Chapter XXXIX: Section XXIX: Chapter III (4)

Reynier, Jean Louis Ebenezer, general, commands division at
Santarem, 9, 13;
at council of Golegão, 78-81;
his line of retreat, 131, 132;
rejoins Masséna, 153;
advises Masséna not to march on Plasencia, 180;
at Sabugal, 182, 190-6, 202;
at Fuentes de Oñoro, 311-48;
with Marmont, 440.

Ridge, major, commanding 5th Fusiliers, his exploit at El Bodon, 567.

Rio Mayor, skirmish at, 75.

Rio Tinto, Ballasteros defeats Rémond on the, 58, 128.

Rogniat, general, Suchet’s chief engineer, 499.

Roguet, general, commands division in Bessières’ Army of the
North, 462, 463;
sent on into Galicia by Dorsenne, 469.

Romana, La, Marquis of, Pedro Caro, _see_ La Romana.

Rouget, general, driven from Santander by Porlier, 472.

Rovira, doctor, miquelete chief, 484;
organizes the surprise of Figueras, 491-3;
his operations, 494, 496;
seeks help at Cadiz, 535;
returns to Catalonia, 537.

Ruffin, general, defeated and mortally wounded at Barrosa, 110-16.

Sabugal, combat of, 189-96.

Saint-Cyr-Nugues, colonel, his part in the surrender of Tortosa, 237.

Sanchez, Julian, chief of guerrilleros,
his raids near Salamanca, 201, 207, 213, 289;
at Fuentes de Oñoro, 316, 318;
before Ciudad Rodrigo, 472, 474;
captures its governor, 587.

Santa Fé, Mariano, Duke of, his fruitless embassy to Paris, 215.

Santander, stormed by Porlier, 472.

Santarem, Masséna at, 1-22;
evacuated by Masséna, 57, 82;
occupied by Wellington, 88.

Santocildes, José, general, interim commander-in-chief in Galicia,
212, 293;
his activity, 465;
opposes Bonnet, 467, 468, 474.

Sarsfield, general, defeats French at combat of Pla, 243, 246;
operations of, round Figueras, 494-5;
enters Tarragona, 506;
leaves it, 512-13;
opposes evacuation of Catalonia, 529.

Sebastiani, Horace, general, at Granada, 30, 31.

Serras, general, commands division at Benavente, 463;
checked by Cabrera, 467;
by Santocildes, 468.

Seville, weakness of, 31, 368;
threatened by Ballasteros, 57-8;
threatened by Blake, 444, 475-6.

Silveira, Francisco, general, at Trancoso, 19;
routed by Claparéde, 21;
in Tras-os-Montes, 461.

Skerret, colonel, his fruitless expedition to Tarragona, 519-21.

Slade, general, cavalry operations of, 166, 187, 437, 439, 450.

Souham, Joseph, general, joins Army of Portugal, 225;
lends reinforcements to Army of the North, 464;
at Burgos, 469;
engaged in combat of Aldea da Ponte, 577-8.

Soult, Nicolas, marshal, Duke of Dalmatia, commands Army of
Andalusia, 9;
his expedition into Estremadura, 23, 91, 92;
takes Olivenza, 35-7;
besieges and takes Badajoz, 38-61;
returns to Seville, 62, 129, 247;
marches to relieve Badajoz, 286;
his orders from Napoleon, 363-5;
advances and fights at Albuera, 377-94;
his dispatch to Napoleon, 395-6;
retreats, 397, 410;
meets Marmont, 445;
relieves Badajoz, 446;
marches for Seville, 455;
drives Blake from the Condado de Niebla, 475, 476;
disperses Murcian army, 481;
his operations against the insurgents of Andalusia, 593-4.

Soult, Pierre, general, at combat of Sabugal, 193-6;
pursues Freire’s army, 481.

Sousa, José Antonio, member of the Portuguese Regency, Wellington’s
suspicions of, 71.

Spencer, General Sir Brent, commands troops between the Agueda and
Coa, 297;
at Fuentes de Oñoro, 330;
in charge of northern frontier of Portugal, his instructions from
Wellington, 408;
retires before Marmont’s advance, 436, 437;
superseded by Graham, his character, 551-2.

Squire, captain, engineer officer with Beresford, 266;
at Olivenza, 272.

Stewart, William, general, 5;
takes over Hill’s command, 5;
superseded by Beresford, 5, 16;
his blunder at Albuera, 376-400.

Suchet, Louis Gabriel, marshal, commands in Aragon, 225;
besieges and takes Tortosa, 230-40;
ordered to take Tarragona by Napoleon, 485;
his march thither, 487;
besieges the place, 497-512;
captures the lower city, 513;
and the upper city, 525;
marches to Barcelona, 530;
captures Montserrat, 531;
ordered to subdue Valencia, 591.

Taboada, general, commands a division of the Army of Galicia, 466-7.

Tagus river, the, Ney’s and Reynier’s plans for passing, 15, 78-80;
Wellington’s precautions to prevent a passage, 73-4.

Talaya, Major José Joaquim, commander of Campo Mayor, 254;
his gallant defence, 256-7.

Tarifa, held by the British, 98, 593, 594.

Tarragona, besieged by Suchet, 497-525;
fall of the lower city, 513-14;
of the upper city, 523-5.

Teruel, beset by the Valencian army, 507;
by the Aragonese insurgents, 535.

Thiébault, Paul Charles, general,
governor of Salamanca, fails to catch Julian Sanchez, 201;
supplies reinforcements to Masséna’s army, 300;
his views on Marmont, 359;
commands a division in the El Bodon campaign, 563, 571;
accuses Marmont of weakness, 575;
fights the combat of Aldea da Ponte, 577-9.

Thomar, operations around, 86-8.

Tillet, André, carries Masséna’s dispatch to Almeida, 350.

Tortosa, importance of, 227, 228;
siege of, by Suchet, 230-8;
capitulation of, 238-40.

Trancoso, combat of, 21.

Trant, Nicholas, colonel, commands militia brigade at Coimbra, 7, 19,
133;
defends Coimbra against Montbrun, 140-1;
operations of, 161, 189;
attacks Claparéde near Almeida, 199.

Truxillo, occupied by Lahoussaye, 214;
by Foy, 542.

Usagre, combat of, 412-15.

Valazé, engineer colonel, at Coimbra bridge, 137.

Valencia, the Army of, 227-8;
Blake in command of, 478-9;
Suchet’s precautions against, 486;
sends succours to Tarragona, 507.

Valencia, kingdom of, Napoleon’s designs against, 539, 591-2.

Valencia de Alcantara, evacuated by Spaniards, taken by
Latour-Maubourg, 256;
head quarters of Castaños, 597.

Valladolid, attacked by partidas, 467.

Valletaux, brigadier, defeated and slain at combat of Cogorderos, 466,
467.

Velasco, general, second in command at Tarragona, 512;
his escape, 524;
votes to abandon Catalonia, 529.

Victor, Claude Perrin, marshal, Duke of Belluno, at Cadiz, 30;
forced to supply reinforcements to Soult, 93;
learns of the advance of the allied forces near Cadiz, 103;
defeated at Barrosa, 108-25;
retires behind the Saltillo, 126;
sends troops to Soult, 307.

Vigo-Roussillon, colonel, his account of Barrosa, 118-20.

Villacampa, general, commands Aragonese insurgents, 246, 535.

Villa da Ponte, combat of, 21;
Wellington’s battering-train at, 550, 584.

Villanueva de Sitjes, captured by Suchet, 528.

Villatte, general, opposes the Spaniards at the battle of Barrosa,
105-7.

Villa Velha, bridge of, its importance in Wellington’s
communications, 408, 438-9.

Wathier, general, at Fuentes de Oñoro, 316, 322;
at combat of Carpio, 563;
at Aldea da Ponte, 577-8.

Wellesley, Hon. Henry, Ambassador at Cadiz, correspondence with,
129, 184, &c.

Wellington, Arthur, Viscount, disposition of his forces in
Portugal, 1-6;
correspondence with Lord Liverpool on the cost of the war, 65-9;
his plan for attacking Masséna, 83;
occupies Santarem, 86;
his letter to Graham after the battle of Barrosa, 125;
his plan for pursuing Masséna, 131-5;
at skirmish of Redinha, 143;
at Foz do Arouce, 155-8;
crosses the Alva, 165;
his tactics, 169-72;
on the Coa, 189;
blockades Almeida, 201;
remarks on the surrender of Badajoz, 249;
on combat of Campo Mayor, 265;
directs investment of Badajoz, 279;
at Elvas, 296;
prepares for Masséna’s advance, 305;
battle of Fuentes de Oñoro, 310-48;
criticism on, 343-8;
his anger at Brennier’s escaping from Almeida, 355-6;
his remarks on Albuera, 399;
goes to besiege Badajoz, 405;
raises siege, 431;
expects Marmont’s advance, 435, 436;
his position on the Caya, 442-53;
retires with his army into the Beira, 457;
his plans for the autumn, 546-8;
blockades Ciudad Rodrigo, 551-3;
raises the blockade, 561;
surprised by Marmont at El Bodon, 565;
retires to Fuente Guinaldo, 571;
and to Alfayates, 577;
his errors in this campaign, 581-2;
resumes the blockade of Rodrigo, 583;
his plans for the winter, 584, 591.

Wheatley, colonel, at Barrosa, 111.

Whigs, their factious opposition to the Peninsular War, 66.

Whittingham, Samuel, colonel, in Tarifa expedition, 99;
at Barrosa, 108-9, 117, 123.

Wilson, John, general, commands militia brigade at Espinhal, 6, 7;
driven back by Marcognet, 20;
on the Mondego, 161;
on the Coa, 189;
south of the Douro, 461.

Yranzo, general, refuses command of the Catalan army, 240.

Yriarte, brigadier-general, second in command at Tortosa, 232, 235;
his gallant defence, 238, 239.

Zayas, José, general, at Cadiz, 103;
attacks Villatte, 107, 124;
at Rio Tinto, 277;
joins Ballasteros, 278, 279;
at Albuera, 377-400;
at Niebla, 475;
joins Army of Murcia, 478.

Zezere, river, French raids along its banks, 15.

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