Chapter XXXVII: Opinions of the opposition writers at this time 190

Address of the Portugueze government to the people 193

Lord Wellington asks relief for the suffering Portugueze 195

Parliamentary grant for the relief of the Portugueze 196

Earl Grosvenor demurs at it 196

Marquis of Lansdowne 197

Mr. Ponsonby 197

Public subscription 198

Honourable acknowledgement of this relief by the Prince of Brazil 198

Distribution of the grant 198

Children famished at Santarem 199

State in which the French left the country they had occupied 199

Pombal 200

Santarem 200

Leyria 201

Political effect of this distribution 203

Marshal Beresford goes to Alentejo 205

Valencia de Alcantara, Alburquerque, and Campo Mayor taken by the
French 206

Beresford arrives on the frontier 206

Affair near Campo Mayor 207

Measures concerted with the Spaniards 209

Bridge constructed at Jurumenha 210

Passage of the Guadiana 211

Olivença retaken 212

Claim of the Portugueze to that place 213

The French retire from Extremadura 215

Siege of Badajoz undertaken 216

Bridge at Jurumenha swept away 217

Lord Wellington recalled to Beira 218

Inactivity of the Spanish commander in Galicia 218

Country between the Agueda and Coa 219

Massena’s address to his army 220

Battle of Fuentes d’Onoro 220

The French retire 227

Escape of the garrison from Almeida 228

Marmont succeeds Massena in the command 230

Lord Wellington recalled to Alentejo 231

Badajoz besieged 231

Interruption of the siege 232

Arrangement between Lord Wellington and Castaños concerning the
command 233

Reasons for giving battle 234

The allies assemble at Albuhera 234

Battle of Albuhera 236

Siege of Badajoz resumed 244

Unsuccessful attempts upon Fort Christoval 245

The siege raised 246

Junction of Soult and Marmont 247

The allies take a position within the Portugueze frontier 248

Soult boasts of his success 249

Blake’s movements 250

He fails at Niebla and returns to Cadiz 251

The French armies separate 252