There was no fear of the prisoners trying to escape.

They could, at night, have got away from their guards easily enough; but there was nowhere for them to go, if they had done so.

The English, smarting from the cruelty and ill faith of the inhabitants of Talavera and the Spanish authorities, felt a burning hatred of the Spanish; while the Spaniards, on their side, deceived by the lying representations of their Juntas, had no love whatever for the English, though ready enough to receive money and arms from them.
On leaving Zadorra, the French officer in command said to Terence: "Now, colonel, we shall have to be more careful during our marches, keeping a sharp lookout at night.

The country here is infested by guerillas, whom all our efforts cannot eradicate.

The mountains of Navarre and Biscay are full of them.