| QUERY. | ANSWER. |
| “What may be the situation of my command?” | “The relations with the government of Portugal will be arranged when Mr. Villiers arrives.” |
| “In what light is the force under my command to be considered?” &c. &c. | “Ditto.” |
| “May any Portuguese battalions be levied for English pay?” |
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The taking of Portuguese battalions into English pay will, if adopted, be managed through Mr. Villiers.” |
| “If any want of provisions should appear in Portugal, may I be allowed to adopt measures, in conjunction with the regency, for obtaining a supply?” | “The general measures of supplying Portugal with provisions will be referred to Mr. Villiers.” |
| “If any Portuguese corps can be got into such forwardness as to be fit to enter Spain, and they should be willing to join sir J. Moore, are they to be put on British pay?” | “Mr. Villiers will be authorised to enter upon the discussion of this subject with the regency, availing himself of your assistance,” &c. |
No. V.
JUSTIFICATORY EXTRACTS FROM SIR J. CRADOCK’S PAPERS.
WANT OF SUPPLIES.
Commissary Rawlings, deputy-commissary-general, to Cradock, December 22.
“Your excellency is aware of the exhausted state of this country. The difficulties encountered by sir J. Moore were of the most serious nature, even before the sources of supply were so much drained as they now are.”
WANT OF TRANSPORT AND SUPPLIES.
Sir J. Cradock to lord Castlereagh, 17th March.
“I have been obliged to send officers of the artillery and commissariat department to Gibraltar to attempt the supply of horses from the Barbary coast; and, such is our actual want, that the proper movement of even the force we have is nearly impracticable.”