"Major-General Fane has received the orders of His Excellency Lord Wellington, Commander-in-Chief, &c. to convey to Captain White[3] and Lieutenant Turner of the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons, and to the Alferes Pedro Raymando di Oliviera, of the Fourth regiment of Portuguese Dragoons, and to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers engaged in the affair of the 22nd instant, near Ladoera, His Excellency's approbation of their conduct, and to inform them, that His Excellency will not fail to report his sense of their behaviour in the most favourable terms to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent." The captured horses were sold by auction, and the proceeds of the sale divided among the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons. [Sidenote: 1811] After some further retrograde movements, Lord Wellington resolved to oppose the enemy's forces on the rocks of _Busaco_, and during the hard-fought battle on the 27th of September, the THIRTEENTH Dragoons were posted in front of Alva to observe and check the movements of the French cavalry on the Mondego. The squadron detached to Cadiz had, in the mean time, returned to Portugal, and it joined the regiment about this period. After sustaining a severe repulse at Busaco, the enemy turned the position by a flank movement, and the allied army withdrew to the lines of _Torres Vedras_. During the skilful performance of these difficult operations, the numerous cavalry of the enemy were effectually kept in check by the British squadrons, who, by their bold front and noble daring, whenever an opportunity occurred, succeeded in instilling into their adversaries a dread of their superior prowess. The French marshal viewed the stupendous works of Torres Vedras with astonishment and dismay, and finding it impossible to accomplish his threat of driving the English into the sea, he withdrew to Santarem, when the THIRTEENTH Light Dragoons advanced, and having crossed the Tagus in boats at Valada, they proceeded to Chamusca, a village, situated on the left bank of the river. The THIRTEENTH Dragoons were stationed some months at Chamusca and its neighbourhood, where Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford fixed his head-quarters, having under him a strong body of troops to prevent the passage of the Tagus, and to intercept all communications between Marshal Massena and Marshal Soult. In this service the regiment was employed until the 6th of March, 1811, when the French army having retired from Santarem, it moved forward in pursuit, and the scenes of devastation, slaughter, and confusion it witnessed on the line of the enemy's disastrous retreat, exceed description. After following the French a considerable distance, the regiment was detached, with other forces under Marshal Beresford, to the relief of _Campo Mayor_, which fortress was besieged by a detachment from Marshal Soult's army.