1811 Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles M. Cathcart, Deputy Quartermaster-General. Richard Bushe, 20th Portuguese Regt. Alexander Duncan, Royal Artillery. Major A. F. Baron Bussche, 2nd Light Dragoons, King's 66 By the command of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty. "FREDERICK, Commander-in-Chief. " HENRY TORRENS, Lieut.-Colonel and Military Secretary.” Major the Honorable Edward Acheson, of the SIXTYSEVENTH regiment, was promoted to the brevet rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the army on the 30th March, 1811, for his gallantry at Barrosa, as particularly noticed in Lieut.-General Graham's despatch. On the 26th May, 1817, the SIXTY-SEVENTH regiment received the Royal Authority to bear the word "Barrosa” on the regimental colour and appointments, to commemorate the gallantry of the second battalion on that occasion. Lieut.-General. Graham, after this conflict, remained some hours at the Barrosa heights, without being able to procure any supplies for the exhausted troops, in consequence of the commissariat mules having been dispersed on the enemy's first attack of the hill. Major Ross, with the detachment of the third battalion of the Ninety-fifth Rifle regiment, was left, while the remainder of the division was withdrawn, and early the next morning crossed the Santi Petri river. The favourable opportunity gained by British valour was not improved by the Spanish General, who did not strike a severe blow at the remains of the French army retreating in disorder. The inactivity of the Spaniards 1811 continuing, the English army returned to Cadiz. On the 11th of December, 1811, two companies embarked at Portsmouth for Spain, and joined the six companies at Cadiz, in January, 1812. In January, 1812, the battalion embarked at Cadiz 1812 for Carthagena, and shortly afterwards proceeded to Alicant, to join the troops under the command of MajorGeneral Andrew Ross. On the 21st of August the SIXTYSEVENTH returned to Carthagena, where they remained until the 20th of April, 1813, when they again embarked for Alicant. On the 31st of May, 1813, the battalion proceeded with 1813 the army, under Lieut.-General Sir John Murray, intended for the reduction of Tarragona, and on arrival formed part of the force detached under Lieut.-Colonel Prevost, of the SIXTY-SEVENTH, for the purpose of investing the fort of San Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, which blocks the direct road from Tortosa to Tarragona. The fort of San Philippe is situated upon the eastern extremity of an insulated village, in the centre of the Col de Balaguer, commanding completely the great road through the pass. It was a square fort with some bastions, and commanded on two sides by almost inaccessible mountains. Lieut.-Colonel Prevost and the brigade under his command, consisting of the second battalion of the SIXTYSEVENTH, the battalion of Roll Dillon, and a detachment of royal artillery, landed, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon of the 3rd of June, about one mile to the eastward of the entrance to the pass from Tarragona, where he was joined by the Spanish regiments of Barcelona and Palma, under the command of Don Jose Charles. On the 3rd of June the fort was invested, and on the day following a 1813 summons was sent to the commanding officer to surrender, offering favourable terms, which were, however, rejected. On the 5th of June the batteries continued a heavy fire upon the fort, which was returned by the enemy, who kept up a heavy and galling fire of shells, round and grapeshot, during the whole of the night, which occasioned some loss. About ten o'clock a most violent storm of thunder and lightning commenced, which impeded the works greatly, and as the seamen and troops were quite exhausted, it became expedient to delay bringing the guns upon the platforms, and to keep the embrasures masked. In the evening of the 6th of June a battery of two eight-inch mortars was placed upon the road, within a few hundred yards of the Castle, under the breaching battery; one four-pounder was likewise placed upon the heights to the right, where the riflemen were stationed. At daybreak on the 7th, three batteries opened to protect the working party at the breaching battery, and kept up a tremendous fire until six o'clock, when that of the Castle having ceased, their magazines upon the batteries having been blown up by the shells from the mortars, the white flag was hoisted upon the Castle, and the garrison offered to surrender upon conditions of marching out and grounding their arms upon the glacis, with permission to carry off the personal baggage, which terms were granted, as Marshal Suchet's approach was hourly expected, and Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost would be enabled to put the fort in a good state of defence. Possession was taken of the Castle on the 7th of June. Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray, in his despatch to the Marquis of Wellington, stated— "This capture, in the present situation of our affairs, is "of great importance, as it blocks up the nearest and 1813 "most accessible road from Tortosa to Tarragona. 66 66 "The troops of both nations bore their fatigue, and 'performed their duty with the greatest alacrity and spirit, and deserve every commendation. Lieutenant"Colonel Prevost has in a former despatch particularly "noticed the gallantry and good conduct of Ensign "Nelson, of the SIXTY-SEVENTH, and Ensign John Der66 mot, of Roll Dillon's battalion." The SIXTY-SEVENTH had two rank and file killed, and eight rank and file wounded. Marshal Suchet advancing with an army of superior numbers, the siege of Tarragona, which had been invested by Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray on the 3rd of June, was raised, and on the 12th of that month the troops embarked for the Col de Balaguer. Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck assumed the command of the troops in the East of Spain, in succession to Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray. His Lordship joined the army at the Col de Balaguer on the 17th of June, and re-embarked with it for Alicant, at which place the SIXTY-SEVENTH and the rest of the troops arrived about the 24th of June. The battle of Vittoria, on the 21st of June, 1813, gained by the army under the Marquis of Wellington, changed the aspect of affairs in Spain, and the troops under Marshal Suchet made some retrograde movements. The Anglo-Sicilian army, under Lieut.-General Lord William Bentinck, advancing into Catalonia, proceeded to invest Tarragona. On the 4th of July the army, under the command of Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck, marched for Tarragona. The SIXTY-SEVENTH were employed in the subsequent operations, and were present at the occupation 1813 of Tarragona by the British, which place was blown up by the French under Marshal Suchet on the night of the 18th of August, after which the enemy retired towards Barcelona. 1814 Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck continued in command of this division of the army until the 23rd of September, 1813, when his Lordship embarked for Sicily, where fresh changes injurious to the British policy required his presence, and was succeeded by LieutenantGeneral William Clinton. Previously to his embarkation his Lordship issued the following General Order, dated Tarragona, 23rd of September, 1813: "The Commander of the Forces deeply laments that "he is compelled to leave the army. It is a pleasing "part of his duty to express his perfect satisfaction with "the subordination and perseverance displayed by the troops upon all occasions. 66 "He only regrets that the part assigned to this army "in the plan of the campaign has not permitted the troops "to partake in those brilliant triumphs which would have "been the just recompense of their valour and discipline." In September the battalion marched into quarters at Valls, and in October it was removed to Vendrills. Napoleon's reverses in Germany, and the brilliant successes of the allied army under the Marquis of Wellington, had a great effect upon the war in Catalonia, and the troops under Marshal Suchet withdrew from several posts. The SIXTY-SEVENTH marched, in February, 1814, to the vicinity of Barcelona, and formed part of the force employed in the investment of that place. Hostilities were terminated in April by a treaty of peace. 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