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Obidos, l^th Aug. 1808. He was also engaged with the enemy in the following battles, sieges,
actions and affiiirs :—Battles of Roleia and Vimiera, and surrender of Lisbon ; subsequent
campaign in Spain with Sir John Moore's Army, including its retreat—outpost affairs at
Talavera, night defence of the post of Barba del Puerco against very superior numbers,
atfairs ot Gallegos and Barquilla; action at Almeida, and defence of the bridge against every
effort to force it; affairs at Mora Morta and Jula ; battle of Busaco ; affairs at Alcnquer,
Aruda, and Santarem ; defence of the Lines of Torres Vedras ; actions with Marshal Masseiia's
Rear-guard at Pombal, Redinha, Condeixa, Caza Nova, Foz d'Aroucr, Ponte de Marcella,
Freixadas and Sabuij-l ; at Almeida five successive days ; at Marialva Bridge ; battles of the
3rd and 5th May 1811 at Fuentes d'Onor ; affairs at Naves d'Aver and Porcaylos ; siege and
storming of Ciudad Rodrigo ; action at San Milan ; battle of Vittoria ; actions with the French
Rear-guard at Echarrianos, Pampeluna, and forcing the heights of Santa Barbara and Pass of
Echalar ; at Vsra, and carrying the entrenchments in its Pass ; battles of the Pyrenees ;
several affairs at outposts ; battles of Nivelle and JS'ive ; action at Tarbes ; victory of the 18th
June at Waterloo, and capture of Paris. He was wounded at Vimeira by a musket-ball ;
received a contusion in the head at Redinha, a compound fracture of the left arm at the storm¬
ing of Ciudad Rodrigo while clearing the left breach, and k'ft leg badly fractured (ball lodged)
in driving the enemy from the heights of Tarbes. Joined the army in Belgium, under the
Prince of Orange, in the autumn of 1814; served the Waterloo campaigns in that country, and
with the Array of Occupation in France, until its embarkation for England in 1818. lie has
received the War Medal with ten Clasps.
161 Major-General Law served in the Peninsula from Sept. 1813 to the end of the war,
including the battles of Nivelle and Nive, for which he has received the War Medal with two
Clasps.
162 Major-General Marshall served in the Peninsula from January 1811 to October 1813,
including the first siege of Badajoz, siege and storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege and storm of San
Sebastian. Slightly wounded at Ciudad Rodrigo 16th Jan. 1812 ; severely wounded twice by
musket-shots at San Sebastian 31st August 1813, when leading the advance of the column of
attack up the great breach. He has received the War Medal with three Clasps.
163 Major-General Piper served six campaigns in the Peninsula, France, and Flanders, from
March 1810 to the 27th Jan. 16. From 1810 to 12 was employed in the Lines of Lisbon and
Almeida; and from Jan. 1812 to the conclusion of hostilities in 1815, held the command of a
Division of a Pontoon Train (having been entrusted during that period with the organization
and equipment of four several bridges); threw the bridges of the Guadiana, Tagus, Bidassoa,
Gave d'Oleron, Garronne, and Seine; served in the trenches at the last siege of Badajoz, from
the morning of the 18th to the 23rd of March, when the bridges of communication below the
town being destroyed and sunk, was despatched (by order of the Commander of the Forces) to
re-establish and remain with them—passing shot, shell, and ammunition during the nights, and
provisions during the daytime—for the remainder of the operations, received the thanks of Sir
Rowland Hill at the passage of the Tagus in August same year, on the advance of his column
to Madrid; and subsequently, when en route to Salamanca (in consequence of the enemy's
cavalry intercepting the communication through the Sierra-do-Gato) was commanded by
written instructions from the Commander of the Forces to retire with the bridges on Alcantra
de la Reina and Badajoz, to Elvas, and finally to Abrantes ; where, equipping a fresh train of
boats for the operations of the ensuing year, advanced with the army from Sabugal and Fre) -
nada to the Ebro and Vittoria; passage of the Bidassoa in Oct. and latter part of the blockade
of Pampeluna; actions of the 9tb and 11th Dec. 1813 at Bayonne; do. Toulouse in 1814 ; passed
and repassed His Grace the Commander of the Forces and Staff during the operations of the
day, from the right to the left bank of the river, on a fly-raft of three boats ; and subsequently,
advancing to Mongiscard on the Canal Royaldu Midi, proceeded thence to Bordeaux. Proceeded to
Ceylon, East Indies, 16th June 1816. Served as commanding engineer in the Kandiau Provinces,
during the insurrections of 1817 and 18. He has received the War Medal with three Clasps.
164 Major-General Faddy, prior to entering the Royal Artillery, was a Midshipman on board
the Asia, at the capture of the Dutch Fleet in Saldanha Bay in 1795: present at the attack ou
Fort Jerome, St. Domingo, and at the siege and capture of the city of Santo Domingo in 1809;
served in the Peninsula and France from July 1810 to June 1814, including the siege of San
Sebastian, passage of the Adour, investment of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie, besides
various minor affairs.
166 Major-General H.R. Moor servedin the Peninsula from June 1809 to June 1813, including
the battles of Busaco, Fuentcsd'Onor, and Salamanca ; sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajcjz,
action at Castrajon, and twelve other affairs with the enemy. He has received the War Medal
with five Clasps.
167 Major-General F. R. Thompson was attached to the Prussian army in 1815, and seryed
at Maubeuge, Landrecy, PhillipTille, and Rocroi.