sentences:  After a brief respite at Hythe Barracks, on 24 May 1809 the Rifles, with a new intake from the militia, sailed from Dover to Lisbon, where General Arthur Wellesley was now in command.From there they famously marched 250 miles in six days, but arrived one day too late to take part in the battle of Talavera.The British were then obliged to retreat to Portugal before Marshal Soult.