Character of Sidney Beckwith--Riflemen reviewed by Lord Wellington--Skirmish near Rueda; at Castrejon--Manœuvring near Salamanca--Battle of Salamanca--March to Madrid--2nd Battalion companies fight at Seville; at Puente Larga--Departure from Madrid--Death of Lieutenant Firman--Retreat to the frontier of Portugal--Sufferings of the Riflemen--Their high state of discipline--Spanish recruits--Campaign of 1813--Affair at the Hormuza--Skirmish at San Millan--Battle of Vittoria--The 95th capture the first gun; and the last at the Araquil--March to intercept Clausel; to Pamplona; to the Pyrenees--Skirmish at Santa Barbara--Night marches--Fight at the bridge of Yanci; at Echalar--First Regimental dinner--Storming of S. Sebastian-- Fight at the Bidassoa--Cadoux’s picquet at the bridge of Vera-- Forcing the pass of Vera--The Arrhunes 112 CHAPTER V. Battle of Nivelle--Fight at Arcangues--Good feeling between the Riflemen and the French outposts--Battle of the Nive--Outpost courtesies and discourtesies--Gave d’Oleron--March to Orthez-- Battle of Orthez--Battle of Tarbes--Fight at Tournefeuille-- Battle of Toulouse--Suspension of arms--Embarkation for England and arrival there--Expedition to Holland--Investment of Bergen-op-Zoom--Skirmishes before Antwerp; at Donk--Fight at Merxem--Failure of Graham’s attempts on Antwerp--Bergen-op-Zoom --Sorties from Antwerp and alarms--The companies in this expedition occupy Belgium, and eventually join the Battalions in the Waterloo campaign--Expedition to New Orleans-- Disembarkation--James Travers captures an American picquet-- Attack on the bivouack of the Riflemen--Hallen’s picquet-- Advance towards New Orleans--Attacks on the American lines-- Truce to remove dead and wounded--Dishonourable conduct of the Americans during the truce--Difficult march to the shore-- Re-embarkation--Arrival at Île Dauphine--Sergeant Fukes turns the tables on a Yankee officer--Fort Boyer surrenders--Return to England 154 CHAPTER VI. Embarkation for the Netherlands--Advance of the 1st Battalion to Brussels--March to Quatre Bras--Battle of Quatre Bras--Riflemen the first English engaged; under the eye of the Duke of Wellington--Retreat through Genappe to Waterloo--Battle of Waterloo--Casualties; and Anecdotes--Charles Beckwith--March to Paris--Army of occupation--The 95th made ‘the Rifle Brigade’ --Return to England--Death of Amphlett--The 3rd Battalion disbanded 195 CHAPTER VII.