CHAPTER XLIII

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Opinions of the opposition 122

Marquis Wellesley calls for inquiry 122

Lord Grenville 124

Mr. Ponsonby 125

Mr. Freemantle 125

Mr. Whitbread 125

Motion of thanks to the armies 127

Sir F. Burdett 127

Marquis Wellesley moves for a committee 129

Earl Grey 131

Earl of Liverpool 132

Earl Bathurst 132

Lord Holland 133

Lord Wellington goes to Cadiz 133

Arrangements concerning the Spanish armies 134

Lord Wellington goes to Lisbon 135

Relaxed discipline of the Portugueze army 135

Buonaparte withdraws troops from Spain 137

Exactions of the French 138

Longa’s movements in the North 138

Mina’s movements 140

Caffarelli recalled from Spain 141

Clausel endeavours to hunt Mina down 141

Renovales made prisoner 143

Castro de Urdiales taken by General Foy 143

Enormities committed there by the French 144

Marshal Soult called from Spain 145

The Intruder goes to Valladolid 145

Anglo-Sicilian army 146

Sir John Murray takes the command 146

Defeat of Elio’s corps 147

Suchet marches against the Anglo-Sicilian army 147

Battle of Castalla 149

Lord Wellington opens the campaign 153

The left of his army crosses the Douro 153

Affair near Salamanca 154

Passage of the Ezla 157

Sir Rowland Hill crosses the Douro 159

The French abandon Burgos 161

The Ebro 162

Passage of the Ebro 163

The French fall back upon Vittoria 163

Vittoria 165

Battle of Vittoria 166

Sir Thomas Graham proceeds against General Foy 175

The French driven from Tolosa 176

Foy retreats into France 177

Passages is surrendered 178

Castro abandoned by the enemy 178

Pancorbo taken 179

Clausel retires to Zaragoza 179

Preparations for the siege of Pamplona 180

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