[409] Napier, vol. i., p. 75.
[410] Southey, vol. i., p. 470; Napier, vol. i., p. 94.
[411] Moncey could hardly have expected to succeed against the town of Valencia; for, to use Napoleon's words, "a city, with eighty thousand inhabitants, barricadoed streets, and artillery placed at the gates, cannot be taken by the collar."—Napier, vol. i., p. 99.
[412] Savary, tom. ii., p. 255; Napier, vol. i., p. 116.
[413] Southey, vol. i., p. 497; Napier, vol. i., p. 125.
[414] "Dupont surrendered an effective force of 21,000 infantry, forty pieces of cannon, and 2400 cavalry; in short, a full third of the French forces in Spain."—Savary, tom. ii., p. 273.
[415] "The moral effect of the battle of Baylen was surprising; it was one of those minor events which, insignificant in themselves, are the cause of great changes in the affairs of nations. Opening as it were a new crater for the Spanish fire, the glory of past ages seemed to be renewed, every man conceived himself a second Cid, and perceived in the surrender of Dupont, not the deliverance of Spain, but the immediate conquest of France. 'We are much obliged to our good friends, the English,' was a common phrase among them, when conversing with the officers of Sir John Moore's army; 'we thank them for their good-will, and we shall have the pleasure of escorting them through France to Calais.' This absurd confidence might have led to great things, if it had been supported by wisdom, activity, or valour; but it was a 'voice, and nothing more.'"—Napier, vol. i., p. 131.
[416] De Pradt, Mémoire Hist. sur la Rév. de l'Espagne, p. 192.
[417] Napier, vol. i., p. 65.
[418] Southey, vol. i., p. 37.