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9 1ST AEGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 39on put an end to the battle, which had resulted 1809.in the English favour all alongthe line.Hope, who was now chief in command, determinedto embark his army, which he managed todo ;for when morning dawned the French foundthe British position abandoned. Hill embarkedat the citadel, which was held until the 18th bya rear-guard under Beresford.When the wounded were all on board, theremaining troops embarked, and the fleet sailedfor England, the ships carrying the 91st arrivingat Plymouth on the 28th.The officers and men who were left sick inPortugal, when the regimentembarked forEngland, were formed into a company underCaptain Walsh, and attached to the first battalionof detachments, which was under command ofColonelBunbury, of the 3rd Foot, and composedpart of the army under Sir Arthur Wellesley.On May the 10th, llth, and 12th, 1809, thiscompany was actively employed inthe affairs ofthe days above mentioned, which led to thecapture of Oporto, and it afterwards advancedwith the army which drove the French intoSpain, with the loss of all its artillery, ammunition,and baggage. On the 27th and 28th of