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Retired British Brigade Losses and American Relief Efforts
The report details heavy British casualties at the Alberche including generals and officers killed or wounded, with praise for Sherbrooke, Campbell, and Haworth. It notes Spanish cooperation, the resistance of ground positions, and a forthcoming update via Captain Lord Fitzroy Somerset. It also covers a subscription appeal in Alexandria for a domestic manufacturing institution, urging national industry and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberche
Canrnen
Lapise
Morlot
Sebastiani
Boulet
Mackenzie
A7th
Longworth
King’s
German Legion
Beckett
Guards
Sherbrooke
Payne
Anson
Hill
Tilson
Alexander Campbell
Richard Stewart
Cameron
White
48Th
Donnellan
William Myers
Fifty Third
Middlemore
Bingham
97Th
Lyon
Bunbury
Watson
Guard
Brigade of Guards
Campbell
Bef
Haworth
Fletcher
Hon. C. Stewart
Murray
Bathurst
Lalfo
O’lawlor
Whittingham
Craufurd
Sir Arthur Wellesley
Viscount Caftlereagh
Talavera
Sin Olalla
Guadarama
James Dawson
Arlington
Alexandria
Pennsylvania
Iris
America
Camillus
Vesuvius