Note 55 — HISTORICAL RECORD (continued 2)
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'Every horror that could make war hideous attended this dreadful march! Distress, conflagration, death, in all modes! from wounds, from fatigue, from water, from the flames, from starvation. On every side unlimited violence—unlimited vengeance.'—Napier.
'This retreat has been marked by a barbarity seldom equalled and never surpassed.'—Lord Wellington's Despatch.