The hot weather now set in, and put a stop to hostilities, and the troops on both sides went into quarters.

The general--I forget his name--who commanded the English and Dutch contingent, was so disgusted with the proceedings of the Portuguese that he resigned his command, and the Earl of Galway was appointed in his place.

The next year he crossed the frontier, captured several towns, without much fighting, and invested Badajos.

Here, however, a stern resistance was met with.

Galway's hand was carried off by a shot, and the French general (Tesse) coming up in force to the relief of the town, and the Portuguese not arriving at all, the allies were obliged to fall back upon Portugal.