[292]They were the following:—

Regiment of Estremadura840 strong at Tarrega (near Lerida).
Regiment of Ultonia421 strong at Gerona.
Two battalions of Wimpfen’s Swiss Regiment2,149 strong at Tarragona.
Two battalions of Spanish and Walloon Guards1,700 strong at Barcelona.
Artillery658 strong in various forts on coast.
6,068

[293] The Spanish garrisons in the Balearic Isles consisted of the following troops:—

Regiment of Granada (three batts.)1,183 at Port Mahon.
Regiment of Soria (three batts.)1,381 at Port Mahon.
Regiment of Borbon (three batts.)1,570 at Palma.
Swiss Regiment of Beschard (two batts.)2,121 at Palma.
Light Infantry of Barcelona, No. 21,341 at Port Mahon.
Light Infantry of Aragon, No. 21,267 at Palma.
Militia Battalion of Majorca604 at Palma.
6th Hussars (Husares Españoles)680 at Palma.
Artillery500 at Palma and Port Mahon.
10,647

[294] Urgel is more accessible from France than from Spain. The easiest path to it is that which, starting from Mont-Louis, crosses the Spanish frontier at Puycerda, and follows the head-water of the Segre to the foot of the hill on which the Seu stands.

[295] The population of the Principality in 1803 was 858,000 souls.

[296] So called from Miquelot de Prats, the Catalan condottiere who served under Caesar Borgia. From him the light infantry, once called almogavares, got the name of miqueletes.

[297] There were 400 Spanish Guards at the fight on the Cabrillas, who must have come from the battalion at Barcelona.

[298] I cannot make out the movements of the cavalry regiment of Borbon; it was certainly at Barcelona, 600 strong, in May. But in July it had got down to Andalusia, and was marching with a strength of 401 in the army of Castaños.

[299] This force was Goulas’s Brigade of Chabran’s Division, viz.:—