“I have the honour to be, etc., etc., etc., “ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE, “_Lieutenant-Colonel 28th Regiment_. “COLONEL WILSON, ETC., ETC., ETC., _commanding the Brigade_.” [Sidenote: LETTERS OF HILL, BROWNE, AND OTHERS.] FROM THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GENERAL LORD HILL, G.C.B. “PORTALEGRE, _November 24th, 1811_. “MY LORD,--I had an opportunity of witnessing Lieutenant Blakeney’s zeal and gallantry at the head of the light infantry which formed the advance guard of General Howard’s column at Arroyo de Molinos on the 28th ultimo. I have therefore much pleasure in forwarding and recommending his memorial herewith enclosed. “I have the honour to be, etc., etc., etc., “R. HILL, “_Lieutenant-General_. “LORD FITZROY SOMERSET, _Military Secretary_.” FROM LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BROWNE, C.B., _late 28th Regiment, commanding 56th Regiment_. “SHEERNESS, _October 4th, 1814_. “MY DEAR BLAKENEY,--I have to acknowledge yours of the 28th ultimo, and am happy to bear testimony to your gallant conduct as an officer whenever an opportunity offered, which was conspicuous in the battle of Barossa, so much so that it was the cause of my recommending you to the protection of Sir Thomas Graham. And believe me, my dear Blakeney, your ever sincere friend, “T. F. BROWNE. “CAPTAIN BLAKENEY, _36th Regiment_.” FROM LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CROSS, C.B. “KILKENNY, _August 23rd, 1814_. “SIR,--Understanding that Captain Blakeney is about memorialising His Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief for the rank of major in the army, founding his claims on his services and wounds, I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to the fact of his having twice volunteered to serve with this battalion in the Peninsula before he was effective; and that upon every occasion after his joining that the regiment was in fire his conduct was highly meritorious, and his gallantry when it was the proud lot of the battalion to charge and carry the enemy’s redoubt on the heights of Andaya on November 10th was most conspicuous; and on this occasion it was his great misfortune to receive the severe wound under which he is still suffering, and I accordingly with great respect presume to recommend his case to the favourable consideration of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief. “I have the honour to be, “WILLIAM CROSS, “_Lieutenant-Colonel 36th Regiment_. “MAJOR-GENERAL TORRENS, _Military Secretary_.” FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CHARLES BELSON, K.C.B. “FERMOY BARRACKS, _August 22nd, 1814_.