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Dissensions in the Spanish court--Secret treaty and convention of Fontainebleau--Junot's army enters Spain--Dupont's and Moncey's corps enter Spain--Duhesme's corps enters Catalonia--Insurrections of Aranjuez and Madrid--Charles the fourth abdicates--Ferdinand proclaimed king--Murat marches to Madrid--Refuses to recognise Ferdinand as king--The sword of Francis the first delivered to the French general--Savary arrives at Madrid--Ferdinand goes to Bayonne--Charles the fourth goes to Bayonne--The fortresses of St. Sebastian, Figueras, Pampeluna, and Barcelona, treacherously seized by the French--Riot at Toledo, 23d April--Tumult at Madrid, 2d of May--Charles the fourth abdicates a second time in favour of Napoleon--Assembly of notables at Bayonne--Joseph Buonaparte declared king of Spain--Arrives at Madrid. 12

Council of Castile refuses to take the oath of allegiance--Supreme junta established at Seville--Marquis of Solano murdered at Cadiz, and the Conde d'Aguilar at Seville--Intercourse between Casta?os and sir Hew Dalrymple--General Spencer and admiral Purvis offer to co-operate with the Spaniards--Admiral Rossily's squadron surrenders to Morla--General insurrection--Massacre at Valencia--Horrible murder of Filanghieri. 32

New French corps formed in Navarre--Duhesme fixes himself at Barcelona--Importance of that city--Napoleon's military plan and arrangements. 45

First operations of marshal Bessieres--Spaniards defeated at Cabe?on, at Segovia, at Logro?o, at Torquemada--French take St. Ander--Lefebre Desnouettes defeats the Spaniards on the Ebro, on the Huecha, on the Xalon--First siege of Zaragoza--Observations. 62

Operations in Catalonia--General Swartz marches against the town of Manresa, and general Chabran against Taragona--French defeated at Bruch--Chabran recalled--Burns Arbos--Marches against Bruch--Retreats--Duhesme assaults Gerona--Is repulsed with loss--Action on the Llobregat--General insurrection of Catalonia--Figueras blockaded--General Reille relieves it--First siege of Gerona--The marquis of Palacios arrives in Catalonia with the Spanish troops from the Balearic isles, declared captain-general under St. Narcissus, re-establishes the line of the Llobregat--The count of Caldagues forces the French lines at Gerona--Duhesme raises the siege and returns to Barcelona--Observations--Moncey marches against Valencia, defeats the Spaniards at Pajaso, at the Siete Aguas, and at Quarte--Attacks Valencia, is repulsed, marches into Murcia, forces the passage of the Xucar, defeats Serbelloni at San Felippe, arrives at San Clemente--Insurrection at Cuenca, quelled by general Caulincourt--Observations 74

Second operations of Bessieres--Blake's and Cuesta's armies unite at Benevente--Generals disagree--Battle of Rio Seco--Bessieres' endeavours to corrupt the Spanish generals fail--Bessieres marches to invade Gallicia, is recalled, and falls back to Burgos--Observations 101

Dupont marches against Andalusia, forces the bridge of Alcolea, takes Cordoba--Alarm at Seville--Casta?os arrives, forms a new army--Dupont retreats to Andujar, attacks the town of Jaen--Vedel forces the pass of Despe?as Perros, arrives at Baylen--Spanish army arrives on the Guadalquivir--General Gobert defeated and killed--Generals Vedel and Darfour retire to Carolina--General Reding takes possession of Baylen--Dupont retires from Andujar--Battle of Baylen--Dupont's capitulation, eighteen thousand French troops lay down their arms--Observations--Joseph holds a council of war, resolves to abandon Madrid--Impolicy of so doing 112

Spanish general Belesta seizes general Quesnel and retires to Gallicia--Insurrection at Oporto--Junot disarms and confines the Spanish soldiers near Lisbon--General Avril's column returns to Estremos--General Loison marches from Almeida against Oporto; is attacked at Mezam Frias; crosses the Douero; attacked at Castro d'A?o; recalled to Lisbon--French driven out of the Algarves--The fort of Figueras taken--Abrantes and Elvas threatened--Setuval in commotion--General Spencer appears off the Tagus--Junot's plan--Insurrection at Villa Viciosa suppressed--Colonel Maransin takes Beja with great slaughter of the patriots--The insurgents advance from Leria, fall back--Action at Leria--Loison arrives at Abrantes--Observations on his march--French army concentrated--The Portuguese general Leite, aided by a Spanish corps, takes post at Evora--Loison crosses the Tagus; defeats Leite's advanced guard at Montemor--Battle of Evora--Town taken and pillaged--Unfriendly conduct of the Spaniards--Loison reaches Elvas; collects provisions; is recalled by Junot--Observations 155

Political and military retrospect--Mr. Fox's conduct contrasted with that of his successors--General Spencer sent to the Mediterranean--Sir John Moore withdrawn from thence; arrives in England; sent to Sweden--Spencer arrives at Gibraltar--Ceuta, the object of his expedition--Spanish insurrection diverts his attention to Cadiz; wishes to occupy that city--Spaniards averse to it--Prudent conduct of sir Hew Dalrymple and lord Collingwood--Spencer sails to Ayamonte; returns to Cadiz; sails to the mouth of the Tagus; returns to Cadiz--Prince Leopold of Sicily and the duke of Orleans arrive at Gibraltar--Curious intrigue--Army assembled at Cork by the whig administration, with a view to permanent conquest in South America, the only disposable British force--Sir A. Wellesley takes the command--Contradictory instructions of the ministers--Sir John Moore returns from Sweden; ordered to Portugal--Sir Hew Dalrymple appointed commander of the forces--Confused arrangements made by the ministers 169

Sir A. Wellesley quits his troops and proceeds to Coru?a--Junta refuse assistance in men, but ask for and obtain money--Sir Arthur goes to Oporto; arranges a plan with the bishop; proceeds to the Tagus; rejoins his troops; joined by Spencer; disembarks at the Mondego; has an interview with general Freire d'Andrada; marches to Leria--Portuguese insurrection weak--Junot's position and dispositions--Laborde marches to Alcoba?a, Loison to Abrantes--General Freire separates from the British--Junot quits Lisbon with the reserve--Laborde takes post at Rori?a--Action of Rori?a--Laborde retreats to Montachique--Sir A. Wellesley marches to Vimiero--Junot concentrates his army at Torres Vedras 187

Portuguese take Abrantes--Generals Ackland and Anstruther land and join the British army at Vimiero--Sir Harry Burrard arrives--Battle of Vimiero--Junot defeated--Sir Hew Dalrymple arrives--Armistice--Terms of it--Junot returns to Lisbon--Negotiates for a convention--Sir John Moore's troops land--State of the public mind in Lisbon--The Russian admiral negotiates separately--Convention concluded--the Russian fleet surrenders upon terms--Conduct of the people at Lisbon--The Monteiro Mor requires sir Charles Cotton to interrupt the execution of the convention--Sir John Hope appointed commandant of Lisbon; represses all disorders--Disputes between the French and English commissioners--Reflections thereupon 207

The bishop and junta of Oporto aim at the supreme power; wish to establish the seat of government at Oporto; their intrigues; strange proceedings of general Decken; reflections thereupon--Clamour raised against the convention in England and in Portugal; soon ceases in Portugal--The Spanish general Galluzzo refuses to acknowledge the convention; invests fort Lalippe; his proceedings absurd and unjustifiable--Sir John Hope marches against him; he alters his conduct--Garrison of Lalippe--March to Lisbon--Embarked--Garrison of Almeida; march to Oporto; attacked and plundered by the Portuguese--Sir Hew Dalrymple and sir Harry Burrard recalled to England--Vile conduct of the daily press--Violence of public feeling--Convention, improperly called, of Cintra--Observations--On the action of Rori?a--On the battle of Vimiero--On the convention 236

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