Marched to an encampment upon the Caya, about three miles in the rear of Campo Mayor, and took up our ground in position with the army. Lord Wellington was compelled to leave Badajoz and recross the Guadiana, owing to Marshals Marmont and Soult having formed a junction and concentrated their forces in its neighbourhood. [Sidenote: 24th] Visited my _patrona_ in Campo Mayor; she was very glad to see me. Returned to the camp in the evening. Rode to Elvas and visited Fort de Lippe. [Sidenote: 1811 July 3rd] Lord Wellington took the cavalry and crossed the Guadiana to reconnoitre the enemy; he found they were gone. [Sidenote: 20th] General Craufurd frequently has the Division out for exercise. Nothing else worthy of notice has occurred. The Light Division broke up from this tiresome sort of monotonous life led here. Marched a league and a half and bivouacked. [Sidenote: 22nd] Marched to Portalegre. [Sidenote: 23rd] Castello de Vide. Occupied several _quintas_ round the town. A splendid garden was attached to the one I was billeted upon. I feasted upon a variety of good fruits as well as quantities of mulberries. [Sidenote: 29th] Marched to near Niza and bivouacked upon the same ground as before. [Sidenote: 30th] Passed the Tagus at Villa Velha over a pontoon bridge lately placed there. Bivouacked in an olive grove. [Sidenote: 31st] Marched about two miles and bivouacked. [Sidenote: 1811 Aug. 1st] Marched to Castello Branco. [Sidenote: 2nd] Marched to Louza and Escalos de Cima. [Sidenote: 3rd] Marched to Bemposta. Bivouacked. [Sidenote: 4th] Marched to Maimoa. Bivouacked on the same ground as on a former occasion. [Sidenote: 6th] Moved to the heights on which the village stands. [Sidenote: 7th] At daybreak the Division marched towards the northern frontier. I was sent back with forty-five sick men, and had a number of mules for the sick to ride upon to facilitate their conveyance to a hospital station. Marched to Pedrogão. Halted during the heat of the day, and in the evening moved forward. [Sidenote: 8th] To San Miguel d'Acha. Bivouacked and marched to Escalos de Cima. Halted in the place during the heat of the day. In the evening moved forward to Castello Branco and gave up my charge. [Sidenote: 9th]