VI. Intrigues at Oporto: the Conspiracy of Argenton 273 SECTION XIV WELLESLEY’S CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL (MAY 1809) I. Sir Arthur Wellesley: the general and the man 286 II. Wellesley retakes Oporto 312 III. Soult’s Retreat from Oporto 343 SECTION XV OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN SPAIN (MARCH-JUNE 1809) I. Ney and La Romana in Galicia and the Asturias 367 II. The French abandon Galicia 390 III. Operations in Aragon: Alcañiz and Belchite (March-June 1809) 406 SECTION XVI THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN (JULY-AUG. 1809) I. Wellesley at Abrantes: Victor evacuates Estremadura 433 II. Wellesley enters Spain 449 III. Wellesley and Cuesta: the interview at Mirabete 463 IV. The March to Talavera: Quarrel of Wellesley and Cuesta 483 V. Concentration of the French Armies: the King takes the offensive: Combats of Torrijos and Casa de Salinas 494 VI. The Battle of Talavera: the Preliminary Combats (July 27-28) 507 VII. The Battle of Talavera: the Main Engagement (July 28) 527 VIII. The Retreat from Talavera 559 IX. The end of the Talavera Campaign: Almonacid 599 APPENDICES I. The ‘Army of the Centre,’ Jan. 11, 1809. The Spanish Army at the Battle of Ucles 621 II. The Garrison of Saragossa 622 III. The French Army in Spain, in Feb. 1809 624 IV. The Spanish Army at Medellin 627 V. The Portuguese Army in 1809: organization and numbers 629 VI. Papers relating to the intrigues at Oporto, April-May 1809 632 VII. Strength of Wellesley’s Army, May 6, 1809 640 VIII. Soult’s Report on Galicia, June 25, 1809 642 IX. Suchet’s and Blake’s Armies, May and June 1809 643 X. Papers relating to the Talavera Campaign: strength and losses of the British, Spanish, and French Armies 645 XI. The British Royal Artillery in the Peninsula, 1809 654 XII. Venegas’s Army of La Mancha in June-July 1809 655 INDEX 657 MAPS AND PLANS I. UCLES AND ROSAS _To face_ 54 II. GENERAL MAP OF CATALONIA: BATTLE OF VALLS ” 88 III. SARAGOSSA, THE SECOND SIEGE ” 134 IV. MEDELLIN ” 166