Views of the commanders on each side—Wellington designs to throw a bridge over the Garonne at Portet above Toulouse, but below the confluence of the Arriege and Garonne—The river is found too wide for the pontoons—He changes his design—Cavalry action at St. Martyn de Touch—General Hill passes the Garonne at Pensaguel above the confluence of the Arriege—Marches upon Cintegabelle—Crosses the Arriege—Finds the country too deep for his artillery and returns to Pensaguel—Recrosses the Garonne—Soult fortifies Toulouse and the Mont Rave—Lord Wellington sends his pontoons down the Garonne—Passes that river at Grenade fifteen miles below Toulouse with twenty thousand men—The river floods and his bridge is taken up—The waters subside—The bridge is again laid—The Spaniards pass—Lord Wellington advances up the right bank to Fenouilhet—Combat of cavalry—The eighteenth hussars win the bridge of Croix d’Orade—Lord Wellington resolves to attack Soult on the 9th of April—Orders the pontoons to be taken up and relaid higher up the Garonne at Seilth in the night of the 8th—Time is lost in the execution and the attack is deferred—The light division cross at Seilth on the morning of the 10th—Battle of Toulouse 624 CHAP. VI. General observations and reflections 657 LIST OF APPENDIX. No. I. Lord William Bentinck’s correspondence with sir Edward Pellew and lord Wellington about Sicily 691 No. II. General Nugent’s and Mr. King’s correspondence with lord William Bentinck about Italy 693 No. III. Extracts from the correspondence of sir H. Wellesley, Mr. Vaughan, and Mr. Stuart upon Spanish and Portuguese affairs 699 No. IV. Justificatory pieces relating to the combats of Maya and Roncesvalles 701 No. V. Ditto ditto of Ordal 703 No. VI. Official States of the allied army in Catalonia 704 No. VII. Ditto of the Anglo-Portuguese at different epochs 705 No. VIII. Ditto of the French armies at different epochs 707 No. IX. Extract from lord Wellington’s order of movements for the battle of Toulouse 709 No. X. Note and morning state of the Anglo-Portuguese on the 10th of April, 1814 710 PLATES. No. 1. Explanatory of the Catalonian Operations and plan of Position at Cape Salud. 2. Explanatory of Soult’s Operations to relieve Pampeluna. 3. Combats of Maya and Roncesvalles. 4. Explanatory Sketch of the Assault of St. Sebastian.