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
Santa Maria, 153
Santarbas, arrival of the Reserve at, 32
Santi Petri, the River, 153, 182, 183, 184
Sarre, 312
Sauroren, fight at, 300
Savage, Private, 105
Schelde, forcing the passage of the, 131
Sebastiani, Gen., 181
71st Regiment, the, 224, 225
73rd Regiment, the, 42
Seville, the Duke of Dalmatia marches from, 152
Shaw, Lieut.-Col., 337
Sierra Montanchez, the, 218, 224, 225, 226, 227, 231
Simpson, Assist.-Surg., 324, 325
6th Portuguese Regiment, the, 225
67th Regiment, the, 193
Skerrett, Col., 133
Slavin, Sir Frederick, 259
Somerset, Lord Fitzroy, 229
Soult, Marshal, 36, 308;
approach of his advance guard, 38;
approach of his heavy columns, 80;
his arrival before Lugo, 87;
his advanced guard, 94, 107;
at Corunna, 112;
his position, 113;
dangerous situation of his army, 117;
his corps advancing, 233;
arrives at Llerena, 279;
retires into Andalusia, 280;
remodels his army, 296;
at Pampeluna, 297, 298;
retreats, 300;
disorganised state of his army, 305;
his tactics, 306;
prepares for a more general action, 307;
his positions on the Bidassoa carried, 309;
his defence when charged with treason, 342.
(_See also_ Duke of Dalmatia)
Sound, the, 6
South Beveland, the Island of, 130, 131
Spain, march of Sir John Moore’s army for, 22
Spaniards and Portuguese, contrast between, 27
Spaniards, dislike of by the British soldiers, 35;
their want of good feeling towards the British, 40, 41;
their character, 168, 169
Spanish door, a, 71
Spanish generals, tactics of, 182
Spanish soldiers, courage of, 311, 312
Sparks, Lieut., 185
Spithead, 17
Stanhope, Major, 121
Stewart, Lieut.-Col., 224
Stockholm, Sir John Moore at, 16
Stovin, Sir Frederick, 10, 21, 136
Stralsund, 16
Stuart, Gen., 8
Stuart, Gen. Charles, 32, 43
Stuart, Lord William, 129, 130, 131
Sullivan, Lieut., 229
Sweetland, Mr. William, 140
Tacher, Miss, 345
Tagus, crossing the, 23, 213, 252
Talavera, 35, 168
Tarifa, 207, 208, 209;
march to, 133;
withdrawal of the French from, 136;
regiments ordered to, 137;
threatened by a second attack, 146;
a campaign from, 152-166;
British troops sail for, 169;
conviviality at, 170;
arrival of Gen. La Peña off, 175;
departure from, 177;
return to, 205
Tarifa, the plain of, 164
Tarifa Volunteers, the, 144, 157, 158, 160
Taylor, Lieut., 28th Regiment (afterwards Capt.), 104, 330
Taylor, Lieut., 9th Regiment, 146, 147
10th Hussars, the, 32, 33, 37, 43
13th Dragoons, the, 227
30th Regiment, the, 133
34th and 39th Regiments, the, 225, 226, 233
36th Regiment, the, 256, 309, 316, 318;
ordered to reinforce Wellington’s army, 337;
arrives in Paris, 341;
removed to the Ionian Islands, and subsequently to England and
Ireland, 363
Toro, 32
Torre la Peña, 164
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