[56] Wellington to Lord Bathurst, October 26.
[57] Burgoyne’s Correspondence, i. p. 236.
[58] Dubreton and Belmas speak of a ‘grand nombre d’Anglais écrasés,’ the latter says 300! (Belmas, iv. pp. 501 and 548). Putting aside the fact that there were no English here at all, we may remark that Burgoyne (i. p. 226) says that three Spaniards were buried in the ruins, and that the loss of the Portuguese in the whole affair is put at 8 killed, 44 wounded, and 2 missing in Wellington’s report.
[59] By knocking off their remaining trunnions, which made them permanently useless. Some of the captured French field-guns from the hornwork were also destroyed.
[60] For detailed losses see table in [Appendix I].
[61] See vol. v. pp. 255-6.
[62] Burgoyne commanding, John Jones the historian, Captain Williams, and Lieutenants Pitts and Reid.
[63] Burgoyne, i. p. 230.
[64] Ibid., i. p. 233. There is much more in this interesting page of Burgoyne’s explanation of the failure, which I have not space to quote.