[481] See Graham’s Diary, p. 280. This is far the best authority for the chaotic movements of the Spaniards during these weeks. Some allowance, perhaps, should be made for Graham’s dislike for the Palafox brothers.
[482] By a letter from Lord William Bentinck, at Madrid (see Graham’s Diary, p. 281).
[483] It is most difficult to unravel all these projects and counter-projects: I have followed Graham, who was always at the side of Castaños, supplementing him with that general’s own vindication, and with Butron’s narrative.
[484] Graham’s Diary, p. 284.
[485] See Larrey’s Mémoires de Chirurgie Militaire.
[486] Of the 1st Division there seem to have arrived one battalion each of the regiments Reina, Jaen, Irlanda, and Barbastro, and the Jaen Militia. Of the 3rd Division one battalion each of Campo Mayor, Volunteers of Valencia, and the Militia of Plasencia, Guadix, Lorca, Toro, and Seville (No. 1).
[487] But with one Valencian and two Murcian battalions: see [Appendix].
[488] The troops should have numbered—
| 2nd Division of the Army of Andalusia [Grimarest] (five battalions of regulars, four of militia, and four of new levies) about | 6,000 |
| 4th Division of the Army of Andalusia [La Peña] (seven battalions of regulars, three of militia, and three of new levies) about | 7,500 |
| Mixed brigade of the 1st and 3rd Divisions [Villariezo] (six battalions of regulars and six of militia) about | 5,500 |
| 5th Division (Murcians and Valencians) [Roca] (eight battalions of regulars, two of militia, and seven of new levies) | 6,500 |
| Castilian battalions distributed between the other divisions, or detached on the left [Cartaojal] | 8,000 |
| O’Neille’s Division of the Army of Aragon (three battalions of regulars, five battalions of Aragonese, and three of Valencian and Murcian new levies) | 9,000 |
| Saint March’s Division of the Army of Aragon (three battalions of regulars, one of militia, and ten of Valencian new levies) | 8,000 |
| Cavalry (3,000 Andalusians, 600 Aragonese) | 3,600 |
| Artillery | 1,800 |
| 55,900 | |
| Minus the detachment of Cartaojal, about 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Total | 52,900 |
But we must make large deductions for sickness (which had fallen heavily on the ill-clothed men), for loss in previous actions, desertion, and detachments; e.g. some of Roca’s division were on the Lower Ebro.