Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814Hitherto Biscay had been tranquil, and Navarre so submissive, that the artillery employed against Zaragoza was conveyed by the country people, without an escort, from Pampeluna to T udela. But when the battle of Belchite terminated the regular warfare in Aragon, the guerilla system commenced in those parts and as the chiefs acquired reputation at the moment when Blake was losing credit by defeats, the dispersed soldiers ¿ocked to their standards, hoping thus to cover past disgrace, and to live with a greater license, because the regular armies sufi'ered under the restraints without enjoying the benefits of discipline, while the irregulars purveyed for themselves.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.