Note 370 — SECTION VI: CHAPTER III
Reading edition
Napier is not quite correct in saying (i. 293) that ‘Leon never raised a single soldier for the cause.’ It had three battalions of volunteers (2,400 men) at Rio Seco, and raised four more at Leon, Zamora, Ledesma, and Benavente in September (Madrid Gazette, Sept. 28). But this was a poor contribution for a kingdom of four provinces and 620,000 souls.