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I N THE P ENINSULA WITH A F RENCH H USSAR

I N THE P ENINSULA WITH A F RENCH H USSAR

M EMOIRS OF THE W AR OF THE F RENCH IN S PAIN

Albert Jean Michel de Rocca

Introduction by Philip Haythornthwaite

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In the Peninsula with a French Hussar

A Greenhill Book

First published in 1990 by Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited

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This edition published in 2017 by

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This edition Lionel Leventhal Limited, 1990

Introduction Philip Haythornthwaite, 1990

ISBN: 978-1-47388-261-4

eISBN: 978-1-47388-263-8

Mobi ISBN: 978-147388-262-1

Publishing History

In the Peninsula with a French Hussar was first published in Paris in 1814 as Mmoires sur la Guerre des Franais en Espagne. This edition presents, complete and unabridged, the entire text of the first English language edition, translated by Maria Graham, published in London, 1815, (John Murray). A new Introduction by Philip Haythornthwaite has been added to this edition, plus maps.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

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CHRONOLOGY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR

(entries involving de Rocca in italics)

1807:	18 October	Junot crosses the Bidassoa
30 November	Junot enters Lisbon
1808:	9 February	Duhesme enters Catalonia
2 May	Insurrection in Madrid
15 June17 August	First siege of Saragossa, ending in French withdrawal
14 July	Battle of Medina del Rio Seco: Bessires defeats Cuesta
19 July	Battle of Baylen: Dupont defeated by Castaos
8 August	Disembarkation of British expeditionary force in Portugal
17 August	Battle of Rolia (or Roleia): Wellesley defeats Delaborde
21 August	Battle of Vimeiro: Wellesley defeats Junot
22 August	Convention of Cintra between Junot and British allows French to quit Portugal
September	2nd Hussars leave Prussia to go to Spain
9 November	Capture of Burgos by Soult
10 November	2nd Hussars march into Burgos
23 November	Battle of Tudela: Lannes defeats Castaos
30 November	Battle of Somosierra: Napoleon defeats San Juan
5 December	2nd Hussars reviewed by Napoleon
19 December	2nd Hussars form part of garrison of Madrid
20 December20 February 1809	Second siege of Saragossa, ending in French victory
21 December	Paget defeats Debelle at Sahagun
29 December	Paget defeats Lefebvre-Desnouttes at Benevente
1809:	3 January	Action at Cacabelos in which French general Colbert is killed in skirmish with Moores rearguard
13 January	2nd Hussars leave Madrid
16 January	Battle of Corunna: Moore defeats Soult; Moore is killed and his army is evacuated
16 March	Action at Almaraz: Victor defeats Cuesta
28 March	Soult captures Oporto
28 March	Battle of Medellin: Victor defeats Cuesta
12 May	Action at Oporto: Wellesley defeats Soult and French evacuate Portugal
20 May	De Rocca ordered from Spain to return home to recruit; then sent to Flanders as a result of the British expedition to Walcheren
4 June11 December	Siege of Gerona, ending in French victory
28 July	Battle of Talavera: Wellesley defeats Victor
19 November	Battle of Ocana: Soult defeats Areizago
Late 1809early 1810	De Rocca returns to Spain
1810:	22 January	De Rocca skirmishes with Porlieres Spanish guerrillas
16 March	De Rocca engaged in heavy skirmish with guerrillas near Campillos
1 May	De Rocca wounded in guerrilla ambush near Ronda
6 June10 July	Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo; city captured by the French
22 June	De Rocca leaves Ronda to begin convalescence
24 July	Action on River Coa: Ney engages Craufurd
End July	De Rocca leaves Spain
1527 August	Siege of Almeida; city captured by Massena
27 September	Battle of Busaco: Wellington defeats Massena
9 OctoberMarch 1811	Massena halted by Lines of Torres Vedras; he retires after his army starves during the winter
1811:	27 January11 March	Siege of Badajoz; city captured by the French
4 March	Battle of Barossa: Graham defeats Victor
16 March	Action at Foz dArouce: Wellington pursues French
3 April	Action at Sabugal: Wellington defeats Reynier
5 May	Battle of Fuentes de Onoro: Wellington defeats Massena
16 May	Battle of Albuera: Beresford defeats Soult
24 May28 June	Siege of Tarragona: city captured by Suchet
14 June	Action at Sanguesa: Caffarelli defeats Minas guerrillas
22 June	Action at Cifuentes: Hugo defeats guerrillas of El Empecinado (Juan Diaz)
1 October	Action at Tarifa: British repulse French
28 October	Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos: Hill defeats Girard
26 December9 January 1812	Siege of Valencia: city captured by Suchet
1812:	19 January	Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends with Wellingtons capture of city
16 March6 April	Siege of Badajoz: city captured by Wellington
22 July	Battle of Salamanca: Wellington defeats Marmont
13 August	Wellington enters Madrid
19 September	Siege of Burgos: Wellington abandons the siege and retires
2 November	French re-enter Madrid
1813:	12 June	French abandon Madrid
21 June	Battle of Vittoria: Wellington defeats Joseph and jourdan

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