[54] Annual Register.

[55] 'Every horror that could make war hideous attended this dreadful march! Distress, conflagration, death, in all modes! from wounds, from fatigue, from water, from the flames, from starvation. On every side unlimited violence—unlimited vengeance.'—Napier.

'This retreat has been marked by a barbarity seldom equalled and never surpassed.'—Lord Wellington's Despatch.

[56] Colonel Napier.

[57] Major-General Lumley's Despatch.

[58]

'Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
10th December, 1822.

'Sir,

'I have the honor to announce to you the happy termination of the disturbances amongst the keelmen of this river, and at the same time to express the gratitude of the civil authorities for the promptitude with which Colonel Holmes of the Third Dragoon Guards has afforded them support on all occasions, and their entire approbation of the conduct of the troops under his command.

'I have, &c.
'Robert Bell, Mayor.