CHAPTER XLII
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Appeal of the Intruder to the Spaniards 47
State of Madrid 48
Measures of the Intruder before the battle of Salamanca 49
Advance of the allies 50
Affair at Majalahonda 51
The enemy retire from Madrid 51
The allies enter 52
The new constitution proclaimed there 52
The Buen Retiro 53
Surrender of the Retiro 56
The constitution sworn to 56
General Foy’s movement 58
Measures of police at Madrid 59
Lord Wellington’s situation 61
Anglo-Sicilian army 62
Majorcan division 63
The expedition arrives on the coast of Catalonia 64
Defeat of the Spaniards at Castalla 65
The expedition lands at Alicante 66
The French fall back to the Xucar 66
They withdraw from Santander 67
And are driven from Bilbao 67
State of the Galician army 67
The French break up the siege of Cadiz 68
Movement of General La Cruz Mourgeon and Colonel Skerrett upon Seville 69
Brigadier-General Downie 69
The French driven from Seville 71
Rejoicing in that city 73
Honours rendered to Lord Wellington 74
St. Teresa appointed co-patroness of Spain 74
Lord Wellington commander-in-chief of the Spanish armies 77
His situation at Madrid 77
He moves toward Burgos 79
The French withdraw from Valladolid 79
The allies advance to Burgos 80
Burgos 81
The allies enter Burgos 85
Castle of Burgos 86
The horn-work on St. Miguel’s taken 87
Failure in assaulting the first line 89
A second assault fails 90
A third by daylight proves successful 91
Major Cocks 93
The second line assaulted with ill success 95
Movement of the French in the North 95
Ballasteros refuses to act under the British commander 96
He is exiled to Ceuta 97
General Maitland gives up the command of the Anglo-Sicilian army 98
Unsuccessful attempt upon Denia 99
The French prepare to march from the South against Lord Wellington 99
Castle of Chinchilla taken by them 99
They begin their march 100
Lord Wellington raises the siege of Burgos 101
Retreat from Burgos 101
Disorder during the retreat 102
The allies halt 104
Sir Rowland Hill retreats from the Xarama 106
State of Madrid 107
The allies withdraw from Madrid 107
The French enter 108
Junction of the retreating armies 109
Junction of the French armies 110
Lord Wellington retreats to Salamanca 111
And from thence to the Agueda 112
Sufferings of the army 112
Sir Edward Paget made prisoner 114
Lord Wellington reaches Ciudad Rodrigo 115
The French retire to the Tormes 116
Castle of Alba de Tormes evacuated 116
Lord Wellington’s circular letter to the commanding officers of battalions 117
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