The Powers of Europe and Fall of Sebastopol

CHAPTER III.

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Joseph Bonaparte again King of Spain--His Difficulties with Soult --Second Siege of Saragossa--Another English Army, under Sir Arthur Wellesley, lands at Lisbon--Battle of Talavera--The English retire into Portugal--Siege of Gerona--Principal Events of the Campaign of 1810--The English Troops make a Stand at Torres Vedras--Retreat of Massena--Siege of Cadiz--Escape of French Prisoners--Opening of the Campaign of 1811, 99