[410] Ibid., Nov. 1 (p. 1,407).
[411] The figures given by Jourdan in his Mémoires seem quite accurate, and are borne out by all the details in Nap. Corresp.; they are:—
| Corps of Bessières [2nd Corps] | 17,597 |
| Corps of Moncey [3rd Corps] | 20,747 |
| Corps of Ney [6th Corps], incomplete | 8,957 |
| The King’s general reserve | 6,088 |
| Garrisons of Navarre and Biscay | 11,559 |
| 64,948 |
[412] It was originally to be called the 5th, but this title was taken from it, in order that Mortier’s corps might keep its old number.
[413] For their distribution see [p. 110].
[414] The paper containing them was captured in Joseph’s carriage at Vittoria five years later. It will be found printed in full in Napier (Appendix to vol. i, pp. 453, 454).
[415] For an account of this curious affair see the Mémoires of General Boulart, then an artillery officer under Ney, who discovered the flight of the Castilians and the abandoned mine below the bridge (pp. 202, 203). Oddly enough he gives the wrong date for the incident, Oct. 30 instead of Oct. 27.
[416] I cannot find any details as to their redistribution.
[417] See Colonel Graham’s Diary, p. 275 (Oct. 30). He reached Castaños’ camp on that day.
[418] Jourdan in his Mémoires (p. 77) says that it was Morlot who acted against Lerin, and I follow him rather than those who state that it was Maurice Mathieu.