[637] See Galiano, quoted by Arteche, ix. 76.
[638] Wellington to Henry Wellesley, from Cartaxo, Nov. 21, 1810.
[639] Charles Vaughan to Charles Stuart, Feb. 27, 1811.
[640] This Provisional regiment received the name of ‘2nd of Algarve’ in December.
[641] Not stated separately. All the Artillery of the Army of Portugal is placed under one head in the return of March 15, and not distributed to the corps.
[642] The 82nd had detached its 5th battalion, 575 strong, to form part of the garrison of Almeida.
[643] Some fractions of the general artillery reserve had been transferred to the corps since Sept. 15, hence the rise in numbers.
[644] By March 15 these six battalions had got so weak that their cadres had been sent back to France, and the remaining rank and file were being drafted into the regiments of the 2nd Corps.
[645] These regiments had detached their 4th battalions, 578 and 873 strong respectively, to form the garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo.
[646] Like the 6th Corps, the 8th had received part of the General Park of the army, and absorbed it.