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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...move about and work (30 Jan., 1811), 209; efforts making to send him some cavalry (4 Feb., 1811), 229; effect of Foy's arrival (13 Feb., 1811), 259; his unaccountable stay, and increasing difficulties (15 Feb., 1811), 262; state of the troops according to Clausel'saidede camp(24 Feb., 1811), 314; evacuation of Santarem (6 March, 1811), 344; detail of the pursuit, and of actions with his troops (7 March, 1811), 345, el seq.; mode in which he conducts his disastrous and barbarous retreat (14 March, 1811), 358; retreat to the Coa (25 March and 2 April, 1811),399,425; manoeuvred out of Guarda (30 March, 1811), 412, 425; forced over the Coa (4 April, 1811), 428; loss at Sabugal (8 April, 1811), 429, 441; instance of his ill faith in an exchange of prisoners, 441; expulsion from Portugal, his loss, and force still left (9 April, 1811), 448; information sent to, from Paris, derived from Lord Wellington's dispatches (25 April, 1811), 508; his head-quarters at Ciudad Rodrigo (1 May, 1811), 515; letter to, cause of the retention of Captain Salles (11 May, 1811), 543; goes to France (23 May, 1811), 597. Matagorda Fort, lost (2 May, 1810), vi. 81, 82; loss of the enemy at, 83. Mathieu, General, repulse of (18 May, 1813), x. 457, note; force brought by, from Barcelona (1 July, 1813), 478. Matos, pass, importance of (11 Oct., 1810), vi. 503. Maya, Puerto de, loss of (2i July, 1813), x. 570; guns lost in (1 Aug., 1813), 588., loss of guns at, attributed to accident (13 Sey/., 1813), xi. 107. Medal, applications of officers for (1 Dec, 1810), vii. 20; to wear it on ordinary occasions at the button-hole, instead of round the neck (11 Dec, 1810), 40; how to he worn (3 Feb., 1811), 225., observations on the distribution of medals to British officers, for distinguished merit o...
