They trebled the troops on the line in consequence.
The month of July had passed, and we wondered what August held in store for us.

The customary fights of the different commandos still went on; here five, here ten, here thirty of the English were killed, wounded or made prisoners.

If these numbers had been put down they would have mounted up to a considerable total; but the war was not of such a nature that an office could be opened to record them.

Reports of battles were sent to me, and after I had allowed them to accumulate for three or four weeks, they were sent to the different Vice-Commandants-in-Chief for their general information, and then torn up.
Many reports and much correspondence concerning the beginning of the war have been preserved.

I gave them to a trustworthy friend with instructions to bury them, but do not know where he placed them, as he was taken prisoner later on, and I have never been able to find out where he was sent to.