[444] Lord Munster’s Campaign of 1809, pp. 177-8.
[445] The French rearguard actually saw Silveira arriving. Naylies, p. 90.
[446] For this part of the pursuit see the diary of Hawker [of the 14th Light Dragoons], who returned to Montalegre with Silveira’s men.
[447] These details are mainly from the letter of Gough of the 87th, which I have already had occasion to quote, when dealing with Beresford’s movements. I cannot find any corroboration for Napier’s account of Beresford’s and Silveira’s pursuit in ii. pp. 112-3 of his history.
[448] See mainly Le Noble’s calculation on pp. 353-4 of his Campagne de 1809.
[449] The rest of Silveira’s prisoners were Hispano-Portuguese ‘legionaries,’ see [p. 266].
[450] Napier (ii. 113) says, ‘1,800 at Viana and Braga, 700 at Oporto,’ figures that should be reversed, for at the two last places only the sick of Heudelet’s and Lorges’ divisions were captured, while at Oporto the main central hospital fell into the hands of the British. Le Noble says that there were 2,150 men in hospital altogether on May 10.
[452] The respective distances seem to be about 255 and 120 miles.
[453] Napier, ii. 113.