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I therefore desired
is march by Fontive-
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I, I broke up peter,.
which I had held in
30th of last month,
heights pf St. Chris,

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Rodrigo, November N.
nand of Lieutenant.
ssed the Tormes, at
under my command
s of St Cbristoval de
adier.Geaeral Pack's
gua, and Brigadiar
xi the right; and the
'mt. I had desired
d Hill to occupy the
fajor-Gen. Howard's
ng Lieutenant-Genel
ion on the lift of the
; while the 2cl divi••
rhood of the fords of
Eid and 4th divisions
sa in reserve.
re in the picquets of
of cavalry, in front of
g was obliged to with•
m the morning of the
the enemy's whole
on the Tormes, and
a with twenty pieces
)dy of infantry. They
howevcr, an 4 wtths

tle cannon and greater part of the troops dl
oat night, and this attack was never renewed.
I enclose Lieutenant-General Hamilton's report
Sir Rowland Hill of the transactions at Alba,
vhich were highly creditable to the troops employed.
from the 10th till the 14th the time was passed in
rarioos reconnoissances, 'as well of the fords of the
Tormes as of the position which the troops under
Ely command occupied on the sight of that river, in
front of Salamanca and on the 14th the enemy
toga that river in force, at three fords near Ln-
ciao, about two leagues above Alba.
0 I immediately broke up from St. Christoval, and
ordered the tronps to move towards Arapiles ; and
el won as I had ascertained the direction of the ene-
les march from the fords, I moved with the second
division of infantry, and all the cavalry I could col-
lect, to attack them ; leaving Lieutenant-General
Sir Rowland Hill with the fourth, and Lieutenant-
General Hamilton's divisions, in front of Alba, to
protect this movement, and the Sd division in reserve
on the Arapiles, to secure the possession of that po.
skim
The enemy, however, were already roo nume-
rous, and too strongly posted at Mozarbes to be at-
tacked; and I confined myself to a cannonade of
Moir cavalry, under cover of which I reconnoitred

;heir position.
ig In the evening I withdrew all the troops .from
the neighbourhood of Alba to the Arapiles, leaving
a small Spanish garrison in the castle, and having
destroyed the bridge. In the course of the night and
•,4,,g- mug g I moved the greatest part of the
troops through Salamanca ; and placed Lieutenant-
General Sir Edward Paget with the Ist division of
infantry on the right, at Aldea Tejada, in order to
secure that passage for the troops over the Zunguen,
in case the movements of the enemy on our right
Bank should render it necessary for me to make choke
either of giving up my communication with Ciudad
Rodrigo or Salamanca.
is On the 15th, in the morning, I found the enemy
fortifying their position at Mozai bes, which they had
taken up the night before ; at the same time that they
were moving bodies of cavalry and infaotry towards
their own left, and to our communications with Ciu-
dad Rodrigo. It was obvious that it was the ene.
my's intention to ac i upon our communications; and
as they were too strong, and too strongly posted for
me to think of attacking them, I determined to move
upon Ciudad Rodrigo. 1 therefore put the: army in
march in three columns, and crossed the Zunguen,
and then passed the enemy's left flank, and encamped
that night on the Vansusa. We continued our march
suctorsively on the 16th, 17th, 18th, and this day,
'then part of the army crossed the Agueda, andel*