History of the War in Spain and Portugal, from 1807 to 1814, Side 140

advanced guard allied army Almeida Andalusia arrived artillery attack Badajoz battle besieged Blake blockade brave breach Buonaparte Buonaparte's Busaco Cadiz campaign capitulation Catalonia cavalry Ciudad-Rodrigo Colonel column command corps defeated defended detached division Douro Duke enemy English army Estremadura evacuated favour fifteenth fighting fire forced France French army garrison governor Guadiana honour hundred infantry inhabitants intrenchments Junot La Romana Lefèvre Lisbon Lord Wel Lord Wellington Lordship loss Madrid manoeuvred manœuvres Marmont Marshal Ney Marshal Soult Marshal Suchet Massena ment Mondego Mortier movement neighbourhood neral night obliged occupied officer Oporto peninsula Portugal Portuguese position possession prisoners provinces of Spain rear guard reinforcements rendered resistance retreat road Salamanca Sebastiani sent Seville siege Sierra Sierra Morena Sir Arthur sixteenth soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish success superior surrender Tagus taken Talavera Tarragona tenth tion took Tormes Torres-Vedras town twenty thousand twenty-eighth twenty-sixth Valentia victory whilst wounded