[242] Wellesley to Mr. Stuart, Aug. 25, 1808 (Well. Disp., iv. 105); Wellesley’s address at the Court of Inquiry (Proceedings, p. 132).
[243] This is Wellesley’s own view (Well. Disp., iv. 121, 184, 185).
[244] Cf. for Junot’s address, Foy, iv. 341, and Thiébault.
[245] Hulot, Souvenirs Militaires, pp. 235, 236.
[246] But it is said that Delaborde urged the possibility of this move.
[247] Hulot heard this himself. Kellermann said ‘qu’il allait trouver les Anglais, pour voir à nous tirer de la souricière’ (p. 236).
[248] Foy, iv. 344, 345; Well. Disp., iv. 108.
[249] See the curious account of the Emperor’s interviews with Legendre and Thiébault, the chiefs of the staff to Dupont and Junot, who appeared before him simultaneously at Valladolid in January, 1809. The imperial thunders played so fiercely on the army of Andalusia that the army of Portugal got off easily (Thiébault, iv. 247-9). But Napoleon said that the English had saved him the pain of crushing an old friend by sending Dalrymple, Burrard, and Wellesley before a court-martial.
[250] Wellesley at the Court of Inquiry (Well. Disp., iv. 189).
[251] Wellesley’s evidence before the Court of Inquiry (Proceedings, p. 83).