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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. 1837. Excerpt: ... 1810), vii. 59; a wonderful machine (26 Jan., 1811), 194,195; its peculiar organization, discipline, losses, and authorized plunder, 195. Army, French, its gross amount and cost (31 Jan. 1812), viii. 584, 585. Army, Portuguese, the whole machine of, falling to pieces (8 Jan., 1811), vii. 122. Aroza, Island of, preference of to the Bayona Islands for a dep6t(l March, 1812), viii. 646. Arrears of pay of the army seldom less than three months' (9 June, 1812), ix. 221; four months' (30 June, 1812), 264; five mouths' (28 July, 1812), 319. Arrest, length of time an officer had been in, from the difficulty of collecting witnesses for a Court Martial (3 Feb., 1813), x. 83. Arroyo Molinos, detailed account of the affair at (6 Nov., 1811), viii. 379, et seq. Arronches, the most unhealthy place in Alentejo (29 Sept., 1811), viii. 300. Arsenal, Portugal, proposed reforms in (12 June, 1811), viii. 8; improvements in (25 June, 1811), 48. Artillery, letter to the officer commanding (8 July, 1809), iv. 497., reasons for not bringing away from Poitugal, in the event of an embarkation (14 Nov., 1809), v. 278., absurd notion of precision of the five of, in a siege, being unnecessary (l&Feb., 1812), viii. 61li. equipment, arrangements and state of, previous to the campaign of 1813 (27 Jan., 1813), x. 49., British, dependence of the allied armies in Spain on (18 Oct., 1812), ix. 505. Artillery, Spanish, unexceptionable, the Portuguese excellent (25 Aug., 1809), v. 84. Arzobispo, Spanish force at the bridge (5July, 1809), iv. 513; propriety of crossing the Tagus at (6 Aug., 1809), 563., reasons for retiring to the bridge of (8 Aug., 1809), v. 7; and its results, 8; question of destroying the bridge of (9 Aug., 1809), 17; surprise of the Spanish outposts at, by the French, and c...
