The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-12 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

FURTHER l'AltT/CULARS RESPECTING THE GAM?_/).TeN
I:4 PORTUGAL. .

-The,great superiority c!. the. English Riflemen
(er.tlie French Voltigeurs Nkai discernable th:rough-1
r the *hole Campaign ; their high state of dis-*
elpline and aCtik it y, and the vast advantage they
tv._re of during the whole period of this service, but
;•rirlieularly in the actions-cl the pith and 21st, is
to be ascribed to'.the unceasing exertions of
Fit ii, to whOse Brigade thee
attached. Indeed, the colidua of General
~vlulse services and fatipe were incessant,
the nature of his command, was such as to
aim to the particular notice of the' Com-
..• i!..r in Chief, who mentions him most Imogoer
in his report of both etigag.nuents, :P4teral!
.N is nearly allied to. Lord, WE,,,-rmott
it the desperate at telopt which lite Fiericia made,*
tom of the 91 t, to recover OIL i
.pi,Tes. of
I) had been taken by General FEaGU-
e.N., trtigade, Suoiairted by the 8-2.d.re'4ifuent, Bri-
n.-r-Genetat NIGIIITINGALE greatly distinguished
' gas were in the valley, and could
off, arc-; of one• having been dis-
•; an:, obstroci!::_;- the passage. Gen. •BP,E-
-:;!E i hulking- it a nvtient:to attack that
the 7 t NiGuriNGALs, at the
of thee. corps, galloon \ sustained it ; and
Corm: Lander in Chief ordered him to
with tltcrn tap the hei.2.ins, in • order, that
ey might with greater advantage cliarge the
,e,!iy down the hill, then eiiiborassed in the
o v ground, he could scarcely bring .hitnself.to ob,,y
orders—nor was it till t vice, repeated that lie
:..2Hce:talitly complied. As soon, :however, its Sir
saw the mo,:einetit, he trollied these two.
:1;illleiltS, General NIGATINGAIA! at
::eir bead, charged down the hill, and kiderl,. took
~!,soners (among the rest Gem BRENIEnt,;), or •dis-
rsed. the whole :or the French force opposad to •
e n=thus settling time point as to the six:pieces.of

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t: iiliery.
Brigadier-General A_NsTavrritsn (first
..,cOusin of
JOHN ANSTRUTHER;Iate, Chief Justice of India)
st gallantly defended on the
,2 t st; the position in
of ;lie -village of Nitniera-. One of • the. staff
~:vin g represented to Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY,
the enemy were making trem..qtdous of its in
quarter, ~ad t)lai General •ANSTRUTHER would
• IlltlCll pressed ; the General immediately ordered
u to repair 4•,0 that Officer, to infirm him; that
• -Ltd: a corps" (naming one at that .moment not
, engaged) " should be sent to iris assistance,
GeneraLimagincil he was pressed." The.ho-
ur of the proud Scot was touched at this message,
he immediately replied,
.being full of wrath--,--
Si.r; I am nor i•ressed ; and I want no .assistance ;
.‘• i ihe General I afu beating the French, and am
tO beat them wherever I find ftem !" •
If we do not here go into farther particulars of
remaining General Officers of-the British army
rying in Portugal, it is because we
.have not been
• swum:lle as to learn any thing panticularly mark-
.; in their individual conduct. In faCt, „where all
.re equally brave, it is not easy to. diSctiminate.
"it way be generally observed, that in the annals,
warfaye, there never was a battle fought,
hich the uuiform good condua of the whole
-y, from the CoMmander in Chief down to the
soldier, was more eminently con/Ticuous.—

were heroes—,and each fought as if ih, day de-
-..nded upon his individual exertions. What was
. prily observable, was the cbecrfulucss of they; hole
,;,my at the Cot mencethent- of the engagement. at
uiera, in_the, toil confidence of beating the ene-
.! ; and at its close, the.exultation and delight at
„ivitig beaten the flower of the _French army, knew
bounds. lii fit t, the -comforts' of • the men had
ocen'so attended to, they had been so well fed, and
from these Ciri umstances, in sui h high heal li
!hat, with their cause; and wrtU
e•
alk..r, they felt invincible. How tar that.speciii;s
i-eeling goes towards victory, it would be ridicu-.
lo•is to dwell ,upon, •
The particular mention which Sir AnTuruß WEL^
mehasthe-36th•Foot, leads tor ai
moment
tue,dweiling upon the ruerits of itiat excellent
t.:::113S, From the day on which it landed .in tu-
• to that of the battle of Vuniera,.v.hich we trust
,J.,.11 be to be deemed the end of the. Canipaigu in that
country, not a man of it was ever found out of its
a single moment•ab•ent from his partial-
Formed in -India by excellent Officers for
11;2:1rly l& years, and seting during that period every
• of service a soldier can- possibly encounter, it
js, from its nnit9rni correetness bravery, rind disci-
the pattern regiment-of the British Troops in
;!cut quaver, during the_ %.lio!e- period:of its stay.
At Bubnos Ayres, this gallant body•of men,
forced to pass under the yoke, of a most dis-,
?nd -degrAing Convention '(to give it no
a name), refused distinaly to give up their-
cf.ns, and. at length, in despair at being forced to
5.„0-..quit to the common Lite of that cli:ii2raccinl day,
ti?. ..y broke their muskets to shivers, and in that-state
them for the enemy. What .a triumph must
haVe been,' to regain in Portugal, fighting
.r.;:ii-Ust some of the best troops in the i.vcirid,- that
7,!)(p.vri which cowardice and miscondutit had robbed
of, in a contest %-k-ith.a parcel of mere Citizens
Colonial town of Spanish South America—to
that glQry restored tC, thein by a WELLEst..Ev,
had.,peen piliered from them by a WiirrE

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is impmslb:e to speak of this invaluable body
:41, without referriug toiheir at!ach-
.. thtir beloved leader, Ccloiliel BUitti, whom
and who has the reslyea and esteem of
tlye army to Whom he is known.. This
an Irishman, .was for lout teen years
of Gren:td in the 36th, and in' whit!). he
meld the laukstxcessively of Major, and
,:.;;,-.l:mt-Colonel. During the 'whole of this
s:i!ring the fatigue and prvations of his
:tud grying i hrotOi the whole of their duty
anxious and very alive period of service, its
!‘ment to him is unbounded. The deport-
, GI !his regiment under his command, on'the
was ex.,ct;y iliat of one at a review ; so
vvew its manceuvres, and so stria its dis-

(To be confinia.l.)

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