History of the Peninsular War, Volume 5 (of 6)Southey, Robert
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History of the Peninsular War, Volume 5 (of 6)
Southey, Robert
Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Tortosa surrendered 29
Sentence on the governor for surrendering it 29
Col de Balaguer surrendered 30
Commodore Mends destroys the batteries on the north coast of
Spain 31
Expedition under Renovales to Santona 32
Wreck of the Spanish vessels 34
Expedition under Lord Blayney 35
Mountains of Ronda 35
Ortiz de Zarate 35
Lord Blayney sails from Gibraltar 38
He lands near the castle of Frangerola 38
Failure of the expedition 39
Lord Blayney and the British troops taken 41
Defeat of general Blake 41
Irregular war 42
State of the guerrilla warfare 48
Andalusia 48
Mountains of Ronda 49
Extremadura 51
D. Toribio Bustamente 51
D. Francisco Abad, el Chaleco 52
Ciria, the Nero of La Mancha 53
New Castille 54
D. Ventura Ximenez 54
Guerrilla banditti 55
Crimes of Pedrazuela and his wife 56
Alcalde of Brihuega 57
Joseph’s escape from the Empecinado 57
Desertion of the Juramentados 58
Junta of Guadalaxara 59
The Medico 59
Fourscore French burnt in a chapel 60
Cruelties and retaliations 60
Old Castille 61
The Cura 61
Aragon 62
The Canterero 63
Alcalde of Mondragon 64
Asturias 64
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