[62] See vol. i. pp. 371-4.
[63] See vol. iii. pp. 6-7.
[64] Ibid., 40.
[65] See Wellington, Dispatches, vii. p. 115, for note as to libels published by ‘a vagabond named Calvo.’
[66] See vol. iii. p. 325.
[67] This is ‘Memorandum to the Marquis of La Romana,’ to be found in Wellington, Dispatches, vii. 163, with date January 20, three days before that of the death of the Marquis.
[68] The French put into action six battalions of the 34th and 40th of Phillipon’s brigade [two in trench-guards, four in reserves], and one each of the 28th Léger, 64th, 88th, and 100th. The total force of these was, according to Belmas’s figures, well over 5,000. Carlos de España had apparently six battalions of his own, and two or three more from the other divisions, very much the same force in mere numbers. But quality had also to be taken into consideration. La Mare gives the French loss as 6 officers and 48 men killed, 25 officers and 337 men wounded.
[69] This remark, a very just one, is made by Arteche in his great History, ix. p. 193.
[70] Valladolid, Osuna, Zafra, and La Serena now became part of the garrison, with a strength of about 2,000 bayonets.
[71] 3 officers and 48 men killed and wounded according to La Mare, Siége de Badajoz, p. 58.