[681] Murray’s evidence at the Court Martial, p. 50.
[682] Prevost’s very moderate loss was 1 officer and 4 men killed, 1 sergeant and 38 men wounded. This includes Spaniards.
[683] Court Martial, Murray’s defence, p. 228.
[684] Murray’s Defence, p. 232.
[685] Murray to Wellington, Supplementary Dispatches, vii. p. 467.
[686] Musnier’s division had 4,100 men present, by its return of June 15th. Pannetier’s column consisted of two battalions each of the 3rd Léger and 20th Line and one of the 5th Léger and a squadron of Westphalians—by the return of the same date 2,600 in all. The hussars were 650 sabres—adding the squadron of dragoons (200), the gunners of three batteries, train, &c.; the whole may have made just under 8,000 of all arms. See Tables in Appendix, [p. 755].
[687] Decaen to M. Mathieu, 5th June: see Vidal de la Blache, i. 353.
[688] Suchet to Decaen, Valencia, May 31. See Vidal de la Blache, i. p. 352.
[689] Report of Brigadier Llauder, commanding Copons’ left wing, to Murray, Proceedings, p. 190. Llauder adds that he had discovered that Mathieu’s column was only 5,500 strong.
[690] See especially Clinton’s evidence on pp. 180-2 of Murray’s Court Martial.