[Sidenote: 1814 June 1st] Marched from Castel-sarrasin, the people in tears at our departure, and hundreds followed us a great distance; showed the greatest concern at leaving us. Halted at Montech. [Sidenote: 2nd] Passed the Garronne by two boats at a ferry and billeted in the town of Bourret. [Sidenote: 3rd] Halted. Visited Le Mas, situated on the left bank of the Garronne. The country very well cultivated and abounding with everything. [Sidenote: 4th] Marched to Beaumont. The people at my house very kind. The good lady very sad and in tears in consequence of a tremendous hailstorm having materially injured her young crop of corn. [Sidenote: 5th] Marched to Tournecoupe. Yesterday left a fine turkey behind; a woeful mistake. [Sidenote: 6th] Marched to Lectoure. Billeted upon an apothecary. [Sidenote: 7th] Marched to Condom. Very wet. The road extremely bad. [Sidenote: 8th] Halted. [Sidenote: 9th] Marched to Nérac. People remarkably civil. A lady presented me with some good Bordeaux wine. [Sidenote: 10th] Casteljaloux, an interesting place. The country covered with woods of pines, and the soil sandy. It reminded me of some bivouac in Spain near Madrid. [Sidenote: 11th] Bazas. The Portuguese in our Division formed into a Brigade. Colonel Cerquiero commanded it. All the Portuguese boys and women, and Spanish ones also, to leave us and to go home in charge of this Brigade, in order to be able to draw rations on the road to their different homes. These soldiers had been in the Light Division for several years and were brave fellows. The Portuguese regiments, viz. 1st and 3rd Caçadores and 17th Portuguese regiment of the line, formed in contiguous columns. The 52nd and 1st 95th were drawn up on each side of the market-place and at 2 o'clock presented arms and gave three cheers to the regiments as they filed through us, which mark of our attention highly flattered the Portuguese. [Sidenote: 14th] Sailed down the Garronne from this place, the banks covered with vineyards and highly cultivated villages; country houses innumerable. Arrived at the celebrated mercantile city of Bordeaux about 9 o'clock A.M. Found my brother, who happened to have got there before me. Dined with him. Visited the theatre, and also the small one (Gaieté). [Sidenote: 15th] Marched at 4 A.M. Followed the regiment to the camp near Blanquefort, about two leagues from Bordeaux. Joe went to see his brother. [Sidenote: 17th] Returned to the town. [Sidenote: 19th] Camp. [Illustration: =SKETCH-MAP= _ILLUSTRATING MOVEMENTS OF_ =LIGHT DIVISION= _DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1813-14._] [Sidenote: 20th] Dined with Clerk, 66th regiment, at a small venta. Lambrecht not there. [Sidenote: 21st] Dined with Terry, 74th, and some others. Drank to the memory of our brave fellows who fell at Vitoria. The men very jovial in camp. [Sidenote: 22nd] Returned to Bordeaux. [Sidenote: 23rd] Got leave for England. [Sidenote: 24th]