GENERAL REMARKS.]

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Ciudad Rodrigo Medal solely upon recollection. I think that you arrived atGallegos one day or two before the Storm, that is, on the 16th or 17th ofJanuary, without your Staff; and if I am not mistaken, I told you, at the timeI was sending the List for the Medal, that I had not inserted your name, andyou acquiesced, although, in a recent conversation upon it, you stated yourexpectation that you should get that Medal; and although I recollected thatsomething had before passed upon that subject, I did not remember what, norwhether your name was returned or not.

“ In regard to the Ciudad Rodrigo Medal, it is for the Storm of the place.Those Officers and troops even employed in the Siege do not get it; much lessthe larger part of the Army brought there to protect the operation of the Siegein case of necessity. In regard to the Portuguese Staff, who if they were there(and I think I recollect that D’Urban, Hardinge, and Arbuthnot were), it wouldhave been only for the last two days, and it will be admitted that they had nota better claim than the Staff of the British Army, who, the Siege and Stormbeing carried on under my own directions, carried on all the details. I knowthat De Lancey has not got the Medal for Ciudad Rodrigo; and I believeStewart, who was the Adjutant-General, has not, at least that he was notreturned for it by me; and I believe Sir Thomas Graham 6 has not, who carriedon the operations under me. The only Officer of the Staff, that I know of, whohas, is Sturgeon, who led one of the columns in the Storm.

“ However, my judgment or fairness must not be relied on in these cases;and I can have no objection to an appeal from it to higher authority on anypoint.” 7

TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR S. COTTON, BART. K.B.

“ St. Pe, 16th November 1813.

“ I have just received your letter of the 15th, in regard to Medals; and ifyou had spoken to me upon the subject before you wrote it, I could have shewnyou, in the clearest manner, that I have nothing to say to the grant of Medals,excepting to send the Lists under the orders of Government. For instance, theSecretary of State acquaints me that it is His Majesty’s intention to grant aMedal for a particular Action, as for Busaco, and desires me to send Lists of the

6 Sir Thomas Graham did, however, receive a Medal, or Distinction, for Ciudad Rodrigo.

7 Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington, vol. XI. p. 256.