1811" the Quartermaster-General's Department, of Captain "Birch and Captain Nicholas, and the officers of the 66 Royal Engineers, of Captain Hope, and the officers of "my Personal Staff, (all animating by their example,) "will ever be most gratefully remembered. 66 "I cannot conclude this despatch without earnestly recommending to His Majesty's gracious notice for pro"motion, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Browne, Major of the 28th "foot, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Norcott, Major of the 95th "Rifle Regiment, Major Duncan, Royal Artillery, Major Gough of the 87th, Major the Honorable E. Acheson of "the SIXTY-SEVENTH, and Captain Birch of the Royal Engineers, all in the command of corps or detachments on "this memorable service; and I confidently trust that the "bearer of this despatch, Captain Hope, (to whom I refer your Lordship for further details,) will be promoted, on "being permitted to lay the Eagle at His Majesty's feet." 66 66 Such are the details of the battle of Barrosa, in which the enemy lost about three thousand men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, while that of the English amounted to 1243 killed and wounded. Prevost, The SIXTY-SEVENTH had Lieut.-Colonel Captain Patrickson, Lieutenant W. Ronald, and Ensign Sutherland wounded; ten men of the regiment were killed; and one serjeant and thirty rank and file were wounded. The British captured an Eagle, six pieces of cannon, and among the prisoners were the General of Division Rufin, the General of Brigade Rosseau ; the Chief of the Staff, General Bellegrade; an Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Victor, the Colonel of the eighth regiment, and several other officers. The prisoners amounted to two General Officers, one field-officer, nine captains, eight subalterns, and 420 rank and file. Both Houses of Parliament unanimously voted their 1811 thanks to Lieut.-General Graham, and the officers and men under his command, for this victory, and their valour and ability were highly applauded by the nation. On the 11th of November following, His Majesty's commands were communicated in the subjoined memorandum:— Horse Guards, November 11th, 1811. MEMORANDUM. The Prince Regent having been graciously pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to command that, in commemoration of the brilliant victory obtained over the enemy by a division of His Majesty's army under the command of Lieut.-General Thomas Graham, at Barrosa, on the 5th of March, 1811, the undermentioned officers of the army, present upon that occasion, should enjoy the privilege of bearing a Medal, and His Royal Highness having approved of the medal which has been struck, is pleased to command, that it should be worn by the General Officers, suspended by a riband, of the colour of the sash, with a blue edge, round the neck, and by the Commanding Officers of corps and detachments, and the Chiefs of Military Departments, attached by a riband of the same colour to the button-hole of their uniform : Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham. Colonel William Wheatley, 1st Foot Guards. William Augustus Prevost, SIXTY-SEVENTH Regt. John Macdonald, Deputy-Adjutant-General. D 2 1811 Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles M. Cathcart, Deputy-Quartermaster-General. Richard Bushe, 20th Portuguese Regt. Alexander Duncan, Royal Artillery. Hugh Gough, 87th Regt. Major A. F. Baron Bussche, 2nd Light Dragoons, King's "By the command of His Royal Highness the "FREDERICK, Commander-in-Chief. "HENRY TORRENS, Lieut.-Colonel and Military Secretary." Major the Honorable Edward Acheson, of the SIXTYSEVENTH regiment, was promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the army on the 30th March, 1811, for his gallantry at Barrosa, as particularly noticed in Lieut.-General Graham's despatch. On the 26th May, 1817, the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Barrosa on the regimental colour and appointments, to commemorate the gallantry of the second battalion on that occasion. Lieut.-General Graham, after this conflict, remained some hours at the Barrosa heights, without being able to procure any supplies for the exhausted troops, in consequence of the commissariat mules having been dispersed on the enemy's first attack of the hill. Major Ross, with the detachment of the third battalion of the Ninety-fifth Rifle regiment, was left, while the remainder of the division was withdrawn, and early the next morning crossed the Santi Petri river. The favourable opportunity gained by British valour was not improved by the Spanish General, who did not strike a severe blow at the remains of the French army retreating in disorder. The inactivity of the Spaniards 1811 continuing, the English army returned to Cadiz. On the 11th of December, 1811, two companies embarked at Portsmouth for Spain, and joined the six companies at Cadiz, in January, 1812. In January, 1812, the battalion embarked at Cadiz 1812 for Carthagena, and shortly afterwards proceeded to Alicant, to join the troops under the command of MajorGeneral Andrew Ross. On the 21st of August the SIXTYSEVENTH returned to Carthagena, where they remained until the 20th of April, 1813, when they again embarked for Alicant. On the 31st of May, 1813, the.battalion proceeded with 1813 the army, under Lieut.-General Sir John Murray, intended for the reduction of Tarragona, and on arrival formed part of the force detached under Lieut.-Colonel Prevost, of the SIXTY-SEVENTH, for the purpose of investing the fort of San Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, which blocks the direct road from Tortosa to Tarragona. The fort of San Philippe is situated upon the eastern extremity of an insulated village, in the centre of the Col de Balaguer, commanding completely the great road through the pass. It was a square fort with some bastions, and commanded on two sides by almost inaccessible mountains. Lieut.-Colonel Prevost and the brigade under his command, consisting of the second battalion of the SIXTYSEVENTH, the battalion of Roll Dillon, and a detachment of royal artillery, landed, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 3rd of June, about one mile to the eastward of the entrance to the pass from Tarragona, where he was joined by the Spanish regiments of Barcelona and Palma, under the command of Don Jose Charles. On the 3rd of June the fort was invested, and on the day following a 1813 summons was sent to the commanding officer to surrender, offering favourable terms, which were, however, rejected. On the 5th of June the batteries continued a heavy fire upon the fort, which was returned by the enemy, who kept up a heavy and galling fire of shells, round and grapeshot, during the whole of the night, which occasioned some loss. About ten o'clock a most violent storm of thunder and lightning commenced, which impeded the works greatly, and as the seamen and troops were quite exhausted, it became expedient to delay bringing the guns upon the platforms, and to keep the embrasures masked. In the evening of the 6th of June a battery of two eight-inch mortars was placed upon the road, within a few hundred yards of the Castle, under the breaching battery; one four-pounder was likewise placed upon the heights to the right, where the riflemen were stationed. At daybreak on the 7th, three batteries opened to protect the working party at the breaching battery, and kept up a tremendous fire until six o'clock, when that of the Castle having ceased, their magazines upon the batteries having been blown up by the shells from the mortars, the white flag was hoisted upon the Castle, and the garrison offered to surrender upon conditions of marching out and grounding their arms upon the glacis, with permission to carry off the personal baggage, which terms were granted, as Marshal Suchet's approach was hourly expected, and Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost would be enabled to put the fort in a good state of defence. Possession was taken of the Castle on the 7th of June. Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray, in his despatch to the Marquis of Wellington, stated— "This capture, in the present situation of our affairs, is |