"I have the honour to report to you that the troop of the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons, and one of the fourth Portuguese dragoons, under the command of Captain White of the THIRTEENTH, at Ladoera, this morning, fell in with a patrole of the enemy's dragoons, consisting of one captain, two subalterns, and about sixty men. Captain White fortunately succeeded in coming up with them, when he immediately charged and overturned them; and the result has been the capture of two lieutenants, three serjeants, six corporals, one trumpeter, and fifty privates, and about sixty horses: the captain was also a prisoner, but escaped, during the bustle, on foot. "I am happy to say, this has been performed without the loss of a man on our side: six of the enemy are wounded. "Captain White expresses his obligations to Major Charles A. Vigoureux[2] of the thirty-eighth regiment, who was a volunteer with him; and to the Alferes Pedro Raymando di Oliviera, commanding the Portuguese troop (which he states to have done its duty extremely well, and to have shown much gallantry), and also to Lieutenant Samuel Charles Turner, of the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons, to whose activity and courage he reports himself to be indebted for several of his prisoners. I trust the whole will be considered to have merited the approbation of the commander-in-chief. "I am, &c., "H. FANE, Brigadier-General. "_To Lieut.-General Hill, &c. &c._" And the following orders were subsequently published:-- "_Lazados, 23rd August, 1810._ "Lieut.-General Hill has received, with much satisfaction, from Brigadier-General Fane, the report of an attack made yesterday morning by a squadron consisting of one troop of the THIRTEENTH British Light Dragoons and one troop of the Fourth Portuguese Dragoons, under the command of Captain White of the former, on a body of the enemy's cavalry at Ladoera, the result of which was the capture of two lieutenants, three serjeants, six corporals, one trumpeter, and fifty dragoons, and about fifty-eight horses. The conduct of Captain White and the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the two services engaged in this affair, merits the lieut.-general's best thanks, and he will not fail to lay the particulars before the commander of the forces. "The brigadier-general has much pleasure in communicating the preceding order, and he congratulates the officers and soldiers concerned on having merited the approbation of the lieut.-general commanding the division." "_Escalhos-de-Cima, 28th August, 1810._