72 BEC0RD8 AND BEMINISOENGES OF GOODWOOD 



After this date Lord March was engaged in 

 numerous services in Spain and Portugal. He was 

 present at Fuentes d'Onoro, when the French 

 delivered their most desperate attack. 



The battle raged with fury from dawn till night- 

 fall, and resulted in the loss to the enemy of five 

 thousand men. 



Not long after followed "the bloody fight" at 

 Albuera, which was described by the Duke of Wel- 

 lington as " one of the most glorious and honourable 

 actions, to the honour of the troops, of any fought 

 during the war." The excessive exertions and ex- 

 posure to bad weather told upon Lord March's rather 

 delicate constitution, at which the Duke of Wellington 

 was much concerned, and sent daily, through Colonel 

 Colin Campbell, to ask whether he could be of any 

 service. While desirous of encouraging his young 

 aide-de-camp in his military career, the Duke saw 

 from his emaciated appearance that without great 

 care he would collapse. He, therefore, took the 

 opportunity of speaking to Lord March, expressing 

 his high sense of his value as an officer, and urged 

 him to leave head-quarters for a time, which friendly 

 advice the invalid adopted, and afterwards left for 

 Lisbon on sick leave. During his absence, the Chief 

 was not unmindful of his 'protege's welfare ; for, upon 

 writing to Admiral Berkeley, he inquired, " Have 

 you heard anything of Lord March ? " 



