[49] ‘Supplementary Despatches,’ vi. 115.
[50] Properly Roliça. I retain the name granted to the Regiment, and borne on its badge.
[51] Leach, 47.
[52] At Kinsale, where is this inscription in the church:
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUTENANT THOMAS COCHRANE
OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE.
HE DIED IInd OF JULY MDCCCXXIII., AGED XXXIV. YEARS.
AS A SOLDIER
HIS ZEAL, GALLANTRY, AND INTELLIGENCE
RENDERED HIM VALUABLE TO HIS COUNTRY;
AS A MAN
HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES, EMBRACING EVERY ENNOBLING AND ENDEARING
QUALIFICATION,
SECURED TO HIM THE ESTEEM AND LASTING ATTACHMENT OF HIS BROTHER
OFFICERS, WHO HAVE RAISED THIS MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY.
[53] Leach, 50, who was on this picquet.
[54] ‘Wellington Despatches,’ iv. III; and ‘Supplementary Despatches,’ vi. 121.
[55] Surtees, 74. I take the dates from Surtees, who was with this force. The dates in the 2nd Battalion Record are here in inextricable confusion.
[56] Harris, 160.
[57] Surtees, 80.