A boy in the Peninsular War : $b the services, adventures and experiences of Robert BlakeneyBlakeney, Robert
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A boy in the Peninsular War : $b the services, adventures and experiences of Robert Blakeney
Blakeney, Robert
Peninsular War, 1807-1814 -- Personal narratives, British
Hill, Gen. Lord, 215, 216, 217, 221, 227, 229, 233, 255, 256, 257,
298, 299, 300, 367, 368;
his corps, 302
Hill, Lieut., 104
Hill, Sir Rowland, 315
Holland, expedition to, 129;
mortality of the British troops in, 132
Hope, Capt., 196
Hope, Gen. Sir John, 30, 37, 119, 214;
advance of his division on Astorga, 43;
position of his division at Corunna, 113, 115;
commands the expedition to Holland, 129, 130
Howard, Gen. (afterwards Lord Howard of Effingham), 361
Howard’s Brigade, Maj.-Gen., 224
Huarte, 297, 298
Huddleston, Lieut., 220, 259, 275, 276
Huelva, the River, 29
Hughes, Corporal, 233
Humlebek, 8
Hunt, Capt. A., R.A., 181
Ilfracombe, 3, 5
Isla de Leon, 181;
Gen. Graham proposes a sortie from, 153;
Gen. Beginnes’ anxiety about, 159;
the sortie postponed, 160;
entrance of the British General into, after Barossa, 200
Johnson, Assist.-Surg., 161, 162
Johnson, Col., 150, 151
Johnson, Robert, 2; killed, 266
Joseph Bonaparte, 296
Julian, Count, 207
Keats, Sir Richard, 128, 129, 130, 140, 153, 160
Kemp’s Brigade, Gen., 312
Kennedy, Surg., 363
Kent, H.R.H. the Duke of, 253, 351, 356
_King Charles_, the, 8
King’s Own Regiment, the, 18, 81, 115;
Sir John Moore’s approval of their action at Corunna, 120;
embark for Gibraltar, 133;
at Ceuta, 208
Kinsale, 1
Labaneza, 44
Laborde, Gen., 112;
his division join main French army off Corunna, 111;
at Corunna, 115
Lacy, Adj.-Gen., 183
Lallemande, the Generals, 335
Lamartiniere’s division, Gen., 305
Lanz, valley of, 297, 298
La Peña, Gen., 169, 177, 181, 198, 199;
sluggishness of, 152, 153;
obstinacy of, 168;
arrives off Tarifa, 175;
distrusted by the British, 179;
disregards Gen. Graham’s advice, 180, 183;
his retreat from Medina, 182
Lardizabal, Gen., 177, 182
Laval, Gen., 193, 194
Lavens, Surg., 326
_Lavinia_ frigate, the, 129, 130, 131
Le Brun, Gen., 231, 248-252
Leggatt, Major (afterwards Col.), 286, 287, 309
Leith, Maj.-Gen., Sir James, 245, 246, 262, 269
Leon, 36
L’Estrange, Lieut., 319, 322
Lewes, 333
Light, Lieut., 161, 204, 205
Lindsay, Surg., 363
Lisbon, 208, 209, 233, 244-253, 281;
an amusing scene at, 282, 290
Lizasso, 300
Llerena, arrival of Soult at, 279
Lloyd, Col., 317
Loftus, Capt., 147
Long, Gen., 257
Lorge’s Dragoons, 115
Los Ayres, 114, 115
“Louis XIV.” Mountain, 306
Louis XVIII., 342, 343
Love, Lieut., 41, 42
Lugo, march to, 85;
the British army in position at, 86;
retreat from, 88
Lundy Island, 2
Lynedoch, Lord, 239, 240.
(_See also_ General Graham.)
McDonald, Col., 196, 197, 200, 206
M’Kenzie, Lieut.-Col., 112
McPherson, Colour Ensign, 318
Maitland, Sir Thomas, 242
Mallow, 2
Malpartida, 215
Malta, 363;
“Confidential Reports” at, 241
Mancilla, 36
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