Chapter VI: General insurrection 334

Deputies from Asturias sent to England 337

Insurrection at Coruña 338

Excesses of the populace 341

Juntas established every where 342

Formation of the Junta of Seville 342

They declare war against France 346

Solano hesitates to co-operate with them 346

He refuses the assistance of the British squadron 348

Solano summons a council of officers 349

They exhort the people not to engage in hostilities with the
French 350

The people insist upon taking arms 352

Solano is advised to withdraw 353

He is murdered by the mob 354

Morla appointed Governor of Cadiz 356

Surrender of the French squadron 358

Massacre at Valencia 362

Punishment of the assassins 368

Duhesme fails in an attempt to occupy Lerida 370

Palafox escapes from Bayonne to Zaragoza 371

Insurrection in that city 373

Palafox made Captain-General of Aragon 374

Jovellanos and Cabarrus at Zaragoza 374

Palafox declares war against France 376

Addresses to the people 378

Proclamation of the Junta of Seville 386

Directions for conducting the war 391

Measures for enrolling the people 394

Appeal to the French soldiers 395

Movements of the French against the insurgents 397

Murat leaves Spain 398

Several Frenchmen poisoned by the wine at Madrid 397