Defeat of the Valencians 468 He approaches the city 468 Preparations for defence 469 The Valencians defeated at Quarte 471 The French repulsed from Valencia 472 Moncey retreats into Castille 473 Movements of the French in Andalusia 473 Dupont defeats the Spaniards at the Bridge of Alcolea 475 Cordoba entered and pillaged by the French 476 Dupont unable to advance 476 He is disappointed of succours from Portugal 477 Reinforcements from Madrid join him 478 Cuesta and Blake advance against the French 479 M. Bessieres defeats them at Rio Seco 480 The way to Madrid opened by this victory 481 Joseph enters Madrid 482 Fears of the Intrusive Government 483 The Council of Castille demur at the oath of allegiance 484 General Cassagne enters Jaen 487 He is compelled to evacuate it, and returns to Baylen 488 Preparations of General Castaños 490 Dupont’s dispatches intercepted 491 Plan for attacking the French 493 Battle of Baylen 494 Surrender of the French army 496 Terms of the surrender 497 Difficulty of executing the terms 500 Correspondence between Dupont and Morla 504 Treatment of the prisoners 508 Rejoicings for the victory 510 Movements of Bessieres after the battle of Rio Seco 511 Correspondence between Bessieres and Blake 512 The French leave Madrid, and retire to Vitoria 514 HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR.