Chapter XXXIX: State of Portugal 327

Expectation of peace 328

Disposition of the continental powers to resist Buonaparte 329

Plans of Soult and Marmont 330

Dorsenne enters Galicia 331

Abadia retreats 331

Lord Wellington observes Ciudad Rodrigo 332

Dorsenne recalled from Galicia 333

Movements of the French to throw supplies into Ciudad Rodrigo 333

The allies fall back 335

The French retire 338

Marmont boasts of his success 338

Girard in Extremadura 339

General Hill moves against him 340

Arroyo Molinos 341

The French surprised and routed there 342

Marques del Palacio appointed to the command in Valencia 345

His proclamation 345

He is superseded by Blake 347

Murviedro 349

Suchet takes possession of the town 350

The French repulsed in an assault 351

Oropesa taken by the enemy 352

A second assault repelled 353

Guerrilla movements in aid of Murviedro 353

Dispersion of the Empecinado’s troops 355

His subsequent successes in conjunction with Duran 355

A price set upon the heads of Mina and his officers 356

Mina’s success at Ayerbe 357

Cruchaga carries off the enemy’s stores from Tafalla 359

Mina’s object in soliciting for military rank 360

His decree for reprisals 361

Duran and the Empecinado separate 363

Battle of Murviedro 364

Murviedro surrendered 367

Valencia 369

Suchet summons the city 371

He establishes himself in the suburb and in the port 371

The army endeavours to escape 374

Xativa surrendered 374

Blake abandons the lines and retires into the city 375

The city a second time summoned 376

Suchet expects a desperate resistance 377

He bombards the city 378

Blake surrenders the city to the army 379