▁front ▁line ▁brig ade ▁suffered ▁heavy ▁losses , ▁but ▁he ▁sent ▁one ▁batt alion ▁up ▁a ▁rav ine ▁that ▁the ▁def enders ▁neglect ed ▁to ▁watch . ▁Not ing ▁that ▁the ▁batt alion ▁had ▁gained ▁a ▁fo oth old ▁on ▁the ▁cr est , ▁he ▁pushed ▁forward ▁rein for c ements ▁and ▁soon ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁were ▁fle eing ▁in ▁rout . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 8 0 8 , ▁the ▁ 1 st , ▁ 3 rd ▁and ▁ 4 th ▁Div isions ▁of ▁the ▁III ▁Corps ▁and ▁Marsh al ▁Michel ▁N ey ' s ▁VI ▁Corps ▁reached ▁Zar ago za . ▁So on ▁N ey ▁was ▁ordered ▁away , ▁leaving ▁Mon ce y ▁with ▁only ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁men ▁to ▁face ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Sp ani ards . ▁According ly , ▁Mon ce y ▁pulled ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁safe ▁distance ▁until ▁the ▁V ▁Corps ▁arrived ▁to ▁help . ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 8 0 8 , ▁Mor lot ' s ▁division ▁received ▁two ▁add itions . ▁The ▁ 4 - b att alion ▁ 1 2 1 st ▁Line ▁arrived ▁at ▁the ▁front ▁and ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁division . ▁Three ▁batt al ions ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁Light ▁Infantry ▁and ▁four ▁batt al ions ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁L ég ion ▁of ▁the ▁Reserve ▁were ▁added ▁when ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁Division ▁of ▁the ▁corps ▁was ▁dissol ved . ▁During ▁this ▁period , ▁the ▁III ▁Corps ▁suffered ▁ter