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The Royalists are in full retreat horse, foot, and artillery. The general wishes me to say that a vigorous pursuit would probably disperse them altogether." "Too late," said he; "tell General Miller I have ordered the cavalry to retire on me. Caza," to one of his officers, "lend " "Lieutenant Crawford, sir." "Lend Lieutenant Crawford your horse; his is done up.
There was in Panjim an institution called the Caza da Misericordia, where young ladies, for the most part orphans, remained until they received suitable offers of marriage The description of this place piqued Burton's curiosity, and hearing that it was not unusual for persons to propose themselves as suitors with a view to inspecting the curiosities of the establishment, he and some companions repaired to the Caza.
The siege was therefore converted into a blockade, and Lord Wellington, who after taking Almeida and driving the French out of Portugal, had come southward with two divisions to reinforce Beresford's army, moved the general South Army into cantonments and encampments near the River Caza, a tributary of the Guadiana.
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