44-7: rendidos: worn out.
44-8: veintisiete: cf. note veintiún, p. 22, 2.
44-9: Gerona: a city of Cataluña (province of northeastern Spain). It surrendered to the French in 1808, after heroically sustaining a siege for seven months.
44-10: no creáis: cf. note no seas, p. 6, 7.
44-11: ello es: cf. note ello es, p. 6, 1.