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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 33as the day before. The French loss was estimated isos.at over 2000.On the 23rd the French demanded a cessationof arms,and proposed the basis of a conventionto evacuate Portugal.This"was listened to by theallied commanders, and eventually, on the 30th, adefinite treaty was concluded. Bythe 30th ofSeptember, all the French (except the garrisonsof Elvas and Almeida) were out of Portugal.In the beginning of September, bya new distributionof the army, the 91st were brigadedwith the 6th and 45th Regiments, under Major-General Beresford. On the 20th of this monththe regiment was encamped at Quillos ;and onthe 19th of October marched with the rest ofSir John Moore's army into Spain, arriving atAlbrantes on the 25th; Castello Branco, the 30th ;Cavellos, November the 3rd ; Belmonte, the 8th ;Guarda, the 9th ; Morillo, the 10th ;CiudadRodrigo, the llth, and Salamanca on the 18th.On the 28th of the same month the 91st wasplaced in brigade with the 20th, 28th, 52nd, and95th Regiments, under command of Major-G-eneralthe Hon. Edward Paget, under whose commandthe regiment remained during the rest of itsin the Peninsula.stay3