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40 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THEJuly they took part in the hard-fought battle ofTalavera, in which engagement the company lostone officer, Lieutenant McDougall, and nine menkilled ;one officer, Captain Walsh, and nineteenmen missing;and thirty-one rank and filewounded, out of a totaland ninety rank and file.strengthof three officersCaptain Walsh was taken prisoner in a charge,and, with many other officers similarly situated,was marched under a strong escort towardsFrance ;but he managed to effect his escape atVittoria on the night of the 20th of August, byswimming the river Jago, and after suffering theutmost privations and hardships, he joined theallied army and reported himself personallycommander-in-chief.to theCaptain Thomas Hunter Blair of the 91st, whowas acting major of brigade in the action ofTalavera, was also wounded and taken prisoner,and was not released until 1814.After the arrival of the main body of theregiment in England, they were quartered atDeal, and afterwards at Margate, when they werebrigadedwith the 6thand 50th Regiments underMajor-General Dyott, in the second division underLieutenant-General the Marquis of Huntley.On