, 1861-01-31

ford sent message to request them to remove
to greater distance. The officer commanding
the post said that he had been placed there by
superior authority, and could not retire, unless
obliged BY force; upon which the general or.
dered out one Of his field pieces, and fired Q
round or two into the village. This satisfied The
honor and responsibility Of the officer, who made
bow IVA. And withdrsy sa hIs party, which, in fact
In the retreat to CoFunna, our cavalry halted
one evening at Benavepte, and took measures for
destroying the bridge. Napoleon In person FOL-
lowed US as far as this spot During the night
the French patrols came several times on their
end Of the bridge, TO ascertain whether we still
held on; but on being challeged BY our sentinels,
retired. One dragon advanced farther than
the rest, and one Of our sentinels, Of On Irish
regiment, called out, viii shoot that fellow 2"
"By no MEANS" replied his officer, and the
Dragon hearing the hubbub, speedily Withdrew.
At the battle Of Corunna, our wounded were
carried off the field, and we retired at nightlall
and embarked. AFrench drummer, with others
the next day, was wandering about the field in
hopes Of picking up something Of little value,
and in fumbling over the body Of British officer,
discovered that he was not dead. Upon giving
that information, the officer was removed, taken
great care Of and finally recovered He was one
Of the heroic Napiers. 5
Aiter the action Of Fuentes donor, the village
was between the two armies Men from each
were scattered OVERT, somewhat mixed, inseareh
Of chairs, or utensils or conveniences, to take ont
to their respective bivouacs. To prevent conil.
sion, or perhaps quarrels, they drew line Of
demaTkation along one street, which neither
party was 10 pass /; and this amicable arrange
ment was respected by both. ,z ! = (, ~, ~,
At the lines Of Lisbon, as they were called
but, in fact some twelve or fifteen miles In ad-
vance Of that city-the two armies lay in front
Of one another quiescent for some months; their
advanced posts in some parts 80 near that friendly
communications frequently took place between
them The British had the fine city Of Lisbon
In their rear, where every sort Of comfort could
be obtained; the French had no such resources
within reach. Il happened, on more than one
occasion, that the French officers at the outpost
would ask Of ours 70 oItain for them some little
luxury from Lisbon,-a bnx Of cigars, coffee,
stationery, eother object, which requests were
always readily complied with.
Perhaps one Of the most interesting anecdotes
Of the couFtesies Of war s that beautiful trait Of
the French dragoon, who came across Feltnh
Harvey Of the 14th Light Dungeons, in cavalry
skirmish. Harvey had lost an arm, and, a. they
approached each other instinetively Faised The
stump 10 endeagofstO save his head from tbs
coming blow; but the FEenchman pereeivine
The disabled dconditioD Of bis opponent instead
Of cutting at him, dropped his swOrd to the sa-
lutte. and galloped past Il sis-r iaIsT n
An exchange Of prisoners was sometimes
made BY agreement between the two generals.
Where both parties were 50 ihf from their own
countries. the transmission of prisoners wa em-
barrassine, and might well be spared where
each was content with an exchange. Sometimes
an officer, who was Iavorite Of one, would hll
into the hands Of the other, and request 70
have him back for another Of equal rank, TO be
No ed BY the opposite party, would always be
acceded 10. Attimes, when an officer was taken,
his baggage. little money, &c, would be sent ID
10 the enenyb outposts Tor him BY . flag Of truce.
On one occasion an Gttdeks to the army, Of no
defined rank, was taken, and when questioned
BY the enemy as ID his position IN The army, with
put 90 high . value on himself that Lord Wei.
iingto1 would not confirm Il and he suffered .
continued imprisonment 10 consequence.
Several private gentlemen came out 70 the
army, during short periods Of excitement q
excuFsionisla such IS Mr.. Edwin james was
short time ego with GaFibaldi One Of them
was made prisoner In some affair; and being
questioned as 10 bis position, % be b,re no uni
form, declared himself to be IN amateurl The
French general turned up his eyes, and said
that be had heard Of aiuateufs IN painting, ANA
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French 10 the position Of prisoners; so many Of
them iound means 70 escape BY connivancs of
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srd = ch;v.Ircnsiv h"rosshis shst sh.rs -
not an ;nSas"ce' d1s,nr the who,s - ~sr ~ I,i1.
IN soldier. ofIScsr or mn. hav;nc hsen h.srav.d
hy them' a. not obtainine everv noSsible assisl.
s1ce from then, tbat 4. vbrt n, 4 state of AZ
soIuts drpendence on their IA ar when the
Enelish Srmy marched into 4 town. In An Their
force and elorv. Done couId sho,v 4 hirher ,tore
ana bearing of indepcndence. or 4 rreater de.