A Military Romance.
BY
JAMES GRANT,
AUTHOR OF
"SECOND TO NONE," "THE ROMANCE OF WAR," "THE YELLOW FRIGATE,"
ETC. ETC.
"Memories fast are thronging o'er me,
Of the grand old fields of Spain;
How he faced the charge of Junot,
And the fight where Moore was slain.
Oh the years of weary waiting
For the glorious chance he sought,
For the slowly ripened harvest
That life's latest autumn brought."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL.
1865.
LONDON:
SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,
COVENT-GARDEN.
CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
CHAP.
I. PLAYING WITH FIRE
II. THE POISONED WINE
III. PADRE FLOREZ
IV. THE ARMY MARCHES
V. HALT AT AZUMAR
VI. THE ADVANCE INTO SPAIN
VII. RETROGRESSION
VIII. A MESSAGE FROM THE ENEMY
IX. THE PRISONER
X. THE COURT-MARTIAL
XI. LOVE ME
XII. THE OLD BRIGADIER
XIII. THE RETREAT
XIV. FRESH DISASTERS
XV. A SMILE OF FORTUNE
XVI. PIQUE
XVII. THE COMBAT OF LUGO
XVIII. A WARNING
XIX. THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA
XX. THE BURIAL
XXI. TOO LATE
XXII. MADAME DE RIBEAUPIERRE
XXIII. THE "BIEN AIMÉ"
XXIV. MINDEN LODGE
XXV. THE REVELATIONS OF A NIGHT
THE KING'S OWN BORDERERS.
"Fraught with this fine intention, and well fenced
In mail of proof—her purity of soul,
She, for the future of her strength convinced,
And that her honour was a rock or mole,
Exceeding sagely from that hour dispensed
With any kind of troublesome control;
But whether Julia to the task was equal,
Is that which must be gathered in the sequel."
BYRON.
For two other entire days the rain continued topour as it only pours in the Peninsula during thewet season, and our travellers were compelled tokeep close within the doors of the Villa deMaciera. Could