268 |
| The Junta announce their intention to remove | 270 |
| Murmurs at Seville | 272 |
| Invasion of Andalusia | 273 |
| The French pass the Sierra Morena | 274 |
| False hopes held out to the people by the Central Junta | 274 |
| Instructions to Alburquerque | 275 |
| Insurrection at Seville against the Central Junta | 277 |
| Saavedra takes upon himself the temporary authority | 279 |
| The French enter Seville | 279 |
| They overrun Andalusia | 280 |
| They push for Cadiz | 281 |
| Alburquerque’s movements | 282 |
| Cadiz saved by Alburquerque | 284 |
| He is appointed governor of Cadiz by the people | 284 |
| A Junta elected at Cadiz | 285 |
| Resignation of the Central Junta | 286 |
| A Regency appointed | 288 |
| Last address of the Central Junta | 289 |
| The Regents | 295 |
| Their injustice toward the members of the Central Junta | 296 |
| Proclamation of the Intruder | 299 |
| Language of the despondents in England | 301 |
| The Isle of Leon | 303 |
| Victor summons the Junta of Cadiz | 306 |
| Ill will of the Junta towards Alburquerque | 307 |
| The troops neglected | 308 |
| Alburquerque applies to the Regency in their behalf | 310 |
| The Junta publish an attack against Alburquerque | 311 |
| He resigns the command, and is sent ambassador to England | The allies cross the Mondego | 489 |
| Flight of the inhabitants from Coimbra | 490 |
| The French enter Coimbra | 490 |
| The Portugueze people fly before the enemy | 491 |
| Hopes and expectations of the French | 493 |
| Confusion at Condeixa | 494 |
| Leiria forsaken | 495 |
| AlcobaÇa forsaken by the monks | 496 |
| Surprise at Alcoentre | 497 |
| The French discover the lines | 498 |
| Feelings of the British army | 499 |
| Lines of Torres Vedras | 500 |
| Romana joins the allies | 504 |
| Trant surprises the French in Coimbra | 504 |
| He escorts his prisoners to Porto | 507 |
| Difficulties of Massena’s situation | 509 |
| His demonstrations in front of the lines | 511 |
| Montbrun sent against Abrantes | 512 |
| The French army subsists by plunder | 513 |
| Deserters form themselves into a corps of plunderers | 515 |
| State of Lisbon | 516 |
| Opinions of the opposition in England | 517 |
| General La Croix killed | 518 |
| Massena retreats from the lines | 520 |
| Lord Wellington advances to Santarem | 521 |
| Both armies go into cantonments | 522 |
| The King’s illness | 523 |
| Proceedings concerning a Regency | 525 |
| Mr. Perceval | 527 |
| Troops sent to Portugal | 530 |
| Issues of money required | 531 |
| Conduct of Lord Grenville as Auditor of the Exchequer | 532 |
| State of the opposition | 536 |
| Their expectations | 538 |
| Language of the anarchists | 538 |
| Mr. Perceval popular at this time | 542 |
| Schemes for a new ministry | 544 |
| The King’s opinion during an interval of amendment | 545 |
| The Prince Regent announces his intention of making no change | 546 |
| Mr. Perceval’s reply | 547 |
