Chapter III: Section XXIX: Wellington’s Autumn Campaign of 1811

I. Wellington’s Blockade of Ciudad Rodrigo.
August-September 1811 542

II. El Bodon and Aldea da Ponte. September 1811 559

III. The End of Wellington’s Campaigns of 1811. Arroyo
dos Molinos. September 1811 583

APPENDICES

I. The French Army in Portugal, Returns of January-April
1811 608

II. Soult’s Army in his First Expedition to Estremadura,
January-March 1811 610

III. Spanish Troops in Estremadura, March 1811 610

IV. Graham’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses 612

V. Victor’s Army at Barrosa, and its Losses 613

VI-VII. British Losses at Pombal, Redinha, Casal Novo,
Foz do Arouce, and Sabugal, March-April 1811 614-16

VIII. French Losses at Sabugal, April 3rd, 1811 617

IX. Force of Wellington’s Army at Fuentes de Oñoro,
May 3-5, 1811 618

X. British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro,
First Day, May 3 622

XI. British and Portuguese Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro,
Second Day, May 5th, 1811 623

XII. The French Army at Fuentes de Oñoro 625

XIII. Masséna’s Orders for Fuentes de Oñoro 629

XIV. French Losses at Fuentes de Oñoro 630

XV. The Allied Army at Albuera, and its Losses,
May 16, 1811 631

XVI. Soult’s Army at Albuera, and its Losses 634

XVII. Strength of the Spanish Armies in the Summer
of 1811 636

XVIII. Strength of the French Army in Spain,
July 15, 1811 638

XIX. French and Spanish Forces at the Siege of
Tarragona 643

XX. Wellington’s Army on the Beira Frontier,
September 15 644

XXI. Allied Losses at the Combat of El Bodon 648

XXII. Allied Losses at the Combat of Aldea da Ponte 648

XXIII. Hill’s Force in Estremadura,
September-October 1811 649

XXIV. The British Artillery in the Peninsula during
the Campaign of 1811 650

INDEX 653

MAPS AND PLANS

I. BADAJOZ AND THE BATTLE OF THE GEBORA _To face_ 54

II. GENERAL MAP OF THE BARROSA CAMPAIGN ” 104

III. THE BATTLE OF BARROSA ” 124

IV. COMBAT OF REDINHA ” 144

V. COMBAT OF CASAL NOVO ” 152

VI. COMBAT OF FOZ DO AROUCE ” 158

VII. MASSÉNA’S RETREAT. LEIRIA TO THE ALVA RIVER ” 166

VIII. COMBAT OF SABUGAL ” 196

IX. MASSÉNA’S RETREAT. CELORICO TO CIUDAD RODRIGO ” 200

X. PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF TORTOSA ” 238

XI. THE BRITISH SIEGES OF BADAJOZ IN MAY
AND JUNE 1811 ” 286

XII. BATTLE OF FUENTES DE OÑORO (two plates) ” 316,338

XIII. BATTLE OF ALBUERA (two plates) ” 384,394

XIV. GENERAL MAP OF ESTREMADURA ” 452

XV. PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF TARRAGONA ” 524

XVI. GENERAL MAP OF CATALONIA ” 538

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL PICTON _Frontispiece_

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL GRAHAM _To face_ 96

PORTRAIT OF MARSHAL BERESFORD ” 260

BRITISH ARMY CROSSING THE TAGUS AT VILLA VELHA ” 408

FORT SAN CRISTOBAL ” 424

SECTION XXIII

THE WINTER CAMPAIGN OF 1810-11