[77] Afterwards Field-Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G.C.B.
[78] M’Cullock refused to give his parole, and was marched towards the French frontier; and at Valladolid, being confined in a private house, his handsome person and his wounds excited the pity, or that which is akin to pity, of a young lady of the family. The old story: she laid plans for his escape; she procured him a disguise; she gave him a supply of money; and he succeeded in rejoining the Battalion.
[79] ‘As noble a fellow and as worthy a man as I ever met with.’—George Simmons’ MS.
[80] ‘Wellington Despatches,’ vi. 293.
[81] ‘Wellington Despatches,’ viii. 218. He was Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion.
[82] 2nd Battalion Record.
[83] ‘Napier,’ Book xv. chap. v.
[84] The other company of this Battalion had joined the army under Lord Wellington (‘Wellington Supplementary Despatches,’ vi. 569, 575), and was no doubt the company with Sir Brent Spencer’s Division. See [p. 62].
[85] ‘Napier,’ vol. ii. appendix ix. 2.
[86] Norcott’s Report: ‘Wellington Supplementary Despatches,’ vii. 128.