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Rh Battle of Alcaniz, on the 23rd May, 1809, against Marshal Suchet.

29. Cross for the Generals, officers and soldiers of the Galician Army (6th army, or left wing), who had distinguished themselves in the sanguinary mountain engagements of Rio-Seco, Sornaza, Gueces, Espinosa, &c. It was founded on the 14th May, and 12th and 25th of June, 1815.

30. Cross founded on the 29th May, 1815, for the troops of the 7th army, in the War of Independence, in the towns of Castille, Astoria, Arragon and Navarre, as also in the Basque provinces, under General Don Gabriel de Mendizabal.

31. Cross founded on the 3rd June, 1815, in gold for officers, and in silver for privates, who had distinguished themselves on the 7th June, 1808, near the bridge of Alcolea, against General Dupont.

32. Cross founded on the 4th May, 1815, in gold, for the officers, and in silver, for the men of the 4th army, and of the navy, who had distinguished themselves at the defence of Tariffa, in December, 1811.

33. Cross founded on the 4th June, 1815, for civilians, who, true to the King and the legitimate cause, preferred incarceration in the prisons of France, to the recognition of the government of Napoleon.

34. Cross founded on the 4th June, 1815, for the Army Corps, which defended Asturia against Marshal Ney, and the Generals Kellerman and Bonnet.

35. Cross founded on the 5th June, 1815, for the Army Corps of Estramadura, under the Duke Albuquerque, which covered the retreat of the government to the island of Leon, in the year 1810.

36. Medal instituted on the 12th June, 1815, of gold, for the officers, of silver, for the sub-officers, and of copper, for the men of the van-guard of the centre, commanded by General