CHAPTER II.

Formation of the 3rd Battalion--1st Battalion again proceed to Portugal--Join the Light Division--March from Calzada to Talavera --March to the bridge of Almaraz--Scarcity of food--Winter quarters at Campo Major--2nd Battalion embark for Holland--Humbley seizes a French picquet--Siege of Flushing--Walcheren fever--1st Battalion on the Coa--Fight at Barba del Puerco--Craufurd’s Divisional Order--Beckwith’s system of command--Night march to Gallegos--Fight at the Coa--Casualties--Battle of Busaco--Lines of Torres Vedras--Fight at Sobral--Simmons takes some French prisoners--Massena’s retreat--Fight near Valle--Winter quarters-- A company of the 2nd Battalion with Ballesteros--Defence of Tarifa--Defence of Cadiz--Battle of Barrosa 42