Chapter XXXIII: Marshal Macdonald succeeds Augereau in Catalonia 1

Siege of Mequinenza 2

Mequinenza taken 4

Lili appointed to the command in Tortosa 4

Tortosa 5

Preparations for the siege of that city 6

The enemy appear before it 7

O’Donell visits the city 8

Macdonald enters the plain of Tarragona 9

Affair near Tarragona 10

Macdonald retires 10

O’Donell surprises the enemy at La Bisbal 11

The enemy’s batteries on the coast destroyed 15

Captured provisions purchased for the French in Barcelona 15

Lili’s preparations for defence 16

Ferdinand’s birthday celebrated in Tortosa 17

Conduct of the French general concerning Marshal Soult’s decree 18

Successes of Eroles 20

Edict against the Junta of Aragon 22

Molina de Aragon burnt by the French 23

Bassecourt takes the command in Valencia 24

Defeat of the Valencians at Ulldecona 25

Captain Fane taken at Palamos 26

Trenches opened before Tortosa 27

O’Donell’s plan for relieving it 28

Tortosa surrendered 29

Sentence on the governor for surrendering it 29

Col de Balaguer surrendered 30

Commodore Mends destroys the batteries on the north coast of
Spain 31

Expedition under Renovales to Santona 32

Wreck of the Spanish vessels 34

Expedition under Lord Blayney 35

Mountains of Ronda 35

Ortiz de Zarate 35

Lord Blayney sails from Gibraltar 38

He lands near the castle of Frangerola 38

Failure of the expedition 39

Lord Blayney and the British troops taken 41

Defeat of general Blake 41

Irregular war 42

State of the guerrilla warfare 48

Andalusia 48

Mountains of Ronda 49

Extremadura 51

D. Toribio Bustamente 51

D. Francisco Abad, el Chaleco 52

Ciria, the Nero of La Mancha 53

New Castille 54

D. Ventura Ximenez 54

Guerrilla banditti 55

Crimes of Pedrazuela and his wife 56

Alcalde of Brihuega 57

Joseph’s escape from the Empecinado 57

Desertion of the Juramentados 58

Junta of Guadalaxara 59

The Medico 59

Fourscore French burnt in a chapel 60

Cruelties and retaliations 60

Old Castille 61

The Cura 61

Aragon 62

The Canterero 63

Alcalde of Mondragon 64

Asturias 64

Porlier 64

D. José Duran 65

Xavier Mina 66

His capture 67

Espoz y Mina elected to succeed him 67