 Furious at la Peña , the following morning Graham collected his wounded , gathered trophies from the field and marched into Cádiz ; snubbed , la Peña would later accuse Graham of losing the campaign for the Allies . It is almost certain that , had the Allies pushed the French positions either immediately after the battle or on the morning of 6 March , the siege would have been broken . Even though Victor had managed to rally his troops at Chiclana , panic was rife in the French lines . Fully expecting a renewed offensive , Victor had made plans to stall any Allied advance just long enough to blow up most of the besieging forts and to allow I Corps to retreat to Seville . Such was the French discomposure that , despite the Allied inactivity , one battery was destroyed without any signal being given . 
