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HISTORY
OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR.

“Unto thee
“Let thine own times as an old story be.”
Donne.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL.D.
POET LAUREATE,

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY, OF THE
ROYAL SPANISH ACADEMY OF HISTORY, OF THE ROYAL
INSTITUTE OF THE NETHERLANDS, OF THE
CYMMRODORION, OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ETC.

A NEW EDITION.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.
MDCCCXXXVII.


Ἱστορίας γὰρ ἐὰν ἀφέλῃ τις τὸ διὰ τί, καὶ πῶς, καὶ τίνος χάρινἐπράχθη, καὶ τὸ πραχθὲν πότερα εὔλογον ἔσχε τὸ τέλος, τὸ καταλειπόμενοναὐτῆς ἀγώνισμα μὲν, μάθημα δὲ οὐ γίγνεται· καὶπαραυτίκα μὲν τέρπει, πρὸς δὲ τὸ μέλλον οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ τὸ παράπαν.

Polybius, lib. iii. sect. 31.


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CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

 Page
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Marshal Macdonald succeeds Augereau in Catalonia1
Siege of Mequinenza2
Mequinenza taken4
Lili appointed to the command in Tortosa4
Tortosa5
Preparations for the siege of that city6
The enemy appear before it7
O’Donell visits the city8
Macdonald enters the plain of Tarragona9
Affair near Tarragona10
Macdonald retires10
O’Donell surprises the enemy at La Bisbal11
The enemy’s batteries on the coast destroyed15
Captured provisions purchased for the French in Barcelona...

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