[10] See the figures furnished by the Valencian Junta in Argüelles, ii. 74. It must he remembered that 4,800 of the division had escaped to Saragossa, and took part in its defence.
[11] The 1st division had only four battalions present, the others having been at Madrid, in the army of San Juan.
[12] The officer, a Lieutenant Santiago, had refused to march on Cuenca, and when the order was repeated, unlimbered his battery across the road and threatened to fire on the troops who were marching in that direction. See Arteche, iii. 12.
[13] It had only 311 inhabitants to the square league in 1803, as compared with 926 in Andalusia, and 2,009 in Guipuzcoa.
[14] See vol. i. p. 437.
[15] For these changes see [Appendix I].
[16] Perreimond’s brigade of Latour-Maubourg’s division.
[17] Jourdan confesses to this massacre in the most open way. ‘Le 27e Léger s’étant présenté aux portes de Chinchon, fut reçu à coups de fusil. Cette provocation occasionna la perte des habitants: ils furent tous tués, et la ville incendiée.’ Mémoires du Maréchal Jourdan, 139.
[18] All these movements are most clearly set forth in Jourdan’s Mémoires, by far the best authority for the campaign of Ucles.
[19] Nap. Corresp., 14,637 and 14,684.