[236] Foy, Vie militaire, p. 193. Napoleon to Clarke, October 19, 1812.
[237] Report of Colonel Desprez to Joseph of his interview with the Emperor at Moscow on October 19th. Correspondance du Roi Joseph, ix. p. 178.
[238] Ibid., p. 179.
[239] See above, vol. v, pp. 194-5.
[240] Napier’s statement that Napoleon was thinking of this project when he declared Soult to be the ‘only military head in Spain’ is entirely unjustified by the context from which he is quoting. The Emperor therein makes no allusion to the Seville project. See Ducasse’s Correspondance, ix. pp. 178-9.
[241] See his letter quoted above, vol. v, pp. 255-6.
[242] Jones, Sieges of the Peninsula, ii. p. 430.
[243] Jones remarks that ‘we had to leave it to the valour of the troops to surmount intermediate obstacles which in a properly conducted siege would be removed by art and labour’ (Sieges, i. p. 163).
[244] See above, vol. v, p. 270.
[245] See above, vol. v, p. 316.