336 THE FIFTH DUKE OF RICHMOND, K.G. 



Charles Manners, and Lord Clinton ; of the 

 Honourable Fitzroy Stanhope, the Honourable 

 Henry Percy, Major the Honourable Sir Alex- 

 ander Gordon ; Captain Colin Campbell, Major 

 Canning, " Jack " Fremantle, and the Prince of 

 Oranofe. We learn from ' A Memoir of Charles 

 Gordon Lennox, fifth Duke of Richmond,' pub- 

 lished anonymously in 1862, that "the hunting- 

 field in England had made many of the above- 

 named officers competent for an important branch 

 of their duty — that of conveying orders to distant 

 posts — a duty which, in a savage, mountainous 

 country, with an ever - vigilant enemy in front, 

 required no slight energy, courage, and quickness 

 of eye." 



Scarcely had Lord March attained this proud 

 position before his regiment, the 13th Light 

 Dragoons, was detailed to reconnoitre the enemy's 

 movements. Lord March heard of this order with 

 unfeigned regret, as his position on the head- 

 quarters staff forbade his going to the front with 

 his regiment. He soon recovered from his disap- 

 pointment on learning that a general engagement 

 was imminent, — an anticipation which was speedily 

 verified. On the morning of July 27, 1810, the 

 French, under Massena, made two desperate attacks 

 on the English position (a very strong one) at 

 Busaco. The action lasted the whole day before 

 the enemy was finally repulsed, leaving nearly 

 3000 killed and wounded on the field. Lord 



