Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 4: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 Numbers of the French in the Peninsula shown - Joseph commander-in chief - His dissensions with the French generals - His plans - Opposed by Soult, who recommends different operations and refuses to obey the king - Lord Wellington's plans described - His numbers - Colonel Sturgeon skilfully repairs the bridge of Alcantara - The advantage of this measure - The navigation of the Tagus and the Douro improved and extended - Rash conduct of a commissary on the douro-remark able letter of lord Wellington to lord Liverpool - Arrangements for securing the allies' flanks and operating against the enemy's flanks described - Marmont's plans - His military character - He restores discipline to the army of Portugal - His measures for that purpose, and the state of the French army described and compared with the state of the British army and Wellington's measures 213. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.