text:  It was the 1st of October the anniversary of the action of Lepanto and on a glorious autumnal day of golden sunshine that towards evening he ordered the curtains of his tent to be drawn aside that he might contemplate for the last time the creation of God!-- Raising his head proudly from a soldier's pillow he uttered in hoarse but distinct accents his last request that his body might be borne to Spain and buried at the feet of his father