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lesson as was ever afforded. About 12,000 infantry and a few of the 
enemy’s cavalry had taken post on the heights covering the Burgos 
high road about Buniel. To cover and conceal his real intention of 
marching on the enemy’s right flank Lord Wellington, though he 
moved the whole army up to that point, showed only some cavalry. 
The operations began by a little manceuvring with the Hussar Brigade. 
The ldth Hussars supported by Newland’s two guns, with which both 
Dyneley! and Gardiner went off, advanced against the French cavalry. 
I was left with the 10thand 18th, who conjointly with the heavy cavalry 
and General Anson’s brigade, tried to outflank their infantry, Lord 
Wellington and Sir Thomas Graham superintending. My four guns 
were immediately called on, and I advanced in front of our troops, and 
cannonaded the enemy’s columns as they returned to the high road. I 
think there never was such an opportunity for the movements of Horse 
Artillery. I followed them on their flank as they retired, and seven 
different times came into action, twice within two hundred yards, when 
the enemy with the greatest firmness and intrepidity formed hollow 
squares and received our fire very steadily giving me two volleys of 
musquetry which fortunately, though it could hardly have been ex- 
pected, passed over us without injury. In order to determine the 
necessary changes in our position I was several times obliged to 
gallop close up to them, when many of their men fell out of the ranks 
and took steady aim at me, but I kept in motion and was consequently 
safe. As soon as they got down the hills, losing a great many men on 
the way, one squadron and two Horse Artillery guns endeavoured to 
cover their rear, these were charged by a squadron of the 14th and 
one of the 8rd Dragoons who took one of the guns. 
All this time the staff stood by me, but I was permitted to choose 
my own ground and was in no way interfered with. Owing to the 
enemy being much below us, and the ground being wet, our shot did 
not rise and consequently did not take the effect I could have wished. 
Lord Wellington sent me a message to go down into the high road, 
where indeed I should have been glad to be, but it was then too late 
and on my representation it was left to my discretion. ? 
Gardiner in the meantime had done much execution, and the enemy 
being now out of my range, he came to me to move. The ground was 
very bad, and in doing so one of my guns upset and broke the trail. 
I was getting it replaced and the gun mounted on the spare wheel- 
carriage ® when General Alten galloped up and requested me to en- 
1 2nd Captain Thomas Dyneley (Kane’s List No. 1114) served in the campaign in Italy under 
Sir John Craig in 1805 ; and that in Calabria in 1806, under Sir John Stewart; battle of Maida and 
siege of Scylla. 
In the Peninsula with ““E”’ troop from July 1811 to November 1818, was present at the sieges 
of Ciudad Rodrigo (wounded), Forts of Salamanca (wounded) ; at the battles of Salamanca, Vitoria, 
and the Pyrenees, and at the affairs of heights of Christoval, bridge of Simancas, Majalahonda, 
Morales, and San Mufios. 
He accompanied the troop to the Netherlands in 1815, and was present in the retreat from 
Quatre Bras and at Waterloo. Peninsula medal and 5 clasps, medal and C.B. for Waterloo. 
Lieut.-General Dyneley, C.B. died in London in 1860. 
2 «There was a smart cavalry affair yesterday at Cellada del Camino. We took an officer, some 
prisoners, and a gun.” Letters of Sir A. 8. Frazer, K.C.B., p. 143. See Lord Wellington’s 
despatch June 13th, 1813, Vol. X., p. 483. 
3 The spare wheel-carriage, which was also a spare gun-carriage, carried three spare wheels. 
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