338 THE FIFTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, K.G. 



Napier, through whose jaw a bullet had passed. 

 After inquiring into the circumstances of Lord 

 March's ill health, Captain Charles Napier wrote 

 to his mother, Lady Sarah Napier (with whom, 

 when Lady Sarah Lennox, George III. was 

 notoriously in love), in the following terms : 



LISBON, Nov. 1, 1811. 



Lord March has just been here, and tells me that you 

 have had your eyes done, and can see a little. Oh! my 

 beloved mother, is this blessed news true ? Heaven grant 

 that it may be ! March has been very ill, and will require 

 at least two months' rest and care before he can hope to 

 resume his headquarter duties. CHARLES NAPIER. 



Soon rejoining the Commander -in -Chief, Lord 

 March was present at the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. 

 " He entered the breach," writes his biographer, 

 " with the storming -party of the 52d, his com- 

 panions being the Prince of Orange and Lord 

 Fitzroy Somerset. The Commander -in -Chief re- 

 buked them for exposing their lives in a service 

 which, as officers of the staff, they were not called 

 upon to undertake." In this connection Colonel 

 Gurwood tells a good story of Lord March. When 

 the former was about to return the sword of the 

 French governor of Ciudad Rodrigo, Lord March 

 plucked his superior officer by the sleeve, whisper- 

 ing in his ear, " Don't be such a fool as to give 

 him back his weapon " ! In the attack on this 

 fortress Captain George Napier (brother to Charles 

 Napier) was severely wounded, upon which occa- 



