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of my military secretary, Captain Ball, 81st regiment. The enemy opened a sharp fire of musketry from their lines, as also from the windows and doors of the houses, and endeavoured to bring an 18pounder into one of the towers of the town wall, to bear on our position, which we prevented, by a well-directed fire from the howitzer, 6-pounder, and musketry.

Captain Taylor, in order to accelerate the surrender of the town, undertook to silence the sea-batteries, which he accomplished in the most brilliant and effectual manner, after a continued firing of three hours, during which the Apollo was always within range of grape-shot from the batteries. This point being effected, Capt. Taylor and myself judged it expedient to send Major Slessor with a flag of truce into the town, proposing that the women and children should be allowed to quit it before we erected our mortar batteries; the enemy availed himself of this opportunity to offer to capitulate on terms which, with certain modifications, we agreed to; in consequence of which the garrison, consisting of a lieutenant-colonel, and about 100 men, marched out of the town, which we immediately occupied.

We found, on taking possession of the town, that the French had packed up the church plate and bells of Lagosta and Curzola, for the purpose of sending them to the Continent, and Capt. Taylor and myself experienced the most heartfelt satisfaction in restoring them to the oppressed inhabitants.

I have the honour to transmit your lordship returns of the ordnance, stores, and ammunition

which we got possession of at Curzola. I have also the honour to euclose your lordship a copy of the terms of capitulation, which were signed at the moment that the expected French corps intended to reinforce the menaced islands appeared on the peninsula of Sabioncello, only a mile distant from the town of Curzola.

To express my approbation of the conduct of Captain Taylor throughout the whole of the expedition, I fulfil a duty which is peculiarly grateful to my feelings. He unremittingly aided me with his advice, and promoted very considerably the success of the expedition by his personal exertions on shore with the troops. I have the fullest reason to be satisfied with the support which I experienced from Major Slessor, of the 35th, and the whole of the officers. Lieutenant Rains, who had the direction of the artillery, performed the service allotted him with the greatest zeal. The services of Lieutenant M'Donald, of the 35th, who had the direction of the gunboats which accompanied the expedition, were found of great utility.

I feel great satisfaction in communicating to your lordship, that during the whole of this service, which was rather severe, owing the unusual coldness of the weather, the conduct of the troops was highly praiseworthy, and they were ably supported by the seamen and marines who acted with us on shore. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

G. D.ROBERTSON, Lieut-Col. To his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Lord Wm. Bentinck, &c.

Supplement

Supplement to the London Gazette, order to bring the light division

of July 3.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Downing Strect, July 4, 1813. Dispatches, of which the following are copies and extracts, have been received at Earl Bathurst's office, in the course of this day and yesterday, addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wellington:

Ainpudia, June 6, 1813. My Lord,-The troops have continued to advance since I wrote to your lordship on the 31st of last month, and were on the 1st at Zamora, and on the 2d at Toro. The English hussars, being in the advanced guard, fell in, between Toro and Morales, with a considerable body of the enemy's cavalry, which were immediately attacked by the 10th, supported by the 18th and 15th. The enemy were overthrown, and pursued for many miles, and 210 prisoners, with many horses, and 2 officers, fell into our hands. I enclose Col. Grant's report of this gallant affair, which reflects great credit upon Major Robarts and the 10th hussars, and upon Colonel Grant, under whose direction they acted.

On the same evening Don Julian Sanches surprised the enemy's post at Castronuno, and took two officers and thirty cavalry prisoners, and he drove their posts from the ford at Pollos.

The enemy had destroyed the bridges of Zamora and Toro, and the difficulties in the passage of the Esla had retarded the movement of our rear, while the enemy had concentrated their force to a considerable amount between Torrelobaton and Tordesillas. I therefore halted on the 3d at Toro, in

and the troops under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill, accross the Douro, by the bridge of the town, and to close up the rear, and bring the Gallisian army to join our left. We moved again on the 4th.

The enemy had commenced collecting their troops towards the Douro, when they found that we passed Ciudad Rodrigo; and they crossed the Douro at Tordesillas on the 1st and 2d. The troops at Madrid and the detachments on the Tagus broke up on the 27th, and crossed the Douro at the Ponte de Douro on the 3d, and Valladolid was entirely evacuated on the 4th.

The eneiny left considerable magazines of grain at Arevale, and some ammunition at Valladolid and Zamora.

The enemy have passed the Carrion, and are apparently on their retreat towards Burgos.

I have received no accounts from Alicant since I addressed your lordship last,

I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed) WELLINGTON.

[Enclosure in the preceding
Dispatch.]

Morales, June 2, 1813. My Lord, I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that on approaching Morales this morning, with the hussar brigade, the French cavalry appeared in considerable force near that place.

The 10th royal hussars were immediately brought forward, under the orders of Major Robarts, who attacked the advanced squadrons of the enemy in the most gallant manner: their front line made a determined resistance, but

was

was instantly overpowered by the irresistible impetuosity of the 10th hussars, which being now supported by the 18th, (the 15th being in reserve) reached their second line, and drove it, with loss, to the heights, two miles in front of Morales; a position which the enemy occupied with a large force of cavalry and infantry, and where the remains of their shattered squadrons took shelter under cover of their guns. It is with much satisfaction I acquaint your lordship, that nothing could exceed the steadiness and bravery of the troops in this affair.

I have, however, to regret the loss of a very promising young officer, Lieut. Cotton, of the 10th hussars, who was killed in the midst of the enemy's ranks. I am sorry to add, that Capt. Lloyd, of the same regiment, is missing.

I have the honour to enclose the return of the killed and wounded, also a return of the loss sustained by the enemy, as far as it can be ascertained.

I have the honour to be. &c. (Signed) G. GRANT. The Marquess of Wellington.

P. S. Since writing the above, I have learnt that Capt. Lloyd was wounded and taken prisoner, but has been left at Pedrosa del Rey, having given his parole to the enemy. His wound is severe, but not dangerous.

Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing in Action with the Enemy's Rear Guard, near Morales, on the 2d of June, 1813.

Total. lieutenant, I rank and file, 4 horses, killed; I colonel, I serjeant, 13 rank and file, 12 horses, wounded; I captain, I ser

jeant, 2 rank and file, 11 horses, missing.

Villadiego, June 13, 1813. My Lord,-The army passed the Carrion on the 7th, the enemy having retired across the Pisuerga; and on the 8th, 9th, and 10th, we brought forward our left, and passed that river. The celerity of our march up to this period, induced me to make short movements on the 11th, and to halt the left on the 12th; but on the latter day I moved forward the right, under Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, consisting of the 2d British, Brigadier-General Murillo's Spanish, and the Conde d'Amarante's Portuguese divisions of infautry, and the light division, under Major-General Charles Baron Alten, and Major-General Victor Baron Alten's, Major-Gen. Fane's, Major-General Long's, the Hon. Brigadier-General Ponsonby's, and Colonel Grant's (hussars) brigades of cavalry, towards Burgos, with a view to reconnoitre the enemy's position and numbers near that town, and to force them to a decision whether to abandon the castle to its fate, or to protect it with all their force.

I found the enemy posted with a considerable force, commanded, as I understand, by General Reille, on the heights on the left of the Hormaza, with their right above the village of Hormaza, and their left in front of Estepar. We turned their right with the hussars, and Brig.-Gen. Ponsonby's brigade of cavalry, and the light division from Isar, while General Victor Alten's brigade of cavalry, and the Hon. Colonel O'Callaghan's brigade of the 2d

division,

division, moved up the heights
from Hormaza; and the remainder
of the troops, under the command
of Lieutenant-General Sir Row-
land Hill, threatened the heights
of Estepar. These movements dis-
lodged the enemy from their po-
sition immediately. The cavalry
of our left and centre were entirely
in the rear of the enemy, who
were obliged to retire across the
Arlanzon, by the high road to-
wards Burgos. Although pressed
by our cavalry, and suffering con-
siderable loss by the fire of Major
Gardiner's troop of horse artillery,
and obliged to make their move-
ments at an accelerated pace, that
they might not give time to our
infantry to come up, they made
it in admirable order: but they
lost one gun, and some prisoners,
taken by a squadron of the 14th The Earl Bathurst, &c.
light dragoons, commanded by
Captain Milles, and a detachment
of the 3d dragoons, which charged
their rear.

Graham, will, I hope, pass the
Ebro to-morrow.

In the course of the 9th, 10th, and 11th, Don Julian Sanchez was very active on the left of the enemy, and took several prisoners.

I have received a letter from General Elio, in which he informs me that the third Spanish army had joined the second, and these armies had taken the positions before occupied by the 2d army, and the Anglo Sicilian corps, under Sir John Murray; and that Gen. Sir John Murray had embarked, in obedience to the orders which he had received, with the troops under his command, had sailed from Alicant with a fair wind, and was out of sight on the 1st inst.

The enemy took post on the left of the Arlanzon and Urbel rivers, which were much swelled by the rains; and in the course of the night retired their whole army through Burgos, having abandoned and destroyed, so far as they were able, in the short space of time during which they were there, the works of the castle, which they had constructed and improved at so large an expense; and they are now on their retreat towards the Ebro by the high road of Briviesca and Miranda. In the mean time the whole of the army of the allies has made a movement to the left this day; and the Spanish corps of Gallicia, under General Giron, and the left of the British and Portuguese army, under Lieutenant

I have the honour to be, &c.
WELLINGTON.

Subijana, on the Bayas,
June 19, 1813.

My Lord,-The left of the army crossed the Ebro on the 14th, by the bridges of St. Martin and Rocamunde, and the remainder on the 15th, by those bridges and that of Puenta Arenas. We continued our march on the following days towards Vittoria.

The enemy assembled on the 16th and 17th, a considerable corps at Espejo, not far from the Fuente Carra, composed of some of the troops which had been for some time in the provinces in pursuit of Longa and Mina, and others detached from the main body of the army, which were still at Pancorbo. They had likewise a division of infantry, and some cavalry at Frias since the 16th, for the purpose of observing our movements on the left of the Ebro.

These

These detachments marched yesterday morning, that from Frias upon St. Millan, where it was found by the light division of the allied army, under Major-Gen. Charles Alten, and that from Espejo on Osma, where it met the 1st and 5th divisions, under LieutenantGeneral Sir Thomas Graham.

Major-General Charles Alten drove the enemy from St. Millan, and afterwards cut off the rear brigade of the division, of which he took three hundred prisoners, killed and wounded many, and the brigade was dispersed in the mountains.

The corps from Espejo was considerably stronger than the allied corps under Sir T. Graham, which had arrived nearly at the same time at Osma. The enemy moved on to the attack, but were soon obliged to retire; and they were followed to Espejo, from whence they retired through the hills to this place. It was late in the day before the other troops came up to the advanced position which those under Sir Thomas Graham had taken, and I halted the 4th division, which had relieved the 5th near Espejo.

The army moved forward this day to this river: found the enemy's rear guard in a strong position on the left of the river, having his right covered by Subijana, and his left by the heights in front of

Pobes.

We turned the enemy's left with the light division, while the 4th division, under Lieut. General Sir Lowry Cole, attacked them in front, and the rear guard was driven back upon the main body of the army, which was in march from Pancorbo to Vittoria, having broken

up from thence last night. I am informed that the enemy have dismantled Pancorbo.

Colonel Longa's division joined the army on the 6th, on its arrival at Medina del l'oman.

The Conde del Abisbal will arrive at Burgos on the 24th and 25th.

I have not received any intelligence from the eastern coast since I addressed your lordship last.

I have the honour to be, &c..
WELLINGTON.

London Extraordinary Gazette,
July 3, 1813.

WAR DEPARTMENT.

Downing-street, July 3. Dispatches, of which the following are copies, have been this day received by Earl Bathurst, from the Marquis of Wellington, dated Salvatierra, June 22, and Irunzun, June 24, 1813:

MY LORD,-The enemy's army, commanded by Joseph Buonaparte, having Marshal Jourdan as the major-general of the army, took up a position, on the night of the 19th instant, in front of Vittoria, the left of which rested upon the heights which end at Puebla de Arlanzon, and extended from thence across the valley of Zadora, in front of the village of Arunez. They occupied with the right of the centre a height which commanded the valley of Zadora, and the right of their army was stationed near Vittoria, and was destined to defend the passages of the river Zadora, in the neighbourhood of that city. They had a reserve, in rear of their lett, at the village of Gomecha. The nature of the country through which the army had passed since it had reached the

Ebro

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