Memoirs of the Late War, Vol 1 (of 2) / Comprising the Personal Narrative of Captain Cooke, of the 43rd Regiment Light Infantry; the History of the Campaign of 1809 in Portugal, by the Earl of Munster; and a Narrative of the Campaign of 1814 in Holland, by Lieut. T. W. D. Moodie, H. P. 21st Fusileers

by Sir John Henry Cooke; J. W. Dunbar Moodie; Earl of George Augustus Frederick FitzClarence Munster

[25] There was a trench three feet wide and four deep, cut between the centre and left breach, which was choked up with the dead and wounded.

[26] Now Lieut.-Colonel Shaw.

[27] The engineer officers suffered terribly in killed and wounded during the siege, as they joined in all the desperate attacks.

[28] The fourth and light divisions retired at midnight from the breaches; but many of the soldiers did not leave the ditch, being unable to ascend the ladders owing to the heaps of dead and wounded. The fourth division descended opposite the large breach by only two ladders.

[29] Now General Sir A. Barnard.

[30] Now Lord Hill, commander-in-chief of the British army.

[31] Now Lord Lynedoch.

[32] The fifth division took the city of Badajoz, and the third division the castle.

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