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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. VI.
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.
iii
CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME
CHAPTER XLI.
(CONTINUED.)
 Page
Duran enters Soria1
Members of the Junta of Burgos seized by the French and put to death2
Circumstances of the execution4
Treatment of their bodies5
Retaliatory executions6
El Manco7
Mutual retaliations7
Guerrilla exploits8
Intercepted letters from the Intruder9
Sir Rowland Hill’s expedition against the bridge of Almaraz12
Ballasteros defeated at Bornos16
Lord Wellington advances into Spain16
Salamanca17
The Tormes                        
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