 Complete the following phrase:  In January 1811 Howard joined the army in the Peninsula, being placed in command of a brigade of the first division in succession to Sir William Erskine Wellington Supplementary Despatches, xiii. 544. In the following July he was transferred to the second division, which he commanded as senior officer under Lord Hill till August 1812. In November of that year he was selected to command the 1st brigade of guards in the first division, and was in entire command of that division under Sir John Hope from June 1813 to the end of the war. He was present at the battles of Fuentes de Oñoro, Arroyo de Molinos, and Almaraz, and was on the two latter occasions specially commended for gallantry in Lord Hills despatches Wellington Despatches, viii. 3813, 388, ix. 1845, and was thanked by the home government Sidney, Life of Lord Hill, pp. 199200. He took continuous part in the operations on the frontier, 181314, and received the medal and one clasp for 