[169] Nap. Corresp., 14,023 (from Bayonne, May 29).
[170] For these incidents, so discreditable to the leading men of Oporto, see Foy, iv. 206, and Toreño, i. 152. Most Peninsular historians consign them to oblivion.
[171] They re-embodied the old 2nd, 12th, 21st, and 24th battalions of infantry of the line, the 6th Cazadores, and the 6th, 11th, and 12th light cavalry, as well as one or two other old corps whose numbers I cannot identify.
[172] Foy, iv. 276; Napier, i. 97.
[173] For the twelve resolutions arrived at by the council of war, see the analysis given by Thiébault, one of its members.
[174] Foy says that of twenty messages sent to Loison only one got through.
[175] The 2nd Swiss, and four companies of the 86th regiment.
[176] The column comprised the following troops:—
| Two battalions of Reserve Grenadiers | 1,100 |
| 12th Léger (3rd batt.) | 1,253 |
| 15th Léger (3rd batt.) | 1,305 |
| 58th Line (3rd batt.) | 1,428 |
| 86th Line, twelve companies of the 1st and 2nd batts. | 1,667 |
| 1st Hanoverian Legion | 804 |
| 4th and 5th Provisional Dragoons | 1,248 |
Deducting 1,200 for detached grenadier companies, &c., the whole was well over 7,000. For details, see Thiébault’s Expédition de Portugal.