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nance fell, of course, into the 

 hands of the victors; who, having 

 crossed the Morena mountains, 

 directed their march on Baylen, 

 Jaen, Cordova, Carmona, and Se- 

 ville. Detachments were sent into 

 various quarters for overawing the 

 country, keeping open their com- 

 munications, collecting provisions, 

 and raising contributions. At 

 Jaen and Cordova the French 

 found great quantities of ammu- 

 uitio 1 and stores ; at Jaen, 44 

 pieces of ordnance, and 6,000 

 muskets; at Cordova, 6,000 mus- 

 kets and an arsenal. The pieces 

 of different calibres that fell into 

 their hands at these two cities, to- 

 gether with those that were found 

 here and there in the mountains, 

 amounted to not fewer than 

 eighty. 



From Jaen, Sebastiani was or- 

 dered by Soult, the general in 

 chief in this expedition, January 

 27, to march with his division to 

 Grenada. The wrecks of the 

 Spanish army, after the battle of 

 Ocana and the passage of the 

 Sierra, re-united under the gene- 

 rals Ariesaga and Frere, to the 

 number of 7,000 foot and 3,000 

 cavalry, were also on their way to 

 throw themselves into Grenada. 

 Sebastiani came up and attacked 

 them on the other side, that is to 

 say, the side next Grenada, of 

 Alcala Real, whither the park of 

 artillery at Badajos had been re- 

 moved, and where some divisions 

 that had fled from the Sierra Mo- 

 rena had rallied. Two hundred 

 of them fell : about an equal 

 number were taken. The infantry 

 was dispersed. Ariesaga abandon- 

 ing his artillery, retreated with the 

 remains of his cavalry to Murcia. 



Grenada> alarmed at these 



events, on the 28th of January 

 opened its gates to the French ge- 

 neral. He was greeted by the 

 universal acclamation of an im- 

 mense multitude of people. No 1 

 one fled. All in the public em- 

 ployments of the state, and all 

 men of rank and property, were 

 ardent in their professions of at- 

 tachment, and eager to take an 

 oath of allegiance to king Joseph, 

 At Grenada vras found a battalion 

 of troops, one thousand strong, 

 all of them strangers, and most 

 of them Swiss, formerly belonging 

 to the army of General Dupont, 

 who had gone over to the patriots. 

 They were terribly afraid of pu- 

 nishment, but were offered par- 

 don, on the condition of entering 

 into the service of the Emperor ; 

 which they accepted. Plentiful 

 stores and provisions were found 

 at Grenada. General Sebastiani, 

 to secure peaceable possession of 

 both the capita] and the whole 

 province, threw a garrison, from 

 12 to 15,000 men, into the for- 

 tress of Alhambra, which was put 

 into a proper state of defence, and 

 provisioned for six months. 



It was among the instructions 

 of the commander-in-chief, at 

 this period, to General Soult, to 

 Sebastiani to proceed from the re- 

 duction of Grenada to that of 

 Malaga. This city was in a state 

 of great commotion ; a circum- 

 stance which determined the 

 French general to march against 

 it sooner than he intended. An 

 old colonel, of the name of Ab- 

 allo, had seized on the government 

 of the town, and shipped oflf the 

 old authorities, civil and military, 

 as well as such of the principal 

 inhabitants as were suspected of 

 favouring the French usurpation. 



