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
Paget, Gen., 31, 35, 76, 77, 80, 91, 95, 100, 101;
censures the conduct of the troops, 53, 54, 55, 56;
his position at Calcabellos, 57, 60;
his encounter with a paymaster, 78, 79;
strict orders of, 88;
orders the reserve to evacuate El-Burgo, 106, 107;
his connection with the 28th Regiment, 109, 110;
at Corunna, 115, 116;
Sir John Moore’s testimonial to his character, 123;
his services unnoticed in England, 125
Paget, Lord, 32, 33, 37, 43, 48
Palavia Abaxo, skirmish at, 112;
taken by Gen. Laborde, 115;
retaken by Col. Nichols, _ib._, 118
Pampeluna, 295, 296, 303, 314;
sortie from, 297;
surrender of, 315
Panniers, battle of the, 91
Pardaleras, the, 262
Paris, the Grand Review in, 337-341
Parsonstown, 2
Patten, Capt., 286
Patterson, Col., 258
Peniche, the roadstead of, 18
Peninsula, the first day’s march in the, 19
Percy, Capt., 253
Phillipon at Badajoz, 260;
surrenders, 271
Picton, Gen., 259, 262, 263, 267, 268, 269, 297;
his retreat at Pampeluna, 302
Picurina redoubt, capture of the, 261
Plunder, articles of, 92
Plymouth, 124
Ponsonby, Col., 197, 199, 206
Portalegre, 214, 215, 238, 244
Portsmouth, 14, 124, 133, 344
Portugal, rainy season in, 24
Portuguese and Spanish, contrast between, 27
Portuguese sharpers, 209
Potter, Lieut., 229
Powder, a great explosion of, 111
Power, Brig.-Gen., 262
Power, Capt., 147
Prussia, the King of, 338
Puebla, arrival of the reserve at, 32
Puerto, 300, 312
Pyrenees, fighting in the, 296-307;
losses in, 301
Queluz, the plains of, 19;
break up of the British camp at, 22, 26
Queues, abolition of, 17
Reille, Gen., 305
Reserve, formation of a corps of, 31
Reynosa, 293
Rhine Mountain, the, 308
Richelieu, the Duc de, 342
Rifles, the, 196, 224, 225
Roach, “Gentleman,” 72
Roderick, the last of the Visigoth monarchs, 207
Rolica, victory of Sir A. Wellesley at, 17
Romana, the Marquis of, 35, 36, 44;
his troops, 313
Roncesvalles, 295, 296, 302, 309
Ronda, 153
Rook, Col., 233
Ross, Col. (afterwards Gen.), 51, 243
Rousseau, Gen., 188;
his grenadiers, 188, 191, 194, 195, 197
Royal City Regiment (of Spain) the, 177, 183
Rueda, surprise of the enemy’s outpost at, 32
Rufin, Gen., 188, 189, 202;
his division, 191, 193, 194, 195
Sahagun, 32;
headquarters at, 33
S. Antonio, 216, 217
S. Cristoval, Fort, 262, 271
S. Helens, 17
S. Jean de Luz, 328, 329
_S. Juan_, H.M.S., 139, 140, 141
S. Lucia, 118
S. Marcial, 305, 309
S. Maria Bastion, the, 261, 262, 269, 273, 278
S. Martin del Rio, 28
S. Roque Ravelin, the, 260, 261
S. Sebastian, 295, 296, 303, 308;
stormed, 305, 306, 307
S. Vincente, the bastion of, 268, 269
Salamanca, march to, 22;
entrance into, 29;
advance of the British army from, 31
Saldaña, 33
_Salsette_ frigate, the, 129
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