Soult enters Portugal--Action at Monterey--Franceschi makes great slaughter of the Spaniards--Portuguese retreat upon Chaves--Romana flies to Puebla Senabria--Portuguese mutiny--Three thousand throw themselves into Chaves--Soult takes that town--Marches upon Braga--Forces the defiles of Ruivaens and Venda Nova--Tumults and disorders in the Portuguese camp at Braga--Murder of general Friere and others--Battle of Braga--Soult marches against Oporto--Disturbed state of that town--Sylveira retakes Chaves--The French force the passage of the Ave--The Portuguese murder general Vallonga--French appear in front of Oporto--Negotiate with the bishop--Violence of the people--General Foy taken--Battle of Oporto--The city stormed with great slaughter 183 CHAPTER III. Operations of the first and fourth corps--General state of the French army--Description of the valley of the Tagus--Inertness of marshal Victor--Albuquerque and Cartoajal dispute--The latter advance in La Mancha--General Sebastiani wins the battle of Ciudad Real--Marshal Victor forces the passage of the Tagus, and drives Cuesta’s army from all its positions--French cavalry checked at Miajadas--Victor crosses the Guadiana at Medellin--Albuquerque joins Cuesta’s army--Battle of Medellin--Spaniards totally defeated--Victor ordered, by the king, to invade Portugal--Opens a secret communication with some persons in Badajos--The peasants of Albuera discover the plot, which fails--Operations of general Lapisse--He drives back sir R. Wilson’s posts, and makes a slight attempt to take Ciudad Rodrigo--Marches suddenly towards the Tagus, and forces the bridge of Alcantara--Joins Victor at Merida--General insurrection along the Portuguese frontier--The central junta remove Cartoajal from the command, and increase Cuesta’s authority, whose army is reinforced--Joseph discontented with Lapisse’s movement--Orders Victor to retake the bridge of Alcantara 208 CHAPTER IV.