The French establish their hospital there 234 Preparations for defence at Porto 235 Advance of the French from Chaves 237 Tumults at Braga 238 General Freire murdered 240 The Portugueze routed before Braga 242 The French enter Braga 243 They appear before Porto 245 Oliveira murdered 246 The Bishop leaves the city 247 Porto taken 247 Massacre there 248 Soult remains in Porto 250 Disposition of the inhabitants 251 Marshal Soult’s views respecting the Liberals and the Jews 252 His hopes of becoming King of Northern Lusitania 254 He visits the Church of N. Senhor de Bouças 256 Chaves retaken by Silveira 260 Proceedings at Coimbra 262 Colonel Trant takes a position upon the Vouga 265 Cruelties of the French 268 Positions of the French and Portugueze 269 Romana captures the garrison at Villa Franca 270 Efforts of the Galicians 273 Barrios sent into Galicia 275 The Portugueze and Galicians blockade Tuy 276 Vigo 277 The Spaniards appear before Vigo 278 Recapture of that place 279 Blockade of Tuy 283 The Portugueze recross the Minho 284 The French in Tuy relieved and withdrawn 284 CHAPTER XX. Plans of the intrusive government 286 Effect of the war upon the French soldiery 287 Temper of the Spanish generals in La Mancha and Extremadura 290 Reforms in the Spanish army 291 The Duque del Alburquerque 291 He proposes offensive operations 292 They are undertaken when too late 293 The Duke sent to join Cuesta 294