[326] Supplementary Dispatches, vii. p, 457.

[327] Oddly enough, Wellington wanted the Duke of York to take the initiative and odium, by appointing Gordon to a home post. The Duke refused, holding that Wellington must take the responsibility.

[328] Supplementary Dispatches, vii. p. 499.

[329] Ibid., p. 527.

[330] See examples on [page 138], above.

[331] See above, pp. [151-2].

[332] See Wellington to Torrens, Supplementary Dispatches, vii. pp. 494-5.

[333] Ibid., p. 486.

[334] Wellington Dispatches, ix. p. 592.

[335] Wellington to Bathurst, Supplementary Dispatches, vii. p. 484.