[280] Wellington to Craufurd, June 24.
[281] Wellington to Hill, July 9.
[282] These were Napoleon’s dispatches nos. 16,505, 16,519-20, and 16,504, as is shown by the excellent analysis of them given by D’Urban in his diary. He read them over with Beresford on July 1. No. 16,519 was very valuable, as giving the exact strength of the 2nd, 6th, and 8th Corps—the first absolutely certain analysis of them that Wellington obtained.
[283] These were the 3/1st, 1/9th, 2/38th, which arrived at Lisbon April 1-8. Leith’s division was formally constituted only on July 15, but really existed since June.
[284] See the Emperor’s dispatches to Berthier of May 27 and May 29.
[285] Masséna came up from Salamanca this day to inspect the bombardment, and made (as was his wont) a rather mendacious report thereon to the Emperor, declaring that the French loss had been 12 killed and 41 wounded, whereas it had exceeded 100 [see Belmas, iii. p. 233], and that the defence of the place was seriously impaired—which it was not as yet.
[286] Belmas, iii. 245, July 2.
[287] See Shaw-Kennedy’s Diary, pp. 208-9 and 211.
[288] Belmas, iii. 250. For the conduct of the Hussars see Beamish’s German Legion, i. pp. 274-6. Martinien’s lists show that the 1st French dragoons lost one, the 2nd three, and the 4th one officer on this day.
[289] See the criticisms in Belmas, iii. 259. Compare the views of the artilleryman Hulot, pages 306-9 of his autobiography.