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time lieutenant-general Leith received a wound, which unfortunately obliged him to quit the field. I ordered up the 6th division under major-general Clinton, to relieve the 4th, and the battle was soon restored to its former success. The enemy's right, however, reinforced by the troops which had fled from his left, and by those which had now retired from the Arapiles, still continued to resist; and I ordered the 1st and light divisions, and colonel Stubbs' Portuguese brigade of the 4th division, which was re-formed, and major-general William Anson's brigade, likewise of the 4th division, to turn the right, while the 6th division, supported by the 3d and 5th, attacked the front. It was dark before this point was carried by the 6th division, and the enemy fled through the woods towards the Tormes. I pursued them with the 1st and light divisions, and major general William Anson's brigade of the 4th division, and some squadrons of cavalry under lieutenant-general Sir Stapleton Cotton, as long as we could find any of them together, directing our march upon Huerta and the fords of the Tormes, by which the enemy had passed on their advance; but the darkness of the night was highly advantageous to the enemy, many of whom escaped under its cover, who must otherwise have been in our hands. I am sorry to report that owing to this same cause, lieutenant-general Sir Staple. ton Cotton was unfortunately wounded by one of our own sentinels, after he had halted. We renewed the pursuit at break of day in the morning with the same troops, and major-general Bock's, and major-general Anson's brigades of cavalry, which joined during the night; and having crossed the Tormes we came up with the enemy's rear-guard of cavalry and infantry, near La Serna; they were immediately attacked by the two brigades" of dragoons; and the cavalry fled, leaving the infantry to their fate. I have never witnessed a more gallant charge than was made on the enemy's infantry by the heavy brigade of the king's German legion, under major-general Bock, which was completely successful, and the whole body of infantry, consisting of three battalions of the enemy's first division were made prisoners. The pursuit was afterwards continued as far as Pe neranda last night; and our troops are still following the flying enemy. Their headquarters were in this town, not less than ten leagues from the field of battle, for a few hours last night; and they are now considerably advanced on the road towards Vallado. lid by Arevalo. They were joined yesterday on their retreat by the cavalry and artil. lery of the army of the north, which have arrived at too late a period, it is to be hoped, to be of much use to them. It is impossible to form a conjecture of the enemy's loss in this action; but from all reports it is very considerable. We have taken from them eleven pieces of cannon®, several ammunition waggons, two eagles, and six colours; and one general, three colonels, three lieutenant-colonels, 130 officers of inferior rank, and between six and seven thousand soldiers are prisonerst; and our detachments are sending in more every moment. The number of dead on the field is very large. I am informed that Marshal Marmont is badly wounded, and has lost one of his arins; and that four general officers have been killed, and several wounded. Such an advantage could not ~ have been acquired without material loss on our side; but it certainly has not been of a” magnitude to distress the army, or to cripple its operations. I have great pleasure in reporting to your lordship, that, throughout this trying day, of which I have related the events, I had every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of the general officers and troops. The relation which I have written of its events, will give a general idea of the

The official returns only account for eleven pieces of cannon; but it is believed that twenty have fallen into our hands.,

The prisoners are supposed to amount to seven thousand, but it has not been possible to ascertain their numbers exactly, from the advance of the army immediately after the action was over,

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share which each individual had in them; and I cannot say too much in praise of the conduct of every individual in his station. I am much indebted to marshal Sir William Beresford for his friendly counsel and assistance, both previous to, and during the action; to lieutenant-generals Sir Stapleton Cotton, Leith, and Cole, and major-generals Clinton, and the honourable Edward Pakenham, for the manner in which they led the divisions of cavalry and infantry under their command respectively; to major-general Hulse, commanding a brigade in the 6th division; major-general G. Anson, commanding a brigade of cavalry; colonel Hinde, colonel the honourable William Ponsonby, commanding major-general Le Marchant's brigade, after the fall of that officer; to major-genera} William Anson, commanding a brigade in the 4th division; major-general Pringle, commanding a brigade in the 5th division, and the division after lieutenant-generał Leith was wounded; brigadier-general Bradford; brigadier-general Spry, colonel Stubbs, and brigadier-general Power of the Portuguese service: likewise to lieut, col. Campbell, of the 94th, commanding a brigade in the 3d division; lieutenant-colonel Williams, of the 60th foot; lieutenant-colonel Wallace of the 88th, commanding a brigade in the 3d division; lieutenant-colonel Ellis, of the 23d, commanding general the hon. Edward Pakenham's brigade in the 4th division, during his absence in the command of the Sd division; the honourable lieutenant-colonel Greville of the 38th regiment, commanding major-general -Hay's brigade in the 5th division, during his absence on leave; brigadier-general Pack; brigadier-general the Conde de Rezendi, of the Portuguese service; colonel Douglas, of the 8th Portuguese regiment; lieutenant-colonel the Conde de Ficalho, of the same regiment; and lieutenant-colonel Bingham, of the 53d regiment; likewise to brigadiergeneral d'Urban, and lieutenant-colonel Hervey, of the 14th light dragoons; colone} Lord Edward Somerset, commanding the 4th dragoons; and lieutenant-colonel the honourable Frederick Ponsonby, commanding the 12th light dragoons. I must also mention lieutenant-colonel Woodford, commanding the light battalion of the brigade of guards, who, supported by two companies of the fusileers, under the command of captain Crow der, maintained the village of Arapiles against all the efforts of the enemy, previous to the attack upon their position by our troops. In a case in which the conduct of all has been conspicuously good, I regret that the necessary limits of a dispatch, prevents me from drawing your lordship's notice to the conduct of a larger number of individuals; but I can assure your lordship, that there was no officer of corps engaged in this action, who did not perform his duty by his sovereign and his country. The royal and German artillery, under lieutenant-colonel Framingham, distinguished themselves by the accuracy of their fire, wherever it was possible to use them; and they advanced to the attack of the enemy's position with the same gallantry as the other troops. I am particularly indebted to lieutenant-colonel De Lancy, the deputy quarter-master-general, the head of the department present in the absence of the quarter-master-general, and to the officers of that department, and of the staff corps, for the assistance I received from them, particularly the honourable lieutenant-colonel Dundas, and lieutenant-colonel Sturgeon of the latter, and major Scovell of the former; and to lieutenant-colonel Waters, at present at the head of the adjutant-general's department at head-quarters, and to the officers of that department, as well at head-quarters as with the several divisions of the army; and lieutenant-colonel lord Fitzroy Somerset, and the officers of my personal staff. Among the latter I particularly request your lordship to draw the attention of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent to his Serene Highness the hereditary Prince of Orange, whöse conduct in the field, as well as upon every other occasion, entitles him to my highest commendation, and has acquired for him the respect and regard of the whole army.

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Don Carlos d'Espagna, and of brigadier Don Julion Sanchez, and with that of the troops under their command respectively; and with that of the Mariscal del Campo Don Miguel Alava, and of brigadier Don Joseph O'Lawlor, employed with this army by the Spanish government, from whom, and from the Spanish authorities, and people in general, I received every assistance I could expect. It is but justice likewise to draw your lordship's attention, upon this occasion, to the merits of the officers of the civil departments of the army. Notwithstanding the increased distance of our operations from our magazines, and that the country is completely exhausted, we have hitherto wanted nothing, owing to the diligence and attention of commissary-general Mr: Bisset, and the officers of the department under his direction. I have likewise to mention that by the attention and ability of Doctor Mac Gregor, and of the officers of the department under his charge, our wounded, as well as those of the enemy left in our hands, have been well taken care of; and I hope that many of these valuable men will be saved to the service.

Captain Lord Clinton will have the honour of laying at the feet of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent, the eagles and colours taken from the enemy in this action.I enclose a return of the killed and wounded.

Olmedo Jaly 28, 1812.--THE army have continued their march in pursuit of the enemy since I addressed you on the 24th instant, and we have continued to take many prisoners. A part of the enemy's army crossed the Douro yesterday, near Puente de Douro, and the remainder, their left wing, were in march towards the bridge of Tudela this morning at nine o'clock, when I last heard from our advanced posts. The main body of the allied army is this day on the Adaja and Zapardiel rivers in this neighbourhood; the light caval#y being in front, in pursuit of the enemy. It appears that Joseph Buonaparte left Madrid on the 21st, with the army of the centre, supposed to consist of from ten or twelve thousand infantry, and from two to three thousand cavalry, and he directed his march by the Escoriel, upon Alba de Tormes. He arrived at Blasco Sancho, between Avila and Arevalo on the 25th, where he heard of the defeat of Marshal Marmont, and he retired in the evening; and between that time and the evening of the 26th, he marched through Villa Castin to Espinar. A non-commissioned officer's patrole of the 14th light dragoons and the 1st bussars, from Arevalo, took in Blasco Sancho on the evening of the 25th, shortly after Joseph Buonaparte had left the place, two officers and twenty-seven men of his own cavalry, who had been left there to follow his rear-guard. I have reason to believe that Joseph Buonaparte had no regular account of the action of the 2rd, till he passed the Puerte de Guadarrama yesterday, but he then returned, and was directing his march upon Segovia. I have not yet heard how far he had advanced. All accounts concur with regard to the great loss sustained by the army of Portugal. By accounts from lieutenant-general Sir Rowland Hill to the 24th instant, it appears, that the enemy had in some degree reinforced the troops in Estremadura. The lieutenant-general had removed to Zafra. It is reported that General Ballasterős had marched on another expedition towards Malaga, and that be was opposed by a division of the army of the south, under General Labal. I have not received detailed accounts of commodore Sir Home Popham's operations on the coast, since the capture of Sequeitio, but I understand that he has taken Castro Urdiales.

Names of officers killed and wounded July 18, 1812.-Killed, 27th foot, lieutenant Radcliffe, adjutant Davidson. Wounded, Royal horse artillery, lieutenant Belson, severely. 3d dragoons, lieutenant Bramfield, slightly. 11th light dragoons, lieutenant Bontein, slightly; cornet Williams, severely. 12th light dragoons, adjutant Gettrick severely. 14th foot, major Brotherton, lieutenants Gwynne, Fowke, slightly. 16th foot, VOL. IV. No. 23. 3 E

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Lieutenant Baker, slightly. 1st bussar king's German legion, barrack-master Kraukenberg, captain Muller, slightly; captain Aly, severely; lieutenant Wisch, slightly. 7th royal fusileers, lieutenant Nantes, slightly. 27th foot, captain Mair, slightly. 40th foot, lieutenant Kelly, slightly.

Names of the officers, killed, wounded, and missing of the allied army, under the command of his Excellency General the Earl of Wellington, in the battle near Salamanca, on the 22d July 1812, dated at head-quarters, Flores de Avila, July 25, 1819:Killed, major-general Le Marchant. 5th dragoon guards, captain Osborn. 3d dragoons, lieutenant Selby. 12th light dragoons, captain Dickens. 2d, or queen's, ensign Denwoody. 7th fusileers, captain Prescott. 11th foot, 1st battalion, ensign Scott. 23d Welch fusileers, major Offley. 32d foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant Seymour; ensign Newton. 36th foot, 1st battalion, captains Tullok and Middleton; lieutenants Parker and Barton. 38th foot, 1st battalion, captain Taylor; lieutenant Broomfield. 44th foot, 2d battalion, captain Berwick; ensign Standley. 61st foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant colonel Barlow; captains Horton and Stubbs; lieutenants Chauner and Parker. 68th foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant Finucane. 88th foot, 1st battalion, brevet-major Murphy; captain Hogan. 94th foot, lieutenant Innes. 2d light battalion king's German legion, lieutenant Fincke. Wounded, lieutenant-general Sir S. Cotton, severely; lieutenantgeneral Leith, severely, not dangerously; lieutenant-general honourable G. L. Cole, severely, not dangerously; major-general Victor Alten, severely, not dangerously. Royal horse guards blue, lieutenant-colonel Elley, A. A. G. slightly. 88th foot, captain Tryon, D. A. A. G. severely. 13th light dragoons, captain White, D. A. Q. M. G. severely, since dead. 29th foot, lieutenant Hay, aid-de-camp to lieutenant-general Leith, slightly. 6th dragoons, captain Dawson, extra A. D. C. to lieutenant-general Leith, severely. 5 dragoons, captain Aiken, severely; lieutenant Christie, severely. 4th dra goons, lieutenant Norcliffe, severely. 1st hussars, king's German legion, captains Muller and Decken, slightly; lieutenant Fueto, severely; lieutenant Cordemann, slightly; cornet Behrends, slightly, Coldstream guards, 1st battalion, ensign Hotham, slightly, 3d guards, 1st battalion, captain White, severely. 1st foot, or royal Scots, lieutenantcolouel Barnes, severely; captain Logan, slightly; lieutenants Kellett, O'Neil, and Falk, severely; lieutenant M'Killigan, slightly; lieutenant Clarke, severely; ensign Stoyte, severely. 2d foot, or queen's, brovet lieutenant-colonel Kingsbury, severely; major Graham, severely; captain Scott, severely; lieutenant Gordon, severely; lieutemant Williams, slightly; lieutenant Hudson, severely. 4th foot, 1st battalion, major O'Halloran, slightly. 5th foot, 1st battalion, brevet lieutenant-colonel Bird, slightly; captain Sicmocks, severely; lieutenants Macpherson and Gunn, severely; ensign Hamilton, slightly; ensign Pratt, severely. 5th foot, 2d battalion, lieutenant O'Dell, severely; lieutenant Hilliard, slightly. 7th royal fusileers, captain Hammerton, slightly; lieutenants Hutchinson and Hartley, severely; lieutenants Wallace, Nantes, Johnson, Knowles, Henry, and Hannam, slightly; adjutant Hay, severely. 9th foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant Ackland, slightly. 11th foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant-colonel Cuyler, major M'Gregor, captains Porter, Hamilton, and Gualy, severely; lieutenant Donovan, slightly; lieutenants Rynd, Williams, and Stephens, severely; lieutenant Daniel, slightly; lieutenants Walker and Smith, severely; lieutenant Stewart, slightly; lieutenants Gethen and Read, severely; 23d royal Welch fusileers, lieutenant-colonel Ellis, major Dalmer, lieutenants Enoch, Fryer, and Cloyde, severely; lieutenant Macdonald, slightly, 27th foot, 3d battalion, lieutenant Philip Gordon, slightly. 30th foot, 2d battalion, lieutenant Garvey, slightly. 32d foot, 1st battalion, captains Roslewen and Toole, slightly; lieutenants Greaves and Eason, severely; lieutenant R. Robinson, slightly; lieutenants Bowes and Butterworth, ensign Newton, (2d) severely; ensign

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Blood, slighty. 36th foot, 1st battalion, captain Fox, slightly; lieutenants Price, He. wart, ensign Bouchier, severely. 38th foot, 1st battalion, lieutenant-colonel Miles, severely; captains Wiltshire and Gallie, slightly; captain Fullarton, severely; heutenant Ince, slightly; lieutenant Peddie, right arm amputated; lieutenant Laws, ensign Wheatley, severely; ensigns Magie and Wilcocks, slightly; ensign Byam, severely; ensign Freer, slightly. 38th foot, 2d battalion, lieutenant M'Pherson, ensign Anderson, severely. 40th foot, 1st battalion, lieutenants Gray and Hudson, severely; lieutenants Brown and Turton slightly; adjutant Bethel, severely. 43d foot, 1st battalion, lieutegant Ridout, slightly. 45th foot, 1st battalion, major Greenwell, severely; lieutenantcolonel Forbes, captain Lightfoot, lieutenant Coghlan, slightly; ensign Rey, severely. 48th foot, 1st battalion, captain Thwaites, lieutenant Stroud, slightly; lieutenants Leroux, Vincent, and Marshall, severely; lieutenant Armstrong, slightly; lieutenant Johnson, severely; ensigns Thatcher and Warton, slightly; ensign Le Mesurier, right arm ampu. tated. 53d foot, 2d battalion, lieutenant-colonel Bingham, brigadier lieutenant-colonel and captain Robinson, captain Fehrsen, severely; captain Poppleton, slightly; captains Fernandez, Blackall, M'Dougal, and lieutenants Hunter and Nicholson, severely; ensign Bunworth and adjutant Carss, slightly. 60th foot, 5th battalion, lieutenant-colonel Williams, slightly; major Galiffe, and ensign Lucke, severely. 61st foot, 1st battalion, major Downing; captains Oke, M'Leod, and Green, severely; captain Faville, severely (since dead); lieutenant, Falkener, severely; lieutenant Daniel, slightly; heutenant Chapman, severely; lieutenant Chipchase, slightly; lieutenant Furnace, severely; lieutenant Gloster, slightly; lieutenant Collis, severely; lieutenant Wolfe, slightly; lieutenants Brackenburg, Royal, Toole, and ensigns Whyte, Beere, Singleton, severely. 68th foot, captain and brevet major Millar, severely; captain North, slightly. 74th foot, captain and brevet major Thompson, lieutenant Ewing, severely. 83d foot, 2d batta lion, lieutenant Gascoigne, severely; lieutenant Evans, slightly. 88th foot, 2d battalion, captain Adair, lieutenants Nichols, Meade, severely; lieutenant Kingsmill, slightly. 94th foot, lieutenant colonel Campbell, captain Cooke, and lieutenant Griffiths, severely. 1st light battalion king's German legion, captain Hulseman and lieutenant Hartwig, severely. 2d light battalion ditto, captain Haassman, slightly. 2d line battalion ditto, captain Scharnhorst, lieutenant Repke, severely. 5th ditto ditto, captain Langrester, severely. Brunswick Oels, captain Lueder, severely; lieutenant Griesham, slightly. 1st royal Scots, volunteer M'Alpin, severely. 9th foot, 1st battalion, volunteer Perry, severely. 53d foot, 2d battalion, volunteer Morfshell, severely. J.WATERS, A.A.G.

Names of the officers killed and wounded on the 23d of July 1812. Killed, 1st dra goons, king's German legion, lieutenants Voss and Heugell. 2d ditto ditto, captain Usşlar. Wounded, royal artillery, lieutenant-colonel May, A. A. G. severely. 1st dragoons, king's German legion, captain Decken, cornet Tappe, severely. 2d ditto ditto, lieutenant Fumette, slightly.

Abstract of killed, wounded, and missing of the army under the command of the Earl of Wellington, near Castrajon, on the 18th of July 1812. British, 61 killed, 297 wounded, 27 missing. Portuguese, 34 killed, 96 wounded, 27 missing. Total, 95 killed, 393 wounded, 54 missing.

Abstract of killed, wounded, and missing of the allied army under the command of General the Earl of Wellington, in the battle fought near Salamanca, on the 22d day of July 1812. British, 388 killed, 2714 wounded, 74 missing. Portuguese, 304 killed, 1552 wounded, 182 missing. Spanish, 2 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 694 killed, 4270 wounded, 256 missing.

Abstract of killed, wounded, and missing of the allied army under the command of

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