Note 118 — SECTION XXXI: CHAPTER II
Reading edition
The author of the Defence of Tarifa pretends not to know the real story (p. 63), saying that the spiking caused much ‘indignation, apprehension, and discontent,’ and that ‘whence the order proceeded is unknown.’ For the explanation see the letter from an officer of the garrison in Napier, iv, Appendix, p. 438.