CHAPTER XLVI
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Buonaparte’s speech to his council 344
Proceedings of the French government 345
Comte Dejean 345
Regnaud de S. Jean d’Angely 345
Lacepède 346
Buonaparte’s speech to the Legislative Assembly 347
British regulations for trading with the captured French ports 347
Injury done by destroying the woods in this part of the Pyrenees 350
Movements in the month of January 352
False reports circulated by the French government 353
The Duc d’Angoulême goes to Lord Wellington’s army 354
Rochejaquelein comes to the British camp 355
Lord Wellington refuses to send an expedition to the coast of Poitou 357
Suchet fails in an attempt to surprise a British corps 358
The German troops in Barcelona disarmed 359
Troops withdrawn from Suchet’s army 359
Failure of an attempt against the enemy at Molins del Rey 360
Farther drafts from Suchet’s army 361
He retires to Gerona 361
Van Halen opens a correspondence with Eroles 363
He deserts from the French army 363
His scheme for recovering certain places 364
The deceit tried at Tortosa 365
It fails there 367
Attempt at Lerida 368
And at Mequinenza, where it succeeds 369
Success at Lerida 370
And at Monzon 372
The three garrisons made prisoners 373
Suchet dismantles Gerona and other places 374
State of Lord Wellington’s army 375
Operations are renewed 376
Preparations for crossing the Adour 378
The Adour 379
Passage of the Adour 381
Entrance of the flotilla 386
A bridge carried over the Adour 389
Passage of the Gaves 391
Orthes 392
Battle of Orthes 394
The French driven from Aire 399
Soult draws nearer the Pyrenees 400
The allies enter Pau 401
Deputies arrive from Bourdeaux 402
The Duc d’Angoulême proceeds thither with Marshal Beresford 402
The Landes 403
The Buonapartists withdraw from Bourdeaux 404
The Duc enters, and the white flag is hoisted there 405
Failure of the negotiations at Chatillon 407
Soult’s proclamation 409
Admiral Penrose enters the Gironde 411
Proceedings at Valençay 414
Ferdinand set at liberty 416
His arrangement with Marshal Suchet 418
He writes from Gerona to the Regency 420
Ferdinand goes to Zaragoza 420
Soult resumes the offensive 421
He retreats upon Tarbes 422
Farther retreat to Toulouse 422
Passage of the Garonne 424
Toulouse 426
Soult’s position there 428
Battle of Toulouse 430
Soult retires from Toulouse 437
The allies enter 438
Louis XVIII proclaimed there 439
Sally of the French from Bayonne 439
Sir John Hope taken prisoner 441
The French repulsed 442
Suchet and Soult acknowledge the new government 444
Disposition of Ferdinand on his return 446
Impolitic measures of the Cortes 447
Cardinal Bourbon’s reception by Ferdinand 452
Elio meets the King 453
Ferdinand enters Valencia 453
The officers swear fidelity to him 455
General Wittingham’s advice 456
Memorial of the Serviles 457
Stone of the Constitution removed 458
Ferdinand’s declaration 459
He enters Madrid 465
Subsequent conduct of the people and of the government 466
Lord Wellington returns to England 467
He takes his seat in the House of Lords 468
The Lord Chancellor’s speech 468
The House of Commons congratulate him on his return 469
He returns thanks to the House 469
The Speaker’s speech 470
Conclusion 471
HISTORY
OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR.
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