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
Marmont, Gen., in the north of Portugal, 279;
retires, _ib._;
his jealousy of Soult, _ib._
Matthews, Staff-Surg., 325, 326
Maya Pass, the, 296, 302, 306, 315
Mayorga, 33, 37
Meacham, Capt., 144, 166
“Meacham’s Blind Nuts,” 144, 145, 157
Medina Sidonia, 153, 155, 158, 179, 181;
captured by Gen. Beguines, 159;
captured by the French, 164;
La Peña’s retreat from, 182
Merida, 215, 225, 256, 258;
the affair of, 257
Merle, Gen., 62;
loss sustained by his division, 64
Mero, the, 101, 113, 118
Mitchell, Lieut., 137, 154, 165
Mole, Col., 147
Mon Cœur redoubt, the, 262
Mondego, the, 17
Monkstown, 2
Monte Orgullo, 305
Montgomery, Ensign, 318, 322
Moore, Lieut., 204
Moore, Sir John, 14, 115;
placed under arrest by the King of Sweden, 16;
reaches the British fleet, 16;
receives news of Sir A. Wellesley’s victory at Rolica, 17;
appointed commander of the forces, 20;
his address to his officers and men, 21;
relations with his officers, 25, 26;
true cause of his retreat, 36;
complains of the want of discipline, 52;
his views on Gen. Paget’s position at Calcabellos, 60, 61;
retires before Soult, 87;
issues an order censuring the want of discipline, 87;
directing operations in person, 101;
at Corunna, 111, 112, 116;
death of, 116;
effect of his death, 119;
character and bearing, 120;
circumstances of his death, 121-123;
outcry against in England, 125;
his knowledge of the Spanish character, 169
Moors, the, 207
Morillo, Gen., 231, 300
Morillo’s Spanish Infantry, 224
Mullingar, 365, 366
Mullins, Capt., 204
Murgeon, Gen. Cruz, 183, 184;
his part in the battle of Barossa, 199, 200
Napier, Major, 121
Napoleon, marching from Madrid, 36;
celerity of his movements, 38;
his dictum at Waterloo, 63;
reported to have entered Astorga, 64, 65;
his idea of zeal, 245;
news of his escape and return to Paris, 334
Neufchâtel, Prince of, an intercepted despatch from the, 31
Ney, Marshal, execution of, 341, 342
Nichols, Col., recaptures Palavia Abaxo, 115
9th Dragoons, the, 226
9th Regiment, the, 133, 170, 191, 203, 204, 311;
marched into Badajoz, 277
91st Regiment, the, 31, 100
92nd Regiment, the, 224, 225
95th (Rifles) Regiment, the, 31, 53, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 69,
82, 83, 84, 100, 102, 103, 115, 117
Nivelle, crossing the, 317;
battle of, 318-321;
French losses at, 322
Nogales, 61, 67;
arrival at, 70, 75
Northcote, Major, 196
Oats, Private, 97, 98
O’Brien, Serg., 172
O’Callaghan, Maj.-Gen. Sir William, 337
O’Donnel, Gen., 297, 298
O’Donoghue, Capt., 137
Officers, claims of, 332
Olivenza, the Duke of Dalmatia ordered to reduce, 152
Oricain, 297
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