“At _Tarifa_, a species of service new to the British army called for a renewal of that steady gallantry which marked the conduct of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH at Barrosa. The immense superiority, in number, of the enemy, added enthusiasm to discipline: the cool intrepidity, the strict observance of orders, the exulting cheer when the enemy’s columns pressed forward to the attack, proved the feelings which influenced the defenders of the breach of _Tarifa_, and was as honorable to them as soldiers, as their humane conduct to the wounded (when the enemy fled) was to their characters as men. “The persevering attention to their duty on the walls, in conjunction with their brave comrades, the second battalion of the Forty-seventh, exposed to the continued fire of an enemy ten times the number of the garrison, and to the most dreadfully inclement weather, led to the ultimate abandonment of the siege, and was rewarded by the approbation of their General, their Prince, and their Country. “The battle of _Vittoria_ renewed the claim the EIGHTY-SEVENTH had to a place in the third division, and under its lamented leader[17] the battalion acquired fresh laurels. The charge of the Prince’s Own on the hill crowned with the enemy’s artillery, and covered with a strong column, called forth the marked approbation of Major-General the Honorable Charles Colville, as did the pursuit of that column, though flanked by a corps greatly superior in numbers. The cool steadiness with which they preserved their second position, under the fire and within a short range of a large portion of the enemy’s field artillery, although the battalion at this time had lost upwards of half the number it took into the field, showed the steady perseverance in bravery and discipline which ever marked the glorious career of the corps. “The attack on the fortified hill at the action of the _Nivelle_, and the gallantry which rendered the conduct of the battalion so conspicuous in the subsequent attacks on that day, called for those animated expressions from Major-General the Honorable Charles Colville and Colonel John Keane, who commanded the division and brigade, ‘Gallant EIGHTY-SEVENTH!’ ‘Noble EIGHTY-SEVENTH!’ and deservedly were those titles bestowed. “The actions of _Orthes_ and _Toulouse_ were also most glorious to the character of the corps, and its conduct was rewarded by the repeated thanks of the Generals commanding. “Since the return of the EIGHTY-SEVENTH from service, they have shown, that to gallantry in the field, they add the most essential requisite in a soldier, _orderly and correct conduct in garrison_, which has acquired for them the approbation of every general officer under whom they have served, and the good wishes and esteem of the inhabitants with whom they have been placed.