"He was Corporal Luis Noval, at 2.30 am on the day mentioned crossing listen line, and no doubt due to the darkness of the night, he left more than convenient, when he was attacked by our enemies camp, a large group of which led to that class until about fence of the redoubt occupied by the third company shouting "Cease fire are English!, whose voices the deputy D. Evaristo Alvarez Noval to distinguish after that went to the wire, he ordered a ceasefire, which heard the rope, then yelled: Pull, which come between the Moors! Fire! Long live Spain! Off the fire, the enemy was rejected with great loss, and made the discovery at dawn, found the body of the heroic Noval, clutching his rifle, with fixed bayonets dipped in blood, and close to death himself a Moor, which among other gunshot wounds had pierced the chest of a bayonet. Within walking distance there was another body Moor, that the enemy could not withdraw his hurried flight. Other events took place in this distinguished day, in the sudden attack on the camp occupied by the three companies of the first battalion, and not reaching the relative importance, deserve only the pride of place in the history of the Corps, for which reason the omit. At the same time, I have the pleasure to participate in the regiment has opened a subscription in order to perpetuate the memory of this heroic soldier, and if that beloved province believes that something must be done in favor of it, always have the undersigned and all commanders, officers and individuals of troops under his command. "
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