Debates on the overture from Erfurth 341 Lord Grenville 341 Lord Auckland 341 Mr. Canning 341 Lord Henry Petty 343 Mr. Whitbread 343 Mr. Croker 346 Mr. Whitbread’s speech circulated by the French government 347 Debates on the campaign in Portugal 348 Both parties agree in extolling Sir John Moore 348 Inquiry into the campaign in Spain called for 349 Lord Grenville 349 Lord Erskine 349 Mr. Ponsonby 350 Lord Castlereagh 354 Mr. Tierney 354 Mr. Canning 357 Mr. Windham 361 Sir John Moore’s dispatches 367 Mr. Frere’s correspondence with Sir John Moore 372 Earl Grey 373 Earl of Liverpool 374 Mr. Canning 377 Earl Grey 381 Expedition to the Scheldt 382 Troops sent to Portugal 384 Earl of Buckinghamshire 384 CHAPTER XXII. Feelings of the Portugueze toward the English 387 Sir Arthur Wellesley’s instructions 388 General Beresford appointed commander-in-chief of the Portugueze army 389 He begins to reform the army 390 Intercepted letter from General Kellermann to Soult 392 Laborde sent to attack Silveira at Amarante 393 State of Penafiel when the French entered 394 The Bridge of Amarante 395 Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick killed in defending it 397 The French endeavour to throw a bridge over the river 398 Repeated attempts to effect the passage 399 Plan for demolishing the Portugueze entrenchments 400