Robert Southey

CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR .

CHAPTER XXXIII. CATALONIA. MEQUINENZA AND TORTOSA TAKEN.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CORTES. PLAN WHICH THE JUNTA HAD ADOPTED

CHAPTER XXXV. AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. ROMANA'S DEATH. BADAJOZ TAKEN BY THE FRENCH. MASSENA'S RETREAT.

CHAPTER XXXVI. CADIZ. BATTLE OF BARROSA. DEATH OF ALBURQUERQUE.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

CHAPTER XL. ATTEMPT ON ALICANTE. PENISCOLA BETRAYED. NEW

CHAPTER XLI.

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HISTORY
OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL.D.
POET LAUREATE,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE
ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL
INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE
CYMMRODORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC.

A NEW EDITION.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXXVII.

Ἱστορίας γὰρ ἐὰν ἀφέλῃ τις τὸ διὰ τί, καὶ πῶς, καὶ τίνος χάριν ἐπράχθη, καὶ τὸ πραχθὲν πότερα εὔλογον ἔσχε τὸ τέλος, τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀγώνισμα μὲν, μάθημα δὲ οὐ γίγνεται· καὶ παραυτίκα μὲν τέρπει, πρὸς δὲ τὸ μέλλον οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ παράπαν.

Polybius, lib. iii. sect. 31.