VI. The Combat of the Coa: Siege of Almeida (July-Aug. 1810) 257 Note on Almeida and the Bridge of the Coa 280 SECTION XX OPERATIONS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH OF SPAIN DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1810 I. Suchet and Augereau in Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia, March-July 1810 282 II. Operations in the South of Spain during the Spring and Summer of 1810 (March-Oct. 1810) 315 SECTION XXI BUSSACO AND TORRES VEDRAS (SEPT.-DEC. 1810) I. Masséna’s Advance to Bussaco (Sept. 1810) 341 Note on the Situation upon September 25 357-8 II. The Battle of Bussaco (Sept. 27, 1810) 359 Note on the Topography of Bussaco 386-8 Note on the Crisis of the Battle of Bussaco 388-9 III. Wellington’s Retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras (Oct. 1810) 390 IV. The Lines of Torres Vedras 419 V. Masséna before the Lines: his retreat to Santarem (Oct.-Nov. 1810) 437 SECTION XXII THE END OF THE YEAR 1810 I. Operations in the North and East of Spain (July-Dec. 1810) 482 II. King Joseph, and the Cortes at Cadiz: General Summary 505 APPENDICES I. The Spanish Forces at the Siege of Gerona 524 II. The French Forces at the Siege of Gerona 525 III. Del Parque’s Army in the Tamames-Alba de Tormes Campaign 526 IV. Losses of the French at Tamames (Oct. 18, 1809) 528 V. The Partition of the Army of Estremadura in September 1809 528 VI. Areizaga’s Army in the Ocaña Campaign 530 VII. The French Army of Spain in January 1810 532 VIII. Muster-roll of Masséna’s Army of Portugal on September 15, 1810, January 1 and March 15, 1811 540 IX. British Losses at the Combat of the Coa 544 X. Wellington’s Army in the Campaign of Bussaco 544 XI. Masséna’s Orders for the Battle of Bussaco 549 XII. British and Portuguese Losses at Bussaco 550 XIII. French Losses at Bussaco 552 XIV. The Anglo-Portuguese Army in the Lines of Torres Vedras 554 XV. The British and Portuguese Artillery in the Campaign of 1810 558 INDEX 561 MAPS AND PLANS CHAPTER PAGE