THE DISPATCHES OF FIELD MARSHAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, K.G. DURING HIS VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS IN INDIA, DENMARK, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, THE LOW COUNTRIES, AND FRANCE. FROM 1799 TO 1818. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL AND AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS, BY LIEUT. COLONEL GURWOOD, ESQUIRE TO HIS GRACE AS KNIGHT OF THE BATH. VOLUME THE FOURTH. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXXXV. bab. THE DISPATCHES ΟΥ FIELD MARSHAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, DURING HIS VARIOUS CAMPAIGNS FROM 1799 TO 1818. "Monumentum ære perennius.' MILITARY NARRATIVE OF THE SERVICES OF FIELD MARSHAL THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, IN THE PENINSULA. WITH THE OFFICIAL AND OTHER DISPATCHES, 6 His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief to Lieut. General* the Hon. Sir A. Wellesley, K.B. SIR, 'Horse Guards, 14th June, 1808. His Majesty having been graciously pleased to appoint you to the command of a detachment of his army, to be employed upon a particular service, I have to desire that you will be pleased to take the earliest opportunity to assume the command of this force, and carry into effect such instructions as you may receive from his Majesty's ministers. 6 • The force, which his Majesty has been pleased to place under your command, consists of the following corps : * Sir A. Wellesley had been promoted to the rank of Lieut. General on the 25th April, 1808. † Whenever the 95th occurs, it is meant the regiment of three battalions which then bore that number, but now called the Rifle Brigade. VOL. IV. B |