A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 6, September 1, 1812-August 5, 1813

by Charles Oman

[769] See especially the caustic paragraphs in Lecestre, ii. 1045, 1047, 1055, to Clarke and Cambacérès.

[770] So Jourdan’s Mémoires, p. viii. Vidal de la Blache, i. p. 140, says 5,000 francs only, which seems an impossibly small sum for Marshal’s half pay.

[771] Napoleon to Cambacérès, Lecestre, ii. 1045.

[772] Napoleon to Maret, No. 28 in Lettres de Napoléon non insérées dans la Correspondance, Aug.-Sept.-Oct. 1813. Paris, 1907.

[773] Bathurst to Wellington, June 23, Supplementary Dispatches, viii. pp. 17-18.

[774] Liverpool to Wellington, Supplementary Dispatches, viii. pp. 64-5, dated July 7.

[775] Wellington to Bathurst, July 12, from Hernani. Dispatches, x. p. 524.

[776] Wellington to Lord Liverpool, July 23, from Lesaca, ibid., x. p. 568. Cf. same to same, x. p. 596.

[777] Dispatches, x. p. 570.

[778] See Wellington to Torrens, Dispatches, x. p. 616.