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been particularly reported to me ; 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Elder, and the 

 3d Cafadores, were likewise dis- 

 tinguished upon this occasion. 



The 1st Portuguese regiment, 

 under Lieut.-Colonel Hill, and the 

 16th, under Colonel Campbell, 

 being Brigadier-General Pack'sbri- 

 gade, were likewise distinguished 

 in the storm, under the command 

 of the Brigadier-General, who par- 

 ticularly mentions Major Lynch. 



In my dispatch of the 15th, I 

 reported to your lordship the at- 

 tack of the Convent of Santa Cruz, 

 by the troops of the 1st division, 

 under the direction of Lieutenant- 

 Genera! Graham, and that of the 

 Convent of St. Francisco, on the 

 1 ith instant, under the direction 

 of Major-General the honourable 

 C. Colville. The first-mentioned 

 enterprize was performed by Cap- 

 tain Laroche de Stackenfels, of the 

 1st line battalion of the King's Ger- 

 man legion ; the last by Lieute- 

 nant Colonel Harcourt, with the 

 4-Oth regiment. This regiment re- 

 mained from that time in the sub- 

 urb of St. Francisco, and materially 

 assisted our attack on that side of 

 the place. 



Althougb it did not fall to the 

 lot of the troops of the 1st and 4th 

 divisions to bring these operations 

 to their successful close, they dis- 

 tinguished themselves throughout 

 their progress, by the patience and 

 perseverance with which they per- 

 formed the labours of the siege. 

 The brigade of guards, under Ma- 

 jor-gen. H. Campbell was particu- 

 larly distinguished in this respect. 



1 likewise request your lordship's 

 attention to the conduct of Lieu- 

 tenant-Colonel Fletcher, the chief 

 engineer, and of Brigade Major 

 Jones, and the officers and men 

 of the Royal Engineers. The abi- 



lity with which these operations 

 were carried on exceeds all praise; 

 and I beg leave to recommend 

 those officers to your lordship most 

 particularly. 



Major Dickson, of the royal ar- 

 tillery, attached to the Portuguese 

 artillery, has for some time had the 

 direction of the heavy train at- 

 tached to this army, and has con- 

 ducted the intricate details of the 

 late operation, as he did those of the 

 late sieges of Badajoz, in the last 

 summer, much to my satisfaction. 

 The ra])id execution produced by 

 the well-directed fire kept up from 

 our batteries, affords the best proof 

 of the merits of the officers and mea 

 of the royal artillery, and of the 

 Portuguese artillery employed oq 

 this occasion. But I must particu- 

 larly mention Brigade Major May, 

 and Captains Holcombe, Power, 

 Dynely, and Dundas, of the royal 

 artillery ; and Captains Da Cunha 

 and Da Corta, and Lieut. Silva of 

 the 1st regiment of Portuguese ar- 

 tillery. 



I have likewise particularly to 

 report to your lordship the con- 

 duct of Major Sturgeon, of the 

 royal staff corps. He constructed 

 and placed for us the bridge over 

 the Agueda, without which the en- 

 terprize could not have been at- 

 tempted ; and he afterwards ma- 

 terially assisted Lieutenant-Gene- 

 ral Graham and myself, in our 

 reconnoissance of the place, on 

 which the plan of the attack was 

 founded ; and he finally conducted 

 the 2d battalion 5th regiment, as 

 well as the 2d Ca9adores, to their 

 points of attack. 



The adjutant-general, and the 

 deputy quarter-master-general, and 

 the officers of their several depart- 

 ments, gave mo every assistance 

 throughout this service, as well as 



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