[756] Dispatches, ix. p. 377.
[757] Ibid., ix. pp. 380-1.
[758] News from Joseph O’Donnell commanding the Spanish army of Murcia. Dispatches, ix. p. 388.
[759] Wellington to Lord Bathurst, August 30, from Madrid. Dispatches, ix. p. 390.
[760] The cavalry at the head of the column were at Truxillo on the 15th September, Almaraz on the 19th, Talavera on the 21st. The infantry in the rear of the division only crossed the Guadiana at Medellin on September 14th, was at Truxillo on the 17th, Almaraz on the 20th, Talavera on the 26th, Toledo on the 30th (Swabey’s diary).
[761] Hill brought up the 2nd Division—British, 7,000; Portuguese, 2,900; Hamilton’s Portuguese, 5,300; Long’s and Slade’s cavalry, about 1,900; artillery, about 400 = 17,500 of all ranks.
[762] Late Power’s brigade: The 5th and 17th, the old garrison of Elvas, and the 22nd.
[763] They marched from Cabeza del Buey, on the borders of Andalusia and Estremadura, via Talarubia and Mazarambros to Herencia. ‘Journal of Regiment of Leon,’ in Clonard, vol. iv.
[764] There marched with Wellington—1st Division, 5,980 of all ranks; 5th Division, 4,726; 7th Division, 4,841; Pack and Bradford, 3,954; Bock and Ponsonby, 1,673; artillery, &c., about 500 = 21,674.