The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes (58 page)

Somerset, FitzRoy, (Lord Raglan), 92, 167,116,123–24,127,132,161, 166, 201, 229, 231, 233,238, 242, 264–66,296, 300–302, 305

character of, xv charge of Light Brigade and, 309

code-breaking and, 284, 310

Scovell's promotion and, 100–101

Wellington and, 81–82, 309–10

Soult, Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu, duke of Dalmatia (“Iron Hand” “Sultan of Andalucia”), 58,105, 107, 136, 181

Albuera and, 98–99

amasses fortune in Andalucia, 243–49

attacked by Ballasteros, 193

Badajoz and, 149–50,154–56,158–59, 162, 178–80

character of, xviii cipher and, 114, 188

in command, after Vitoria, 298

Corunna and, 14–17, 20

desire of, to resign, 178

dispatches of, captured, 11, 64–66, 70, 77,172–74, 268

dispatches of, sent to Paris, 158–59

dispute of, with Joseph and French generals, 111–12,191–93, 204, 210, 221

in Frenada, 258

letter to Napoleon denouncing Joseph, 244–46, 254–56, 270–74

Oporto and escape of, from Portugal, 36–49, 53

recalled to France, 273–74

Salamanca and, 310

Southey, 307

Spain, 2

British army sets out for, 8–9

Cortes, 269

difficulty for French in, 66–68

France withdraws from, 280, 281

Joseph crowned king of, xviii Wellington enters, 61

Spanish allies, 155, 156, 266

Spanish army, 75, 83

Spanish cipher, 103

Spanish guerrillas, 261–62, 312

Spencer, Lord Charles, 257

Spencer, Lt. Gen. Brent, 98

Staff Cavalry Corps, 275, 277–82, 285, 287, 288, 296

in northern France, 303–4

Stewart, Maj. Gen. Charles, Lord Londonderry, 37, 40, 49, 79–80, 93, 125,265

character of, xvi–xvii, 24–25

Franceschi and, 65–66

Stone, Trooper, 218

Sturgeon, Lt. Col. Henry, 144n, 282

Suchet, Marshal, 136, 148, 157, 181, 192, 245–46, 255–56, 268, 298

Talavera de la Reyna, 2

Battle of, 75–77, 78, 84, 186

Taupin, 237

Telegraphic Signals or Marine Vocabulary
(Popham), 252

Telegraph system

in France, 68

supervised by Scovell, 103

Temprano (guerrilla), 126

Thomières, General, 230, 234–35, 237, 239

Tillet, Andre, 96
Times,
23, 266

Tomkinson, Capt. William, 95, 218, 220, 231,289

journal of, 311

Tories, 24, 185, 265

Torres Vedras, 83, 84, 95

Trafalgar, Battle of, 24

Treillard, General, 222

Trench, Lieutenant, 144n

Valencia Joseph moves to, 246, 255

siege of, 135,139, 146, 148

Valladolid, 188, 274,
280,
282, 286

Vega, Don Andes de la, 269

Velasquez paintings, 192

Vere, Charles, 305

Victor, Marshal, 58, 70

Vila Nova, Portugal, 35, 36

Villate, General, 286, 287, 295

Vimeiro, 2 Battle of, 9, 25, 27, 106, 311

Vitoria, 2,
280, 281

advance toward, 286–90

Battle of, 291–98

preparations for, 284–86

Wardle, Colonel, 31

Warre, Maj. William, 8, 21, 25, 45, 47, 49, 51, 85, 101,160,166,170,197, 207–8, 213–14, 220, 230, 239, 240, 272

Warwickshire Fencible, 28

Waterloo, Battle of, xv, 133, 299–302

Waters, Lieutenant Colonel, 107

Wellesley, Henry, Lord (Wellington's brother), 156, 179, 185,216

Wellington, General Arthur (Wellesley, duke of), xiii Albuera and, 98–100

Almaraz and, 179–81, 185–87

appeal of story of, x appointed to Portugal, 33

army reform and, 52, 285–286

Badajoz and, 106–8, 147–48, 151, 154–56, 158–67

becomes Viscount Wellington, 78

Brenier escape and, 96

Burgos and, 248–57

Cadiz trip of, 265–66

character and background of, xiii–xiv, 51–52, 78–79, 131

Ciudad Rodrigo and, 114–15, 119–21, 127–28, 134, 139–43, 145–46, 151

conduct of army and, 60–61, 72–73, 257, 296

De Lancey and, 43

early promotions of, 32 1813

campaign planned by, 270, 274

enters Spain, 9, 70

in Frenada, 123–24, 263–64, 274–75

French dispatches and, 66–67, 74, 77, 114,172–73,177–78,180–81, 190–93, 210–11, 221–24, 267–70

Fuentes de Oйoro and, 92–94

Goya portrait of, 246–47

histories of war and, 307–8

intelligence needed by, 61, 84–85

Madrid entered by, 246–48

Marmont and, xix, 116, 119–20, 126–27, 171,210–11

military colleges and, 308–9

Murray and, 55

Oporto and, 35–42, 58–60

papers of, reveal Scovell's skill, 311, 312

Popham and, 252

Portugal defended by, 83–84

Regnaud capture and, 124–25

Russian campaign and, 265–66

Salamanca and, 193–95,197–204, 206–7, 209–11, 215–20, 222–24, 227–34, 236, 238–42, 264–65

Scovell oversees communications of, 54, 55,102–3, 63, 252–53

Scovell's deciphering and, 188–89,193, 205–7,242,283–84,311–12

Scovell's relationship with, after war, 303–6, 309–10

Scovell's relationship with, during war, 51, 250–51

Souk's escape from Portugal and, 44–49

Spanish allies and, xvii, 66–67, 75, 77

staff and, xiv–xvii, 79–81, 132–33, 265, 301–2

Staff Cavalry and, 278–79

suppresses publicizing of breaking French code, 307–10

Talavera and, 75–77

Vimeiro and, 25–26

Vitoria and, 282–93,295, 296

wife and, 81

Waterloo and, 299–302

Wellington, Kitty (wife), 81

Whigs, 9, 24, 94, 264, 265

William, prince of Orange, 132, 133, 229, 239,242,290,301,302

Wycombites (“scientific soldiers”), 50–51, 53, 83, 94

York, duke of, 8

army reforms and, 50, 61

Clarke affair and, 31–32

As a journalist and former army officer, M
ARK
U
RBAN
has the perspective of an eyewitness to the most crucial political events of the last twenty-five years. He lives in London and is a prominent BBC
Newsnight
correspondent.

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