Distribution of his troops in the Baltic 334 Their conduct when the oath of allegiance to Joseph was proposed 336 An agent sent to communicate with him 337 He asks for a force to cover his retreat 338 Sir Richard Keats goes upon this service 339 Plan for collecting the Spanish troops 340 Romana takes possession of Nyborg 341 The entrance of the British squadron is resisted 342 Arrival of some of the regiments from Jutland 343 They leave the Isle of Funen 344 Fate of the horses 345 The Spaniards are landed in the Isle of Langeland 346 They sail for Gottenburg, and there embark for Spain 348 Romana lands in England 349 Error of the Spaniards in not appointing a commander-in-chief 350 Difficulty of feeding their armies 350 Bilbao taken by the French, and retaken 351 Position of the armies in October 352 Commissioners sent to the Spanish armies 353 CHAPTER XIII. Buonaparte deeply affected by the reverses in Spain 355 He conceals them from the French people 356 Statement of the French Government 358 Report of M. Champagny 360 Second Report 363 Report of the War-minister 365 Suspicion of the views of Austria 367 Message from Buonaparte to the Senate 368 The Senate approves his measures 369 March of the troops toward Spain 371 Speech of Buonaparte to the troops 373 Conferences at Erfurth 374 Overtures of peace 374 Reply of the British Government 376 Reply of the Russian and French Ministers 378 Final answer of the British Government 380 British Declaration 381 Buonaparte departs for Spain 384 CHAPTER XIV. Movements against Blake’s army 387 Blake falls back to Espinosa 388