exposure to the sun, but the victory set me nearly right again, and the
rest we have had here the last two days entirely so. I cannot be enough
grateful to Almighty God for his infinite goodness and protection for the
last fortnight, and particularly during the hard fought battle, but I
escaped very well with two shots on my sword scabbard, and one thro’ my
holster, which is as near as I ever wish to have them.
The Marshal is quite free from fever, and doing as well as possible. The
ball entered the side below the left breast, and, slanting round the
external part of the ribs, was cut out at the back about 4 inches below.
The bone is not supposed to be injured at all, and it is thought that the
ball went round it thro’ the muscles. His wound in the thigh, which was
very slight, is nearly quite well.
Being separated from Hd. Qrs. we find great difficulty in sending our
letters, and I much fear may miss the Officer who is to carry the
despatches.... I wrote a few lines to ... and sent them off yesterday
to take their chance of finding him still at Hd. Qrs. I should also
have written to you, but that I have not been able to leave the Marshal
a moment, and am now writing close to him, and constantly interrupted,
which will, I hope, excuse this incoherent epistle.
General Leith is doing very well indeed, and it is now found that the
ball has not hurt the elbow joint. Of all our other friends I dare say
nothing, for all I know is from hearsay, and may be wrong, and of those
that are hurt the _Gazette_ will too soon give the distressing account.
I saw Ferguson the 21st. He was quite well. I have not heard of him
since, but I hope that he is not hurt. The Guards have, I hear, lost very
few Officers. I only know of a Mr White of the 3rd Guards Lt. Company
being wounded.
_25th._—The Marshal continues to go on as well as possible and has no
fever. Generals Leith, Cotton, Cole, also are doing well. Yrs., etc.,
WM. WARRE.
Lord Wellington is continuing the pursuit of the enemy, who are retiring
in great confusion. He was shot thro’ his Cloak and Holsters during the
action, but, thank God, not hurt.
* * * * *
SALAMANCA, _July 27, 1812_.
MY DEAR FATHER,
I wrote to you on the 24th an account of the most glorious and decisive
battle of the 22nd, and also telling you of our worthy Marshal being
severely wounded. I am now most happy to be able to assure you that
he is very much better, and doing as well as possible, is quite free
from fever, and has kept very well. The ball does not appear to have
touched the ribs, but to have gone round the muscles of the side. Lord
Wellington has continued the pursuit of the enemy, who has retired in
great confusion, and his Lordship was yesterday at Aldea Seca. Joseph
Buonaparte had advanced to reinforce Marmont, but hearing of his disaster
had retired, not before we had taken one of his Picquets.
I have not yet seen any return of the loss on either side. I believe ours
to be between 3 and 4000 killed and wounded. Poor Le Marchant, whose
son has just left me to return to England, was killed charging most
gallantly at the head of his Brigade, and is a great loss to the Service
(as he was an excellent Officer), and to his numerous family, who are now
without father or mother. I pity them from my soul. Sir Stapleton Cotton,
Genls. Leith, Cole, and Victor Allen, who are here, are doing very well.
Leith’s wound is a severe one through his arm obliquely, but it has not
broken the bone. His nephew Leith Hay is wounded, not badly, through the
leg. The town is full of wounded Officers, who are mostly doing very
well indeed. Poor Antonio de Lacerda’s son died, and he is himself here
wounded. The son was a remarkably fine gallant lad, and the poor father
is in great affliction.
The Enemy continue their retreat towards Madrid. We calculate their total
loss at 15,000. We have 2 Generals, 2 Eagles, 2 Standards, 19 guns,
and upwards of 6000 prisoners, and from the appearance of the field of
battle, I should suppose they had left 1500 to 2000 dead on the field
besides what they lost after they retired from their last position, and
in the subsequent pursuit, in which they have been followed up very
close, and compleatly routed whenever our advance has been able to come
up with their rear-guard. Marmont, Bonnet, Clauzel, Thomier, are said to
be badly wounded, besides Carrière and Gravier wounded and taken. The
latter, I believe, is dead since.
Owing to the Army having advanced and the few means of transport, many
of the wounded, particularly of the French, have suffered horribly,
for, three days after, I saw a great many still lying, who had received
no assistance or were likely to till next day, and had lain scorching
in the sun without a drop of water or the least shade. It was a most
dreadful sight. These are the horrid miseries of war. No person who has
not witnessed them can possibly form any idea of what they are. Humanity
shudders at the very idea, and we turn with detestation and disgust to
the sole author of such miseries. What punishment can be sufficient for
him! Many of the poor wretches have crawled to this. Many made crutches
of the barrels of the firelocks and their shoes. Cruel and villainous as
they are themselves, and even were during the action to our people, one
cannot help feeling for them and longing to be able to assist them. But
our own people have suffered almost as much, and they are our first care.
I am very well and have quite recovered the fatigue we went through for
several days, but I am most happy that the Marshal is doing so well.
During the action I escaped quite providentially, as I have a shot
through my holster and two on my sword scabbard, but as long as they keep
at that distance I shall be very well satisfied.
I think we shall remain here quietly for some weeks. Indeed I do not
think Ld. Wn. can pursue them much further, as they are moving back upon
their reinforcements, and have the strong passes of Guadalajara in their
rear, and, besides that, our troops must have some rest, having been so
much harassed lately.
What may be the consequences of this splendid victory it is not easy to
say. They must be very great, for we have never gained a more decisive or
more compleat one, or followed it up so rapidly. I think it must bring
Soult up from the South and raise the siege of Cadiz. Marmont’s Army is
quite crippled for a time, having lost all its baggage and so many guns
and men. They were joined by about 1500 Cavalry and some guns the Evening
of the Action, which were beat next day.
Young Cowell is here unwell, but not wounded, and is getting well fast.
I shall take care of him. The Guards were scarcely engaged and have lost
few men and no Officer that I have heard of. My friend Jackson is quite
well. Pray, if any Officer should be coming to the Army, send me 2 lb. of
good black Tea. It will be a great treat. Yrs., etc.,
WM. WARRE.
Molloy was taken for a minute by the French Cavalry, but got off. I am
very anxious to hear if you have done anything about the appointment
I mentioned to the Cape. This action has confirmed my opinion that we
may be shot at all day and exert ourselves as much as we please, [but
according to the] proverb, “It is a bad thing to be second fiddles to a
second fiddle.”
* * * * *
EXTRACT FROM LETTER TO SISTER
SALAMANCA, _Aug. 29th, 1812_.
While you were amusing yourself with quizzing your brother Wm. and
abusing him for not being in love with Honour and Glory, I was straining
my arms to reach one little leaf of the laurel tree, which, to a fanciful
imagination, is considered a sort of introduction to those gentlemen.
Lo! while you and ... were trembling at the rolling of the thunderstorm,
and ... thinking of Honour and Glory, I was amused by an equally loud
though less innocent storm from about 70 pieces of cannon, of which 50
belonged to the adverse gods who fulminated us for 7 hours, as hard as
they could, and with malice prepense, but with very little effect except
the effect of the sublime, of which there was a good deal, for I think it
combined so much of beauty and grandeur and _Awe_ that certainly Edmund
Burke would have classed it with the sublime. As for Beauty, _ça va sans
dire_. You cannot think how beautiful it is to be cannonaded all day,
being very tired and hungry, and at 5 P.M. instead of setting to to eat a
good dinner, to set to to give the French a good beating in a very strong
position, which, however, is the best part of the whole _divertissement_,
and though Ld. Welln. naturally got all the Laurels, it was a most
glorious business, and would almost put _even me_ in conceit with Honor
and Glory....
Since then we have been very peaceably settled here, and the Marshal
recovering very fast from the delightful effects of Honor and Glory. I
rather expect in a few days we shall leave this for Lisbon by Oporto.
It will be an exceedingly interesting journey as, not being able yet to
ride, he goes in a carriage as far as _San Joaô da Pesqueira_ (_vide_ the
map), and from thence down the Douro, which is beautiful, to Oporto, and
from thence in some ship of war to Lisbon. The only thing I am sorry for
is not seeing Segovia or Madrid.
* * * * *
EXTRACT FROM LETTER TO SISTER.
(?) SALAMANCA, _Sept. 2nd, 1812_.
We leave this to-morrow morning for Porto on our way to Lisbon. We go
down the Douro, which at this time of year is quite beautiful, and I
think altogether this jaunt promises to be very pleasant, and, if the sea
voyage agrees with me, and that the Marshal remains any time at Lisbon,
you must not be astonished if I pay you a visit for three weeks or a
month, but this is a great secret yet. Say nothing about it to anybody,
till I see how things are, when we arrive at Lisbon, as everything must
depend upon that. The Marshal and myself are again upon excellent terms.
We have great battles sometimes, but they never last very long....
Of Public news I have not a word to send you. The enemy have evacuated
Zamora, and are preparing to retire again on any motion of Lord
Wellington’s towards Burgos.
Of the six divisions which formerly composed that Army of Portugal
(Marmont’s) it has now only 3 Divns. commanded by Foy, Maucune, and
Clausel. The latter commands _ad interim_, till Bonnet recovers from his
wounds. Marmont has asked for leave to return to France for the recovery
of his health. His wounds are of a very bad nature. The whole army is
of about 15,000 men (out of 42,000) and about 1700 Cavalry, and do not
seem at all inclined to fight against English honour and glory again.
King Joseph is at Valencia. Lord William [Bentinck] at Madrid, but some
of our Divisions have moved towards the Douro to drive the enemy further
back. They will retire, I am sure, as soon as these seem to advance in
earnest. We are in hourly expectation of hearing that the enemy have
raised the siege of Cadiz and have abandoned Andalusia. Everything seemed
to indicate their intention of doing so. And we have a proclamation of
Soult’s, in which he avows it, and endeavours to _console_ the Spaniards
for his absence, and promises to return _as soon as he can_, good natured
soul!
I have just seen the garrison of Guadalaxara marched in. About 800 men,
a great part renegade Spaniards, and in most miserable plight, as their
better countrymen have plundered them of everything, and I don’t pity
them. I hate a traitor worse than a Frenchman. There is a General with
them and some field Officers, etc., etc.
[Illustration: MAP OF SPAIN & PORTUGAL
TO ILLUSTRATE THE PENINSULAR WAR.]
INDEX
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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