1811 July 3rd
Lord Wellington took the cavalry and crossed the Guadiana to reconnoitre the enemy; he found they were gone.
20th
General Craufurd frequently has the Division out for exercise. Nothing else worthy of notice has occurred. The Light Division broke up from this tiresome sort of monotonous life led here. Marched a league and a half and bivouacked.
22nd
Marched to Portalegre.
23rd
Castello de Vide. Occupied several quintas round the town. A splendid garden was attached to the one I was billeted upon. I feasted upon a variety of good fruits as well as quantities of mulberries.
29th