Note 511 — SECTION VII: CHAPTER VI
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Napier’s description of the ‘Army of Reserve’ is very incomplete: he says that ‘Belvedere’s army rallied part in the Somosierra and part on the side of Segovia. The troops which had been detained in Madrid from Castaños’ army were forwarded to the Somosierra; those left behind from Cuesta’s levies (the Castilians) went to Segovia’ (i. 259). But, as we have seen, only one regiment of Belvedere’s men went to the Somosierra, and the Castilians (Madrid Volunteers) marched thither and not to Segovia.