[739] Late Cadogan’s.
[740] Pringle arrived and took command of this brigade a fortnight later. Meanwhile the senior battalion commander led it.
[741] Reille had only two chasseur regiments with him.
[742] See the indignant letters of French officials quoted in Vidal de la Blache, i. pp. 69 and 165-7.
[743] For the Army of Portugal only two chasseur regiments were left: for the Army of the North only one: for the Army of the Centre only the weak Nassau squadrons. But 13 out of the 14 cavalry regiments of the Army of the South remained behind.
[744] Chassé’s brigade lost 850 men of 1,700 present, and the Nassau regiment in the German brigade had similar casualties, though the Baden regiment got off more lightly.
[745] It should be noted that Daricau’s 6th Division was now led by Maransin—its old commander having been badly wounded at Vittoria. Maransin’s late brigade, still extra-divisional as at Vittoria, had been made over to Gruardet.
[746] Jourdan answered that it was a false movement, but that on June 29th he could not possibly foresee that the King would change his mind as to the destination of the Army of the South. See Vidal de la Blache, i. p. 103.
[747] See Vidal de la Blache, i. pp. 103-4.
[748] Under Cameron of the 92nd as senior colonel—Cadogan who fell at Vittoria not having yet been replaced.