LIEUT.-GENERAL THOMAS DYNELEY, C.B., R.A. 411 
sorry to see poor George Macleod! is badly wounded ; his leg is not 
broken as was at first reported ; his wound is in the thigh by a cannon 
shot which has torn some of the muscles and otherwise contused it, I 
hope the poor fellow will not suffer much, for he isas fine a soldier as 
ever breathed. 
Tn a letter I received a few days since from Mrs. Close she tells me 
William has not yet returned ; remember what I said about him and 
don’t let him come to this climate yet, let him stay in Old England and 
enjoy himself upon roast beef and port sauce and then, if he will come, 
tell him to contrive it so as not to land before October, the heat be- 
fore that time is dreadful. Robert? I have not seen, but [ understand 
he is fitting out a 9-pounder brigade at Lisbon. I wish he could have 
been up in time for our fun, but I am afraid it is impossible. 
I assure you your offer of the greyhound will be most acceptable. 
Can you imagine anything more tantalizing for a man fond of the sport 
and probably very hungry at the time, than to be able, in a ride 
of half an hour, to put up half a dozen hares, and not a dog to slip. 
We care nothing about “the season,” there are no game laws, and, 
as for the “campaign” being opened, we can find time to fight and 
course too, therefore if you will take the trouble of forwarding the 
dog I shall be much obliged to you. If a surgeon of ours, Bennett? by 
name, is at Portsmouth, he will take charge of it, or Colonel Salmon‘ I 
daresay can put you in the way. I had a white dog I stole the night 
we entered Rodrigo, but in the hurry of our forced march to Llerena, 
somebody cut it loose from my baggage in the night. 
I have been very fortunate with my horses, not having had a sick one 
since I came into the country. ‘Tell William to let his be small, stout 
nags, about six or seven years old; they require less to eat, and you 
may get a stable for a small horse when you cannot for a large one, the 
ceilings and doors of the stables are mostly very low, being made for 
mules and donkeys. We Horse Artillery gentlemen touch up the little 
gunner-driver men’s horses in high style, indeed I don’t know what we 
should do without them. We got a draft of forty from Massey’ at - 
Colchester and most capital horses they are. 
You will not be surprised from what I said in those few hasty lines 
from Fuentes d’Onoro to hear that General Borthwick has resigned his 
1 There were four sons of Major-General Sir John Macleod, K.C.B., D.-A.-G. Royal Artillery ; 
who served in the Peninsula, viz. :— 
Charles, commanding the 48rd Regiment, killed at the storm of Badajos. Lord Wellington 
wrote in his despatch, ‘‘ In Lieut.-Colonel Macleod, who was killed in the breach, His Majesty has 
sustained the loss of an officer, who was an ornament to his profession and was capable of rendering 
the most important services to his country.” 
James, A. (Kane’s List, No. 1210), in the Royal Artillery, he was at Walcheren, and through a 
great part of the Peninsular War ; he was afterwards transferred to the 41st Regiment. 
Henry, G. (Kane’s List, No. 1893), who began his career in the R.A., but was transferred to 
the 35th Regiment, he was badly wounded at Quatre Bras. 
George (here mentioned} began his service as a midshipman, but was transferred to the Royal 
Engineers he led the forlorn hope at Ciudad Rodrigo and was badly wounded at Badajos. 
2 Captain Robert Douglas (Kane’s List, No. 958). 
3 (Kane’s List, No. 81). 
4 (Kane’s List, No. 655). 
> Captain Commissary G. Massey (Kane’s List, No. 86), 
