[899] Wellington’s letter to Graham, giving the false report that D’Erlon had been repulsed at Maya, is dated at 10 p.m. The letter to O’Donnell must be a little later, as it repeats this error, but adds that a note has come in from Cole, saying that he was heavily engaged at noon. Dispatches, x. pp. 566-7.
[900] The dispatch giving this information (Dispatches, x. p. 570) is wrongly dated in the Wellington correspondence. It should be July 26th at 4 a.m. The hour of the receipt of Hill’s and Stewart’s reports is not given.
[901] All in Supplementary Dispatches, viii. pp. 120-1.
[902] Hill to Murray, Supplementary Dispatches, viii. p. 121.
[903] The orders to Pack and Dalhousie may be found in Supplementary Dispatches, xix. p. 258-9, dated from Almandoz—obviously before Cole’s dispatch had come to hand.
[904] This letter in Supplementary Dispatches, viii. pp. 124-5, is there wrongly dated July 27th (for 26th). Cole, of course, was no longer at Linzoain on the 27th.
[905] To Picton from Almandoz, Supplementary Dispatches, xiv. p. 259.
[906] Picton to Murray, 8.30 p.m., Supplementary Dispatches, xviii. pp. 121-2.