Note 393 — SECTION XXVI: CHAPTER II
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The statement made by several French authors that Masséna did not order Ferey to attack Fuentes on the 3rd, and that Loison and Ferey acted without orders, is directly contradicted by the Marshal’s own dispatch, in which he takes all responsibility: ‘J’espérais enlever Fuentes et m’y maintenir; je le fis attaquer, et il fut bientôt occupé.’