LIEUT.-GENERAL THOMAS DYNELEY, 0.B., B.A. 465 
of Villa Tobas, which place we reached about four o’clock in the 
evening. I then saw General D’Armagnac and asked if he had 
spoken for me; he said he had not been able to see the Marshal, 
Jourdan. Then thinks I to myself, “I wish I was quite well enough, 
I would try to make my escape to-night ;” for I knew the Major, who 
was a great brute and the only uncivil officer I had met with, dined 
out that day. I made the driver officer half drunk and we had a very 
pleasant evening and I went to bed about 11 o’clock. We marched 
again the next morning, the 16th, at two o’clock; but before I tell you 
about this I must give you a short description of this said Major who 
had charge of me. He lived exceedingly well, for this reason that his 
servants stole everything they could lay their hands on, and his men 
were obliged to bring a fourth of everything they stole to him, so that 
in fact he was over-stocked. But anything he had of his own he never 
offered me; claret for instance, he always had the bottle on the ground 
by his side and never once offered me a drop. He drank coffee fre- 
quently and never gave me any. He saw me one day cutting ono of 
my handkerchiefs in two to serve as a towel and night-cap for Morgan 
and myself, and though he had 50 towels he never offered me one, soap 
the same ; I had not a bit the whole time I was with him and he never 
offered me any. 
Well, we started at two o’clock a.m. for Corral de Almaguer, which 
we reached at two p.m. I found myself so much better that I was 
determined on making my escape that night, and I took particular 
notice the whole way I came how the land lay. I thought a hill about 
four miles from the place where we were going to halt seemed very 
much to favour my plan. When we halted, the General told me he had ~ 
not been able to see the Marshal. Shortly after, General Chasse sent 
for me to give me something to eat, and I mentioned to him that I was 
trying for an exchange, as the state of my health was such, it would 
prevent the possibility of my going much further. He said he would 
do anything for me, but the lady added that Jourdan was a great 
beast, and turning to me said, “I hope you are not married.” I found 
that was her soft side, and said “No, I am not,” but added “that I 
was going to be the instant I returned to England.”—“ Dear me, how 
very unfortunate; may I ask to whom, perhaps I may know the name.” 
Without the smallest hesitation I said to Miss Gosling, the great 
banker’s daughter. “Oh dear me, I remember Banker Gosling’s name 
perfectly well.” I thought how B would have laughed could she 
have heard this neat little fabrication. However, it answered ex- 
ceedingly well, for she promised to do everything she could for me, 
and in the event of my going to Paris, she would give me a letter to 
the Minister of War to forward my exchange, but as I found myself so 
ats better I preferred to risk the chance of my escape to taking my 
parole. 
Morgan and I kept a good lookout the whole day to see how 
they occupied the ground between us and the“fhill. We were 
sitting together planning the business when we were witnesses to a 
most extraordinary circumstance. One of their German infantry regi- 
ments was drawn up in line. Shortly after, a cavalry regiment, the 
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