A history of the Peninsular War . heartillery, which were parked behind that work, and killed manygunners also2. To this was added, very soon, a tiresome enfilading in Freires first rout, and was then moved, save the 31st Leger, to theSaccarin position (see Choumara, ii. p. 34). Here it cannot have suffereda loss of nearly one-fourth of its officers, and presumably of over 600 men,by being merely shelled, while under cover, by Beresfords tardily arrivingguns. I am constrained to believe that Clausel sent up at least one of itsbrigades, perhaps part of both, to assist Harispe. In this way only
A history of the Peninsular War . heartillery, which were parked behind that work, and killed manygunners also2. To this was added, very soon, a tiresome enfilading in Freires first rout, and was then moved, save the 31st Leger, to theSaccarin position (see Choumara, ii. p. 34). Here it cannot have suffereda loss of nearly one-fourth of its officers, and presumably of over 600 men,by being merely shelled, while under cover, by Beresfords tardily arrivingguns. I am constrained to believe that Clausel sent up at least one of itsbrigades, perhaps part of both, to assist Harispe. In this way only couldsuch a loss have been incurred. The two regiments of Baurots brigade which were not concerned in theMas des Augustins fighting, the 10th and 45th Line, were presumablyengaged with Douglass Portuguese; they suffered as heavily as the rest,losing 20 officers between them. 1 One of Lamberts battalions, the 1 /32nd, being absent, the divisionstotal strength was just 5,000. 2 Lapene, pp. 401-2. BATTLE OF TOULOUSE, APRIL !0TH 1814. 1814] SOULT ABANDONS THE MONT RAVE 489 artillery-fire, for Wellington had sent up to Beresford a newbattery—Gardiners H. A. troop—which unlimbered beside theColombette redoubt, and sprayed all the French trenches fromthe rear. The Spaniards were visible on the Pujade once moreadvancing, though in sadly diminished numbers, and (what wasmore serious) one of the brigades of the Light Division wassupporting them. At about or perhaps 5 Soult sent orders to Villatteto evacuate his group of works and retire behind the canal,bringing off his artillery, without awaiting a further movement was carried out without much molestation, allthe guns being safely brought away, though most of them hadto be manhandled down the hill, for want of horses. Only whenthe enemy had cleared off did Freires Spaniards climb the slopeand occupy the position, at whose foot their own dead lay sothick. Villattes division had got off very cheaply, with only350
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