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Jt; msivuu'u KiYvMirs PI- nirwith him an army of 70,000 French int'.umv; ho, hovvovor. luul personally to relinquishmnwnd, as his presence was required in Franco,and tho command involved on Soult, who continuedtho pursuitto near Lu^. wluuv, ou thefttl\of January, ho found that Mooro had halted,and jvi'x^vuxHl to ivsist his advance. A ti^liti-v'mmoiuvd with tho Fiviu-h advanced uard andtho Kn^lish r%MT?% who> Cinunuuulovl by Pagvt,maiutaiiuxl tho post until lughtfa)^and then retirtxtto LugvvOn tho 8th tho two armies wore still in frv^ntof *aoh other, ready tv>r Ix&tUe ; on the Frenchlido about 22,000 fighting men, and on theKuglish,1SAH>0 men of all arms,Tho state of tho English armyat this erisiawas desperate; even if th*y iron a battle, theyhad no means of taking advantage of it,as theyHil% withvnit traus^\>rt, having no draught cattle,no magazines, hospitals, provisions,cor secondline ; and if defeated, had nothing but the M*behind. In Lugo, they had only enough breadleft to ttftMM day; the men were, dispirited byfatigu* and bad weather, but still ansxMR to fight*and thereto* each moment of delay increasedtheir diflJMJtil^ Mow, therefore, determined^