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Alten. These troops advanced in 

 echelons of regiments, in two, and 

 occasionally three lines ; and the 

 Portuguese troops, in the 3rd and 

 4th divisions, under the command 

 of brigadier-general Power and 

 colonel Stubbs, led the march 

 with a steadiness and gallantry 

 never before surpassed on any oc- 

 casion. Major-general the honour- 

 able C. Colville's brigade of the 

 3rd division was seriously attacked, 

 in its advance, by a very superior 

 force, well formed; which it drove 

 in, supported by general Inglis's 

 brigade of the 7th division, com- 

 manded by col. Grant, of the 82nd. 

 These officers, and the troops un- 

 der their command, distinguished 

 themselves. Major-general Van- 

 deleur's brigade of the light divi- 

 sion was, during the advance upon 

 Vittoria, detached to the support 

 of the 7th division, and lieutenant- 

 general the earl of Dalhousie has 

 reported most favourably of its 

 conduct. Lieutenant-general sir 

 Thomas Graham particularly re- 

 ports his sense of the assistance he 

 received from colonel Delancey, 

 deputy quarter-master-general, 

 and from lieut.-col. Bouverie, of 

 the adjutant-general's department, 

 and from the officers of his per- 

 sonal staff, and from the honour- 

 able lieul. -colonel Upton, assistant 

 quarter-master-general, and major 

 Hope, assistant-adjutant, with 

 the 1st division; and majoi--gen. 

 Oswald reports the same of lieut. 

 colonel Berkley, of the adjutant- 

 general's department, and lieut. 

 colonel Gomm, (,f the quarter- 

 master-general's department. I 

 am particularly indebted to lieut. 

 general sir Thomas Graham, and 

 lieut.-gen. sir Rowland Hill, for 

 the manner in which they have 



respectively conducted the service 

 intrusted to them since the com- 

 mencement of the operations, 

 which have ended in the battle of 

 the 21st, and for their conduct in 

 that battle ; as likewise to marshal 

 sir William Beresford, for the 

 friendly advice and assistance which 

 I have received from him upon all 

 occasions during the late opera- 

 tions. I must not omit to men- 

 tion, likewise, the conduct of gen, 

 Giron, who commands the Galician 

 army, who made a forced march 

 from Orduna, and was actually on 

 the ground in readiness to support 

 lieut.-gen. sir Thomas Graham. 

 I have frequently been indebted, 

 and have had occasion to call the 

 attention of your lordship to the 

 conduct of the quarter-master 

 general, major-general George 

 Murray, who, in the late opera- 

 tions, and in the battle of the 21st 

 instant, has again given me the 

 greatest assistance. I am likewise 

 indebted much to lord Aylmer, 

 the deputy adjutant-general, and 

 to the officers of the adjutant and 

 quarter-master-general's depart- 

 ments respectively, and to lieut. 

 col. lord Fitzroy Somerset, lieut. 

 col, Campbell, and the officers of 

 my personal staff, and to lieut. 

 col. sir R. Fletcher, and the offi- 

 cers of the royal engineers. Col. 

 his serene highness the Heredi- 

 tary Prince of Orange was in the 

 field as my aide-de-camp, and con- 

 ducted himself with his usual gal- 

 lantry and intelligence. Mareschal 

 del Campo Don Luis Wimpfen, 

 and the inspector-general, Don 

 Thomas O'Donoju," and the offi- 

 cers of the staff of the Spanish 

 army, have invariably rendered me 

 every assistance in their power in 

 the course of these operations; 



