Advancing into Spain, the allied army drove a French corps from the city of _Salamanca_, which was taken possession of amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants, and the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment was one of the corps employed in the siege of the forts of San Vincente, St. Cajetano, and La Merced, in which the French had left garrisons. On the night of the 22nd of June the light company was engaged in an attempt to capture St. Cajetano and La Merced by escalade, when Captain JOHN OWEN led the assault with distinguished gallantry; he had gained the top of one of the ladders, and was in the act of entering the fort, when he was shot through the left arm, which was dreadfully shattered, and the next moment another shot in the shoulder precipitated him into the ditch. Private _Charles Carr_ saw his Captain fall, and leaping into the ditch under a heavy fire raised the fallen Captain,--called a comrade to his aid, and they carried their officer to a place of safety. The attack failed. Captain Owen was promoted to the rank of major, and on receiving the usual pension for the loss of his arm, he settled an annuity upon Private Charles Carr. The regiment sustained considerable loss on this occasion in killed and wounded, and among the latter was Lieutenant Given. Some delay took place in the capture of the convents, from the want of ammunition; but a supply having been received, they were reduced before the end of June. From Salamanca the regiment advanced to the banks of the Douro, and when the French army passed the river and advanced, the British fell back a few stages.