Relying on promises of aid from the Spanish Junta and from their cross-grained commander, Cuesta, he led a small British force up the valley of the Tagus to seize Madrid, while the chief French armies were engaged in distant provinces.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Cuesta is, what he calls, watching Victor.
"With Moore At Corunna"
G. A. Henty
Cuesta, the Portuguese general, had gathered a fresh army of six thousand cavalry and thirty thousand infantry.
"With Moore At Corunna"
G. A. Henty