. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year city, and employed detach-ments to scour the country in his rear. In thismanner, nearly two months passed; the Frenchwaited for reinforcements, and Blake hoped thatwhile he thus occupied his enemy a general insur-rection would save Valencia. But in December,Reille, having given over the charge of Navarreand Aragon to general CafFarelli, marched to Teruelwhere Severoli with his Italians had already arrived. The vicinity of Freire, and Montijo, who nowappeared near Cuenca, obliged Reille to h
. History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France : from the year 1807 to the year city, and employed detach-ments to scour the country in his rear. In thismanner, nearly two months passed; the Frenchwaited for reinforcements, and Blake hoped thatwhile he thus occupied his enemy a general insur-rection would save Valencia. But in December,Reille, having given over the charge of Navarreand Aragon to general CafFarelli, marched to Teruelwhere Severoli with his Italians had already arrived. The vicinity of Freire, and Montijo, who nowappeared near Cuenca, obliged Reille to halt atTeruel until general DArmanac with a detachmentof the army of the centre, had driven thoseSpanish generals away, but then he advancedto Segorbe, and as Freire did not rejoin Blake,and as the latter was ignorant of Reilles arrival,Suchet resolved to force the passage of the Guada-laviar instantly. On the 25th, the Neapolitan division beingplaced in the camp at the Serranos, to hold theSpaniards in check, Habert took post at the Grao,and Palombinis division was placed opposite the ^. biy PENINSULAR WAR. 297 village of Mislata^ which was about half way chap. between Valencia and the village of Quarte. Reille .— at the same time made a forced march by Liria and ^^^^Benaguazil, and three bridges being thrown in thenight, above the sources of the canals, oppositeRibaroya, the rest of the army crossed the Guada-laviar with all diligence on the 26th and formed inorder of battle on the other side. It was theneight oclock and Reille had not arrived, but Suchet,whose plan was to drive all Blakes army withinthe entrenched camp, fearing that the Spanishgeneral, would evade the danger, if he saw theFrench divisions in march, resolved to push at oncewith Harispes infantry and the cavalry to theAlbufera or salt-lake, beyond Valencia, and so cutoff Blakes retreat to the Xucar river. Robertsbrigade therefore halted to secure the bridges, untilRei
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