CONTENT^. ii 



CHAP. XIV^P 



Domestic Occurrences. — Negociatiovs for a change in the A-dntf 

 nistration. — Disturbances in the Country. — Affairs of the Irish 

 Catholics. — Dissolution of Parliament and General Elec- 

 tion [129] 



CHAP. XV. 



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Naval Affairs. — Capture of La Corcyre — Of La Pomone and a 

 Store Ship—Lt>ss of the Manilla and Laurel — Capture of the 

 - Merinos — Of the Rivole — Of a Flotilla off Dieppe — Destruc- 

 tion of two French Frigates and a Brig near I' Orient — Of a 

 Danish Squadron near Mardoe — Convoy brought out of Lan- 

 guillia — Another attempt — at the same place — The Attack Brig 

 iaken by the Danes .UU>> v * ii.^.-. . .i.'. ,.>.... ;^ ../^ .» [136] 



cffop.' kvi. 



War in the Peninsula — Valencia taken by the French — Their fai- 

 lure at Tariffa — Lord Wellington's Investment of Ciudad 

 Rodrigo — Capture of that place by Storm — Attempt on Tarra- 

 gona — Further Success of the French in Valencia — Invest- 

 ment of Badajoz by Lord Wellington — Its capture — Irruption 

 of the French into Portugal — Successes of Spanish Parties — 

 Expedition of General Hill to Ahnaraz — Defeat of Ballas- 

 teros at Bornos — Capture of Lequitio — Advance of Lord 

 Wellington to Salamanca — Capture of its Forts — Marmont's 

 Advance — Battle of Salamanca — Retreat and Pursuit of the 

 French — Vulladolid entered — Affair of Cavalry at Ribera — 

 Allied Army enters Madrid, — Fort la China taken — Astorga 

 capitulates — Blockade of Cadiz broken up — Bilboa evacuated. 

 — Seville recovered by the Allies — Lord Wellington advances to 

 Burgos. — Failure of Attempts to take its Castle. — French collect 

 and advance — Retreat of the Allied Army, which returns to 

 Freynada. — Transactions of the Spanish Cortes and Regency. 

 — Public Signature of the Constitution — Settlement of the 

 Succession — Lord Wellington appointed Commander-in-Chief 

 of the Spanish Armies — Ballasteros displaced — Affairs of 

 Portugal [143] 



CH>VP. 



