Note 172 — SIEGE OF BADAJOZ.
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“G. O. “Camp before Badajoz, 7th April 1812.
“It is now full time that the plunder of Badajoz should cease.”
“G. O.
2. “The Commander of the Forces has ordered the provost-marshal into the town; he has orders to execute any men he may find in the act of plunder after he shall arrive there.”
“G. O. “Camp before Badajoz, 8th April 1812.
3. “The Commander of the Forces is sorry to learn, that the brigade in Badajoz, instead of being a protection to the people, plunder them more than those who stormed the town.
6. “The Commander of the Forces calls upon the staff-officers of the army, and the commanding and other officers of regiments, to assist him in putting an end to the disgraceful scenes of drunkenness and plunder, which are going on in Badajoz.”
“G. O. “Fuente Guinaldo, 10th June 1812.
7. “The Commander of the Forces is sorry to observe, that the outrages so frequently committed by soldiers when absent from their regiments, and the disgraceful scenes which have occurred upon the storming of Badajoz, have had the effect of rendering the people of the country enemies instead of friends to the army.”