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
Torremocha, 215
Torrens, Col. Sir Henry, 239, 255, 331, 336, 337
Trafalgar Bay, 138, 180
Trinidad, Fort, 261, 262, 271, 278
“Trois Cents Corps Nobles, La Chapelle des,” 343
Trotter, Lieut., fate of, 288
Turnbull, Serg., 172
20th Portuguese Regiment, the, 193
20th Regiment, the, 31, 51, 100
28th Regiment, the, 82, 85, 100, 102;
ordered to Kinsale, 1;
removed to Parsonstown and the Curragh of Kildare, 2;
on garrison duty in Dublin, 2;
in Denmark, 6-13;
ordered to Sweden, 14;
go to the Peninsula, 17;
with Sir A. Wellesley’s troops, 18;
inspection of, 20;
losses of, 24;
form portion of a reserve corps, 31;
a band of ventriloquists in, 45;
reprimanded by Sir John Moore, 53;
at Calcabellos, 57, 61;
in charge of the bridge of Betanzos, 94, 95;
ordered to retire from El-Burgo, 106;
efficiency of during the retreat, 108, 109;
return to England, 124;
ordered to Holland, 127;
arrival in, 129;
return to the Peninsula, 133;
ordered to Tarifa, 137;
garrisoned at, 169;
at Barossa, 188-200;
their losses at Barossa, 203, 204;
sail for Lisbon, 208;
at Arroyo Molinos, 225-229;
celebration of anniversaries in, 366
_United Service Journal, The_, 330
Valencia, 37
Valencia de Alcantara, 235, 237
Valladolid, 31, 32
Vandeleur, Gen., 335
Vejer, 154, 161, 163;
capture of an English merchant vessel near, 137;
retaken, 138;
move of the British army towards, 179, 180
Ventriloquists, a band of, 45, 46
Vera, 306, 312
Victor, Marshal, 133, 136;
result of his inactivity, 181;
advances from Chiclana, 184, 186;
at Barossa, 195, 196, 198, 199
Victoria, the Princess, 357
Villaba, 296
Villa Formosa, 26
Villa Franca, arrival of the Commander-in-Chief at, 52;
destruction of stores at, 66;
arrival of Soult at, 280
Villamur, Count Penne, 215, 226
Villapando, arrival of the reserve at, 32
Villatte’s Division, 198, 305, 306
Villavelha, the pass of, 22;
bridge of boats at, 279
Villaviciosa, 213
Vimieiro, 17
Vincent, Lieut. 319, 322
Vittoria, 294, 295
Vivian, Capt., R.N., 139, 140
Voirol, Lieut.-Col., 231, 361, 362
Walcheren, the Island of, British troops land on, 130
Walker, Gen., 262;
his brigade, 269
Walloon Regiment, the, 177, 183
Weir, Dr., 326
Wellesley, Sir Arthur (afterwards Lord Wellington), 17, 20, 168,
244, 256, 279, 321, 340;
at Badajoz, 266, 267;
his arrangements to meet Soult, 279;
arrival at Pampeluna, 298;
nearly captured, 300;
effect of his appearance on the battlefield, 306;
his successful manœuvring, 308;
extract from his despatch on the battle of the Nivelle, 323
Wench, Col., 116
Wheatley, Col., 193, 194
Whittingham, Col., 177, 183 184, 185
Wilkinson, Lieut., 204
Wilmot, Capt., 22, 23, 24, 29
Wilson’s Brigade, Col., at Arroyo Molinos, 225, 229
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