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leaving the College, without waiting for his comission, to learn the practical part of the duties of a soldier on the field of civil war then (1837-8 raging in the Peninsula of Spain.

  He joined the Regiment of Javelier under Don Diego Leon, and was present in the following actions: —1839 capture of Los Arcos;  March 7,  Action of Villatuerta & affair of the Ega; April 17 & 18 Action of and taking the fortified height of Belascoin;  April 29 & 30 and May 1 & 2nd, Action of Arroniz; May 10th &  July 3rd Action of the Val de Berrueza — (in particular his gallantry at Belascoin). For these services he was created by Isabella II a “Knight fo the Frist class of the Order of St. Fernando”, receiving Queen Victoria’s permission to accept the same, and wear the Cross