TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example nov^r or 28^{th}. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book. This is volume 6 of 6. Similar to volumes 4 and 5, this volume had a date (Year. Month) as a margin header on most pages. This information about the chronology of the narrative has been preserved as a Sidenote to the relevant paragraph on that page, whenever the header date changed. The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. With a few exceptions noted at the end of the book, variant spellings of names have not been changed. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. Volume 1 of this series can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67318 Volume 2 of this series can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67554 Volume 3 of this series can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68187 Volume 4 of this series can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68536 Volume 5 of this series can be found at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69220 HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM THE YEAR 1807 TO THE YEAR 1814. BY W. F. P. NAPIER, C.B. _COLONEL H. P. FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES._ VOL. VI. PREFIXED TO WHICH ARE SEVERAL JUSTIFICATORY PIECES IN REPLY TO COLONEL GURWOOD, MR. ALISON, SIR WALTER SCOTT, LORD BERESFORD, AND THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. LONDON: THOMAS & WILLIAM BOONE, NEW BOND-STREET. MDCCCXL. LONDON: MARCHANT, PRINTER, INGRAM-COURT, FENCHURCH-STREET. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Notice and Justification, &c., &c. Page i BOOK XXI. CHAPTER I. Lord Wellington blockades Pampeluna, besieges St. Sebastian—Operations on the eastern coast of Spain—General Elio’s misconduct—Sir John Murray sails to attack Taragona—Colonel Prevot takes St. Felippe de Balaguer—Second siege of Taragona—Suchet and Maurice Mathieu endeavour to relieve the place—Sir John Murray raises the siege—Embarks with the loss of his guns—Disembarks again at St. Felippe de Balaguer—Lord William Bentinck arrives—Sir John Murray’s trial—Observations Page 1