Chapter III: Section XXII: The End of the Year 1810

I. Operations in the North and East of Spain (July-Dec.
1810) 482

II. King Joseph, and the Cortes at Cadiz: General Summary 505

APPENDICES

I. The Spanish Forces at the Siege of Gerona 524

II. The French Forces at the Siege of Gerona 525

III. Del Parque’s Army in the Tamames-Alba de Tormes Campaign 526

IV. Losses of the French at Tamames (Oct. 18, 1809) 528

V. The Partition of the Army of Estremadura in September
1809 528

VI. Areizaga’s Army in the Ocaña Campaign 530

VII. The French Army of Spain in January 1810 532

VIII. Muster-roll of Masséna’s Army of Portugal on September
15, 1810, January 1 and March 15, 1811 540

IX. British Losses at the Combat of the Coa 544

X. Wellington’s Army in the Campaign of Bussaco 544

XI. Masséna’s Orders for the Battle of Bussaco 549

XII. British and Portuguese Losses at Bussaco 550

XIII. French Losses at Bussaco 552

XIV. The Anglo-Portuguese Army in the Lines of Torres Vedras 554

XV. The British and Portuguese Artillery in the Campaign
of 1810 558

INDEX 561

MAPS AND PLANS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. SIEGE OF GERONA _To face_ 48

II. BATTLE OF TAMAMES ” 78

III. BATTLE OF OCAÑA ” 94

IV. GENERAL MAP OF ANDALUSIA ” 128

V. TOPOGRAPHY OF CADIZ ” 148

VI. CENTRAL PORTUGAL ” 160

VII. PLAN OF ASTORGA ” 224

VIII. PLAN OF CIUDAD RODRIGO ” 240

IX. PLAN OF ALMEIDA AND THE COMBAT OF THE COA ” 272

X. GENERAL MAP OF CATALONIA ” 288

XI. THE MONDEGO VALLEY ” 352

XII. GENERAL PLAN OF BUSSACO ” 368

XIII. DETAILS OF NEY’S AND REYNIER’S ATTACK AT BUSSACO ” 380

XIV. THE LINES OF TORRES VEDRAS ” 432

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF WELLINGTON _Frontispiece_

SPANISH INFANTRY: UNIFORMS OF 1808 _To face_ 112

PORTRAIT OF MASSÉNA ” 208

SPANISH INFANTRY: UNIFORMS OF 1810 ” 320

COINS CURRENT IN THE PENINSULA 1808-14 ” 496

NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS

I. SPANISH INFANTRY 1808

This shows the old uniform of Charles IV. The Line regiments had white, the Foreign and Light regiments blue, coats. Both wore white breeches and black gaiters: the plume and facings varied in colour for each regiment.

II. SPANISH INFANTRY 1810

Under the influence of the immense quantity of British materials supplied, the uniform has completely changed since 1808. The cut is assimilated to that of the British army--the narrow-topped shako, and long trousers have been introduced. The coat is dark-blue, the trousers grey-blue, the facings red. Grenadiers have the grenade, light-companies the bugle-horn on their shakos.

ERRATA

Page 264, line 13, _for_ 318 _read_ 333

Page 277, line 20, _for_ 1811 _read_ 1810

Page 335. Lord Blayney’s force had only a half-battalion, not a
whole battalion of the 89th, but contained 4 companies of
foreign chasseurs, not mentioned in the text. [See his
Memoirs, i. pp. 5-6.]

SECTION XVII

FROM TALAVERA TO OCAÑA