CHAPTER XLIV

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Expedition from Alicante 181

Col de Balaguer taken by the Anglo-Sicilian army 182

The expedition lands near Tarragona 183

Suchet’s movements for the relief of that place 185

Sir John Murray raises the siege 186

Suchet approaches Col de Balaguer and retires again 188

Sir John re-lands the troops 189

Lord W. Bentinck takes the command 190

Fort at Col de Balaguer demolished 190

Unsuccessful movements of the Spaniards in Valencia 191

The expedition returns to Alicante 192

Suchet’s measures after the battle of Vittoria 192

Lord Wellington undertakes the siege of S. Sebastian’s 193

Clausel retreats into France by way of Jaca 193

Duran invites Mina to act with him for the deliverance of Zaragoza 194

Affair before Zaragoza 195

Second sally of the French 197

Duran arrives before the city 197

The French withdraw from the city, leaving a garrison 198

Suchet draws off the remaining garrisons in Aragon 201

Duran enters Zaragoza 202

Mina takes the command 203

The Aljaferia surrendered 204

Conduct of the Zaragozans during their captivity 204

S. Sebastian’s 207

Distribution of the allied army 208

Siege of S. Sebastian’s 210

Convent of S. Bartolomé taken 211

The batteries open 213

Unsuccessful assault 214

The siege suspended 217

Soult appointed Commander-in-chief 218

His address to the troops 219

Critical situation of the allied army 220

Soult’s movements for the relief of Pamplona 221

Battles of the Pyrenees 222

Siege of S. Sebastian’s resumed 230

Preparations for assaulting the town 233

Soult moves for its relief 234

Assault of the town 234

Sir James Leith wounded 238

Sir Richard Fletcher slain 239

The town taken 239

The French defeated in their attempt to relieve it 241

Siege of the castle 244

Excesses committed in the town 246

The garrison surrenders 247

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