History of the Peninsular War, Volume 6 (of 6)Southey, Robert
History
History of the Peninsular War, Volume 6 (of 6)
Southey, Robert
Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Rochejaquelein comes to the British camp 355
Lord Wellington refuses to send an expedition to the coast of
Poitou 357
Suchet fails in an attempt to surprise a British corps 358
The German troops in Barcelona disarmed 359
Troops withdrawn from Suchet’s army 359
Failure of an attempt against the enemy at Molins del Rey 360
Farther drafts from Suchet’s army 361
He retires to Gerona 361
Van Halen opens a correspondence with Eroles 363
He deserts from the French army 363
His scheme for recovering certain places 364
The deceit tried at Tortosa 365
It fails there 367
Attempt at Lerida 368
And at Mequinenza, where it succeeds 369
Success at Lerida 370
And at Monzon 372
The three garrisons made prisoners 373
Suchet dismantles Gerona and other places 374
State of Lord Wellington’s army 375
Operations are renewed 376
Preparations for crossing the Adour 378
The Adour 379
Passage of the Adour 381
Entrance of the flotilla 386
A bridge carried over the Adour 389
Passage of the Gaves 391
Orthes 392
Battle of Orthes 394
The French driven from Aire 399
Soult draws nearer the Pyrenees 400
The allies enter Pau 401
Deputies arrive from Bourdeaux 402
The Duc d’Angoulême proceeds thither with Marshal Beresford 402
The Landes 403
The Buonapartists withdraw from Bourdeaux 404
The Duc enters, and the white flag is hoisted there 405
Failure of the negotiations at Chatillon 407
Soult’s proclamation 409
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account