[44] Two vols., published 1856.
[45] By D. Beresford-Pack, 1905.
[46] By Hon. Claud Vivian, 1897.
[47] Two vols., 1904.
[48] E.g. the cavalry general Long, who was writing in the spring of 1810 that “the next campaign in the Peninsula will close the eventful scene in the Peninsula, as far as we are concerned. I am strongly of opinion that neither ‘Marshal’ Wellington nor ‘Marshal’ Beresford will prevent the approaching subjugation of Portugal.” And, again, “Wellington, I suspect, feels himself tottering on his throne, and wishes to conciliate at any sacrifice.”
[49] Kincaid, chap. v., May, 1811.
[50] Cooke’s Narrative of events in the South of France, pp. 47, 48.
[51] Stanhope’s Conversations with the Duke of Wellington, p. 14.
[52] For a curious instance of this sort in the 92nd, see Hope’s Military Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, pp. 449–451. Cf. Sir George Napier’s Autobiography, pp. 125–128.
[53] Gronow’s Recollections, p. 66.