After the battle, the brigade was attached to the remains of the second division commanded by Major-General the Honourable William Stewart, whose estimation of the conduct of the FUSILIERS is attested by the following letter. "_Almandrelejo, 26th May, 1811._ "SIR, "As you have been so kind as to permit me to transmit to you the names of the officers of my division who commanded corps on the 16th instant, it may not be deemed irregular if, during the absence of Major-General Cole, I forward to you the names of the officers of the FUSILIER BRIGADE who were similarly situated. "The remains of that _gallant corps_ having been attached to the second division, immediately after the action of _Albuhera_, and the major-general of the second division having been obliged to leave the field from a wound, I am induced to lay before you, for such favourable report on the subject as you may deem expedient to the Commander of the Forces, the enclosed returns which have been put in my possession by the officer now in command of the FUSILIER BRIGADE, and who commanded the same in action, after the successive incapacity from wounds of his four senior officers. _I am afraid lest by further delay the exertions of that brigade be not sufficiently known._ From the circumstance of the FUSILIER BRIGADE having been joined with my third brigade in the hard-fought defence of our centre position for above three hours, and from the severe loss sustained by the FUSILIERS on the spot, and from the _testimony of the surrounding allied army_, I feel myself authorised in stating that _the conduct of the Fusilier Brigade on the 16th instant was admirable, and such as effectually secured the victory of that day_. "It is a duty, moreover, which I owe to the brave soldiers under my temporary command, to report that the second division is indebted to the ROYAL FUSILIERS for the recapture of a six pounder, and of a regimental colour of the third, or buffs, both of which had been lost in the too successful attack of the enemy's cavalry, on my first brigade, in the beginning of that day. "I am, &c. "WILLIAM STEWART, "Major-General. "To Marshal Beresford." Both battalions having sustained so severe a loss, the second battalion transferred its men to the first, and the officers and staff serjeants returned to England to recruit. After the victory at Albuhera the siege of _Badajoz_ was resumed, the SEVENTH forming part of the covering army. A concentration of the enemy's force having taken place, the allies withdrew behind the Caya, where they awaited the attack of their opponents. The French generals had drained the provinces of troops to assemble a powerful army; but the stern character of British soldiers had been proved, and, having relieved Badajoz, they retired without hazarding an engagement.