The twenty-third, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, having arrived from America, the two battalions of the SEVENTH and first battalion of the twenty-third were constituted a brigade under the command of Colonel the Honourable Edward M. Pakenham: it was designated the "FUSILIER BRIGADE," and attached to the fourth division commanded by Major-General the Honourable Lowry Cole: the first battalion of the SEVENTH was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Myers, and the second by Lieut.-Colonel Blakeney. [Sidenote: 1811] In January, 1811, Colonel the Honourable E. M. Pakenham was placed at the head of the Adjutant-General's department, and the command of the FUSILIER BRIGADE was intrusted to Major-General Houstoun. The brigade was stationed, at this period, at Aveiras de Cima. At length disease, want of provisions, and the impregnable lines of Torres Vedras, turned the vain boasting of the French commander into defeat; he retraced his steps towards Spain, covering wantonly, and with brutal cruelty, the line of his retreat with rapine, bloodshed, devastation, and burning villages. The ROYAL FUSILIERS moved forward in pursuit; several skirmishes occurred, and, on the 12th of March, the brigade was in line near _Redinha_ (a town in the central part of Portugal, in the province of Beira), and advancing to attack the rear column of the French army under one of Napoleon's most active and enterprising generals, NEY; but as the British ranks moved majestically forward in firm array, the French fired a volley and instantly fled under the cover of the smoke towards Condexia. In the meantime Marshal Soult, being at the head of another French army, had captured _Badajoz_, the capital of Spanish Estremadura; also _Olivenza_, another fortified town on the west frontier of Spain; and a detachment from his army had besieged _Campo Mayor_, a barrier fortress of Portugal, in the province of Alemtejo; and on the 14th of March the ROYAL FUSILIERS were detached to the Alemtejo, to join the forces under Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford, and take part in the relief of Campo Mayor, and in the re-capture of Badajoz and Olivenza. While on the march, Campo Mayor surrendered; and the British, continuing their route, arrived before the town on the 25th of March, as the French columns were marching out, when the thirteenth light dragoons and some Portuguese cavalry charged with great gallantry, and threw the enemy into confusion. The ROYAL FUSILIERS were stationed at Campo Mayor about a fortnight, and were subsequently employed in the siege of _Olivenza_, which was terminated in seven days by the surrender of the garrison on the 15th of April. The loss of the regiment was limited to one man killed and one wounded.