[63] Murat to Napoleon, April 30.
[64] Ibarnavarro’s story, written down by himself on September 27, 1808, can be found printed in full on pp. 457-9 of the Appendix to Toreño’s first volume.
[65] For a specimen see the document on p. 462 of Count Murat’s Murat en Espagne (Paris, 1897).
[66] Napier (i. 15) says that Daoiz and Velarde were ‘in a state of excitement from drink,’ a disgraceful French calumny. How could he bear to reproduce such a libel on these unfortunate officers?
[67] The Junta, to soothe the feelings of Madrid, gave out that only 150 Spaniards had fallen. The Moniteur said that 2,000 criminals had been cut down or executed! Murat reported a loss of eighty men only, while Napier says that he has excellent French authority and eye-witnesses to the effect that 750 fell.
[68] Proclamations of May 2 and 3: there are originals in the Vaughan Papers.
[69] The bad cross-roads Cuenca-Teruel and Molina-Teruel hardly count.
[70] He said this to De Pradt (Révolutions d’Espagne, p. 224).
[71] See [Appendix], containing the state of the Spanish army in 1808.
[72] The minister O’Farrill and General Kindelan were the chief exceptions.