_No. 8 Company._--The history of this company tallies, even to the dates of embarkation, with that of No. 7. _No. 9 Company._--This company served at the Cape of Good Hope from March 1811 to August 1817. It was reduced at Woolwich on 31st December, 1817. _No. 10 Company._--This company served in Malta from December 1810 to March 1817. It was reduced while in Malta, the men being transferred to the 1st Battalion, to a company which is now called A Battery, 11th Brigade, Royal Artillery. The battalion head-quarters and Adjutant’s detachment were reduced on 28th February, 1818. This summary of the history of the old 10th Battalion companies should be read in connection with, and in amplification of, the chapters on the Peninsular and Second American Wars. CHAPTER XIII. PENINSULAR WAR--ROLIÇA, VIMIERA, CORUNNA. “Saw Time, like a pulse, beat fierce Through all the worlds.” _Rossetti._ The history of the Regiment between 1808 and 1814 is concentrated in the Peninsular campaigns,--with the one exception of the Expedition to Walcheren. As the war in Spain drew to a close, the Second American War, which had in the meantime arisen, increased in importance, reaching its culminating point in 1814. It is proposed in this chapter to treat of that section of the wars in the Peninsula, which terminated in the sad but glorious victory of Corunna. After a diversion on the subject of the Walcheren Expedition, the Peninsular narrative will be resumed, and be continued uninterruptedly to its close.