In April, he crossed the Ebro at Almedias (3rd April) at the head of three hundred infantrymen and a hundred horse, defeating the French column that tried to prevent them. At Mora de Ebro, he captured the barge-pontoons over which the rest of his troops were able to cross and captured a French convoy. He then went on to surprise the French battery at La Ampolla (4–5 April) and the fort at Perelló (6 de abril).
