Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . tle more than 700 men ; his troopswere in the full flush of victory ; he could easilyhave cut Junot off from Lisbon, and driven him, inruin, across the hills on Santarem, where, probably,he would have been forced to lay down his the purpose of the British commander wascrossed by Burrard, who reached the scene when thebattle was won; the timid veteran forbade any at-tempt at a pursuit; he announced that he wouldmake a halt until he had been joined by the 10,000men of Moore, who, in opposition to Welle
Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England . tle more than 700 men ; his troopswere in the full flush of victory ; he could easilyhave cut Junot off from Lisbon, and driven him, inruin, across the hills on Santarem, where, probably,he would have been forced to lay down his the purpose of the British commander wascrossed by Burrard, who reached the scene when thebattle was won; the timid veteran forbade any at-tempt at a pursuit; he announced that he wouldmake a halt until he had been joined by the 10,000men of Moore, who, in opposition to Wellesley *splan, had been ordered not to march on Santarem,but to come into line with the main army by vexation of Wellesley may be conceived ; thefruits of victory had been wrested from his grasp ;Junot and his beaten forces had been allowed toescape; they reached Torres Vedras unmolested,and were free to return to Lisbon. Dalrymple super-seded Burrard on the 22nd of August; the changeof commanders, seldom a judicious course, madewhat was already bad enough, worse ; Dalrymple. Ireland— Copenhagen— Vimiero 6 7 decided on prolonging the halt; he would not evenmenace the enemy until Moore had effected hisjunction with him ; this involved a delay of eight ornine days, during which Junot might, perhaps, havemade a successful stand at Lisbon. But the Frenchcommander, after Vimiero, had lost heart: he hadbeen defeated in a battle that could have been madedecisive; he was isolated in a hostile country; hecould not expect to hold Lisbon for any time, or tomake his way through Spain, insurgent as it was, fromthe Tagus to the Pyrenean frontier. He sent Keller-man, the brilliant chief of Marengo, to offer terms,which Dalrymple was glad to accept: the Frencharmy was to quit Lisbon, and to evacuate Portugal;it was to be conducted to France in British chafed against these proposals, but couldnot resist them ; the Convention of Cintra, as it wascalled, was signed
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