CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XL 



The GreatThealre qftheWar in the Peninsula, the Frontier of Portugal. 

 — Reduction by the French of Ciudad Rodrigo — and Almeida ... 182 



CHAP. xn. 



Plan of Lord IVellingtonfor the Defence of Portugal, and at the same 

 time supijorlingthe Cause of Spain.— His Army, for near Three Months 

 after his Retreat from Talavera, how stationed. — His Army augmented 

 by Portuguese Troops, disciplined by Field Marshal Beresford. — Hovo 

 quartered in and after the Month of February. — Their Positions •when 

 they come nearly in contact xuith the Enemy advancing on Portugal— 

 And their Line (f Retreat on strong and impregnable Fortifications near 

 Lisbon — After the Surrender of Almeida, Lord Wellington begins to 

 retreat and concentrate his Forces. — Marshal Massena, at the head of 

 the French Army of Portugal, pursues. — Lord WeUington,f or impeding 

 as much as possible the Advance of the Enemy into the interior of the 

 Country, obliges the Inhabitants to quit their Homes, and remove or 

 destroy all that couldbe of use to the Enemy. — The Plan of Massena for 



turning the left Flank of the Allies, frustrated by Lord fVellington 



Battle ofBuzaco. — The French repulsed in an Attack on the Position of 

 the Allies ; but they turn the Left of the Allies, and advance on Coim- 

 bra, "whither Lord fVellington, ivith the main body of his Army, arrives 

 beforehim. — Retreat of Lord Wellington to his Lines at Torres Vedras. 

 — These described. — Difficulties in "which the French are involved, being 

 drawn into a Snare by the military Getiius of Lord Wellington, — Their 

 Sufferings, particidarly from want of Provisions. — Their Positions at 

 frst in front of the Allies. — Skirmishes — Massena hemmed in on all 

 Sides. — His Operations confned to Self defence against the Allies, and 

 against Famine. — Relative Positions of the French and the Allied 

 Army of Portugal at the close of \S10 190 



CHAP. XIII. 



A French Corps sent against Badajoz.—A kind of false Attack.— The 

 Intention of it. — The main Efforts of the French pointed against the 

 Allied Army under Lord Welliyigton.— Address to the Spanish Nation 

 by the Junta of Badajoz.— Nature of the Warfare carried on by the 

 Guerillas.— Celebrated Chiefs of the Guerillas'— Successes of the Gue- 

 rillas—unavailing against the steady and combined System of the 

 enemy — Great Hopes from the approaching Meeting of the Cortes. — 

 Form of electing the Deputies of the Cortes.— Deputies elected to the 

 Cortes even in the Provinces occupied by the French.— Meeting, Instal- 

 lation, and Transactions of the Cortes.— Political Conduct of King 

 Joseph in Spain. — His Situation there very uneasy and impleasanf. — 

 The Measures adopted for conciliating the Spaniards, by Joseph, con- 

 demned by Napoleon,— Atrocities committed by the French Generals 

 tn Spam.— The Duke (f Orleans invited to— and dismissed. ... 209 



