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3rd division have distinguished 

 themselves as usual in these opera- 

 tions. Lieut.-General Picton has 

 reported to me particularly the 

 conduct of Lieut. -Col. Williams of 

 the 60th, Lieut-.Colonel Ridge of 

 the .5th, who was unfortunately 

 killed in the assault of the castle ; 

 Lieut.-Colonel Forbes of the 45th 

 regiment, Lieut.-Col. Fitzgerald 

 of the 60th, Lieut.-Cols. Trench 

 and Manners of the 74;th regiment, 

 Major Carr, of the 83rd, and the 

 Hon. Major Pakenhara, assistant- 

 adjutant-general to the 3rd division. 



He has likewise particularly re- 

 ported the good conduct of Colonel 

 Campbell of the 94th, command- 

 ing the Hon. Major-Gen. Colville's 

 brigade during his absence in com- 

 mand of the 4th division, whose 

 conduct I have so frequently had 

 occasion to report to your lordship. 

 The officers and men of the corps 

 of engineers and artillery were 

 equally distinguished during the 

 operations of the siege, and in 

 its close. Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher 

 continued to direct the works (not- 

 withstanding that he was wounded 

 in the sortie made by the enemy on 

 the 19th of March), which were 

 carried on by Major Squire and 

 Major Burgoyne, under his direc- 

 tions. The former established the 

 detachments under Major Wilson 

 in the ravelin of St. Roque on the 

 night of the storm; the latter at- 

 tended the attack of the 3rd division 

 on the castle. I have likewise to 

 report the good conduct of Major 

 Jones, Capt. Nicholas, and Capt. 

 Williams of the royal engineers. 



Major Dickson conducted the 

 details ofthe artillery service during 

 this siege, as well as upon former 

 occasions, under the general super- 

 intendance of Lieut.-Col. Framing- 



ham, who since the absence of 

 Major-General Borthwick, has 

 commanded the artillery with this 

 army. I cannot sufficiently ap- 

 plaud the officers and soldiers of 

 the British and Portuguese artillery 

 during this siege, particularly 

 Lieut.-Colonel Robe, who opened 

 the breaching batteries. Majors 

 May and Holcombe, Captain 

 Gardner and Lieut. Bouchier, of 

 the royal artillery; Captain Ce 

 Rettberg, of the King's German 

 artillery ; and Major Tulloh, of 

 the Portuguese. 



Adverting to the extent of the 

 details of the ordnance department 

 during this siege, to the diBiculty 

 of weather, &c. with which Major 

 Dickson had to contend, I must 

 mention him most particularly to 

 your lordship. 



The officers of the adjutant and 

 quarter-master-general's depart- 

 ments rendered me every assistance 

 on this occasion, as well as those of 

 my personal staff; and I have to 

 add, that I have received reports 

 from the general officers command- 

 ing divisions, of the assistance 

 they received from the officers 

 of those departments attached to 

 them, the greatest number of whom 

 and of their personal staff are 

 wounded. 



In a former dispatch, I reported 

 to your lordship the difficulties 

 with which I had to contend, in 

 consequence of the failure of the 

 civil authorities of the province of 

 Alentejo to perform their ''uty, 

 and supply the army with means of 

 transport ; these difficulties have 

 continued to exist ; but I must do 

 General Victoria, the governor of 

 Elvas, the justice to report, that 

 he and the troops under his com- 

 mand, have made every exertion, 



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