Reille was informed that other troops from Italy would ultimately arrive at Perpignan, but that they were not to be expected till the end of July or the beginning of August. For the relief of Figueras and the opening up of communications with Duhesme he must depend on his own forces. [306] The Valais was a republic from 1802 till 1810, when it was annexed to the Empire, as the ‘department of the Simplon.’ [307] From _Nap. Corresp._, 14,092, 14,150, 14,151, and 14,168, we get the composition of this force. They account for the following: Two batts. of the 113th (Tuscans) 1,300 National Guards of the Pyrénées Orientales 560 1st Provisional Battalion of Perpignan (companies from the dépôts of the 1st, 5th, 24th, 62nd of the Line, and 16th and 22nd Léger) 840 2nd Provisional Battalion, similarly formed from the 23rd, 60th, 79th, 81st of the Line, and the 8th and 18th Léger 840 A mixed battalion of the 16th and 32nd French and 2nd Swiss 1,100 Another from the 7th and 93rd of the Line 840 Another from the 2nd, 56th, and 37th of the Line 840 One battalion of the ‘5th Legion of Reserve’ from Grenoble 500 Battalion of the Valais 800 Two squadrons of Tuscan Dragoons 250 Two _escadrons de marche_ (French) 300 Two batteries of artillery 200 ----- 8,370 There were also nine companies of gendarmerie and ‘departmental reserves.’ Travelling with commendable rapidity, Reille arrived at Perpignan on July 3. Of all the detachments that were marching to join him he found that nothing had yet reached the frontier but the local national guards and gendarmerie, the two Tuscan battalions, a company of the 2nd Swiss Regiment, and artillerymen enough to serve a couple of guns. With no more than the Tuscans and the Swiss, less than 1,600 men in all, he marched on Figueras on July 5, dispersing on the way some bands of _somatenes_, who tried to oppose him at the passage of the Muga. He threw a convoy into the place and strengthened its garrison, but could do no more, for all the country beyond Figueras was up in arms, and his raw Italian recruits could hardly be kept to their colours. Indeed he was forced to make them march in solid columns whenever he moved them, for when ordered to deploy they always fell into disorder, and tried to make off to the rear[308]. [308] Foy, iv. 165, 166.