Meanwhile, the 2nd Battalion landed in Lisbon for service in the Peninsular War in March 1809. It took part in the Battle of Talavera in July 1809 and the Battle of Barrosa in March 1811. At Barrosa, Ensign Edward Keogh and Sergeant Patrick Masterson captured the French Imperial Eagle of the 8th Regiment de Ligne. Keogh only managed to get a hand on the shaft when he was shot, bayoneted and killed. Masterson took over and, after killing several men, wrenched the Eagle from the dying hands of its bearer, Lieutenant Gazan.