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the troops who entered at the Lonles, and from col. Crowne, I breach were to open for them, but have received the most able and their ardour was so great that they the most zalous assistance and copcould not wait. Tey scaled the port. The former protected the walls, and entered the two as the line from the enemy during our troors within approached it. At march, and covered our rear during daylight, every tiz was in our the siege. The latter conducted it possession except the citadel, which with great judgement and determi. made a show of resistance, but soon ned bravery.-The established re. surrendereu; and early in the morn. putation of the royal artillery has ir; the town was quiet, and the wo. been firmly supported by the conmen were peac:ably walking the pany under my orders; and I cob. streets.

sider myse! 11. uch indebted to cap. 6. The gallantry displayed by the tains Watson, Dickson, Carmichael, troops during the assault, and their and Wilgress, for their zealous and forbearance and orderly behaviour alle exertions. Captain Fanshave, In the town, speak so fully in their of the engineers, was equally zeapraise, that it is unnecessary for me lons; and though young in the ser. to say how highly I am pleased with vice, conducted himself with such their conduct. The service they propriety, that I have no doubt of bave been engaged in since we lan- his proving a valuable officer,-dad has been uncommonly severe The captains and officers of the and laborious, but not a murmur pary bare been equally zealous to has escaped them; every thing I assist us; but I feel particularly wished has been elected with order indebted to captains Donnelly and and cheerfulness.--Our loss during Palmer for their great exertions. the siege was trilling, particularly They commanded a corps of ma.

we were not sheltered by ap. tines and scamen that were landed, proaches, and the enemy's fire of and were essentially useful to us shot and shell was incessant. But with the guns, and in the batteries, it is painful for me to add, that it as well as in bringing up the ord. was great at the assault, Many nance and stores. I have the ho. most valuable oficers are among the

rour to be, &c. killed and wounded. Diajor Dal. Brigadier-general commanding." rymple, of thc 401b, was the only 6- P.S. I am extremely concernfeld oflcer killed. Lieut-cols. ed to add, that lieut.-cols. Vassal Vassal, and Brownrigs, and major and Brownrigg both died yesterday Tucker, are among the woooded. of their wounds. I had flattered I an deeply coacerned to say, that myself with hopes of their recovery; the two former are severely so, but a rapid mortification has deThe enemy's loss was very great, prived bis majesty of two most able ahoat 800 killed, 500 wounded, and gallant officers. and the governor don P. R. Mul. Return of the Killed, Wounded, and dobro, with upwards of 2000 offi. Missing of the Forces under the cers and men, are prisoners. About command of Brigadier General Sir 1 500 escaped in boats, or secrated Sam. Auchmuty. themselves in the town.

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, and ble, irondel; 1 rank and file, shire, and Frazói, (the last since missing.-- During the Siege. I cap- dead ;) payma ter Willahire, adju. tain, 3 rank and file, killeri; i lieut., at Hewi't, and a-sistant nirgeon 1 ensign, 12 rank and file, woun. . Garra t.--40th. lieuts. ded, 7 rank and file missing. At the Johnson, and Ramus.--21, major Assault, i major, 3 captains, 2 Tucker.-95th, lieuts. Scanian and lients., 2 serjeants, 5 drummers, M'Namara 105 rank and 'file, killed ; 2 lieut. A di-patch from admiral Stirling, .colonels, 3 captains, 8 lieuts., 4 en. dated Feb. 8, relates his co-operasigns, 4 staff, 18 serjeants, 5 drum. tion with the military forces; and mers, 235 rank and file, wounded., mentions the landing of 8:10 ma. -Total, i major, 4 captains, 3 rines to assist them Finding he lieuts., 2 serjeants, 6 drummers, 126 could not get near enough with the rank and file, killed ; 2 lieut.-colo. ships to produce any effect, he dis. nels, 2 majors, 6 captains, 10 lieuts., posed of them so as to prevent any 5. ensigns, 4 staff, 20. serjeants, 6 escape from the harbour. The drummers,366 rank and file, wouin. distance (says fre,) which the ships ded; 8 rank and file missing.-Cap- lay from the shore, with the almost tains Wilgress and Crookshanks, constant high winds and swell we 31 rank and file, included in the a. had, and the great way everything bove, have since returned to their was to be dragged by the seamen, duty.

up a heavy sandy road, made the Officers Kiled and Wounded duty excessively laborious. The Killed upon Landing. Tient. Fitz: Squadron had almost daily. 1400 pátrick, of the 40th.--Slightly !Vom- men on shore, and this ship was of. ded upon Landing, majo Trotter,

ten left wish only 30 men on board. of the 83d; major Campbell, of the ---The defënce made by the enemy 40th; capts. Wilgress, of the soval protracted the siege longer than was artillery ; Crookshanks of the 38th; expicted, and reduced our stock of Rogers of the 40th ; lieut Ch+wner, powder so low, that the king's of the 95th.-Killed during the surgen ships, with all the transports, and capt. Beaumont, of the St.- what a fleet of merchantmen had for Wounded during the Sirge, licut. sale, coulil uot have furnished a O'Brien, of the 87th ; the hon C. further consumption for more than Irby, midshipman.--Kill it in the two days, when a practicable breach Assault, major Dalrymple, of the was fortunately made, and on the 40th ;

capt. Rennie, of ditto; 3d inst, early in the morning, the lieut. Alston, of ditto); (apt. Ma: ton and citadel were most gal. son, of the 38th ; lieut. Tiwine, of lantly carried by storm."— [After the 87th; capt. Dickenson of the many encomiuis on the bravery of 95th.

his officers and men, the admiral Wounded in the assault.--11th states his loss at six killed, 28 *0!! regt. lieut. col. Brownrigg, (since ded, and four missing, and gives a dead.)-40th, lieut. Smith, and en. list of the prizes taken at Munte sign Cancern.--87th, lieut. Evans, Video, comprising 57 vessels, from and M'Rea.---38th, lieut. col. Vas- 100 to 650 tons, besides 15 sloup

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sing the remainder of this bandfel Yesterday morning we discovered of meo in proud possession of the from the mast-head a sail in the French imperial corrette, Le Lyns, S.E. steering for la Guira, and soon of fourteen 21.pounders, carrocompeiled her to another course for nades, and two long 9-pounders, Barcelona; about noo. it was chasers, pierced for 18 guns, and mostly calm, when she appeared to manned with 101 men, commanded be a man-of-war, and, by her ma. by monsieur Jean M. Yarquest, næuvre, an enemy; she had now with dispatches from Guadaloupe the advantage of us by a breeze, for the Caraccas : she is two years and, with her lofty flying sails and old, and a well equipped fine vessel, sweeps, was leaving us fast. At in all respects, for his majesty's ser. two o'clock her top gallant sails rice. were scarcely above the horizon, At the head of our invaluable but in a situation between the ship men's names who fell in this quarter and the coast that still afforded me of an hour's sharp contest, stands bopes of her, by co-operation of that of the second lieutenant, Harry the boats; they pushed off, under Walker, of his third wound; of the direction of the first-lieutenant, the oficers commanding our firo William Combe, manned with five boats, only lieutenant Gibson was officers, 50 seamen, and 20 marines; unhurt. It may be unnecessary to and, after rowing about 12 leagues add lieutenant Combe's report, that in eight hours (part of the time un. every man did his duty.-l am fatisder a burning sun,) they came up tied they did. with her, going, with a light land

I am, Sir, &c. breeze, about two knots. Haring

(Signed) G20. SAYIR. brst hailed her, our brave fellows To Rear-admiral the Hon. Sir A. instantly attempted to board on

Cochrane, K. B. commander.ir both quarters, but by the fire of her

chief, &c. &c. guns, which had been all trained aft in readiness, and having to combat; A List of Killed and Wounded Offi

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: cers, Scamen, and Marines, on. superscribed, in commemoration of

board the Galutea and Le Lynr. the gallantry and good conduct dis.

Killcd on-board the Galatec-H. played by those corps in the battle Walker, second-licutenant; G.Vin. fought at Assaye on the 23d of Sepcent, J, Mildron, T. Whetheridge, tember, 1863. His majesty has also R. M'Cann, and F. Plank, seamen; been graciously pleased to approre J. Mason, serjeant of marines; W. of the 94th regiment bearing the Cooper and D. Nicholls, privates of elephant in their colours and on marines.

their appointments, as an honourable Severely wounded on-board the and lasting testimony of their dis. Galatea.-W. Combe, first-lieute. tinguished services in India. By nant; B. Sarsfield, master's mate; order of his royal highness the com. R. Jobbin, petty officer; W. Cock, mander-in-chief. J. Fox, W. West, R. Haynes, and HARRY CALVERT, Adj.-gen, W. Mills, seamen ; R. Bartlein, R. Thompson, and D. Jones, privates of marines.

Raising of the Siege of Strulsund, Slightly wounded on board the and the subsequent expulsion of the Gulatea -J. Green, master's mate; French Porces from Swedish Po. R. Berry, petty officer ; R. Bailey, merania: transmitted to Mr. Se. T. Whitaker, G. Griffiths, T. Jones, cretary Canning, by Baron Re. J. Bogg, J. Chapman, J. Norris, hausen, his Swedish Majesty's and J. Lewis, seamen ; T. Gordon, Minister Plenipotentiary at this private of marines.

Court :Total-9 killed, and 22 wound.

Malmo, April 7. ed-31.

Baron de Bojie, aid-du-camp to Killed on-board Le Lynx— The his majesty, arrived yesterday with third licutenant, 13 petty officers, dispatches from baron d'Essen, gobeamen, and soldiers.

vernor-general of Pomerania, of Wounded on-board le Lynx – The which the following is an extract: commander, Monsieur M. Yarquest, “ Haring received certain infor, and the first lieutenant, (both badly) mation of the enemy's having com. 4 officers, and 14 seamen and sol. menced his retreat from Pomerania diers.

by small detachments, I ordered Total-14 killed, and 20 wound- the following troops to advance in ed, (most of them badly),-34. two columns, for the purpose of (Signed) GEO. SAYER. forcing him to quit his intrench,

ments, and to abandon Swedish Io thc Gazette of April 18, his Pomerania. The first column,,un. majesty grants his most gracious der my orders, was commanded by permission to the following regi. the chief of brigade, baron de Ta. ments, viz. 19th light dragoons, the vast, and consisted of eight squa. 74th and 78th foot, to assuma, in drons of hussars, a detachment of addition to any other devices or flying artillery, and four battalions badges to which they may be seve- of infantry, with their divisions of rally intitled, and to bear in their chasseurs. The second column was colours and on their appointments, of equal force with the first, and the elepltant, with the word Assayewas commanded by the chief of bri.

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gade, baron de Vegesack, under fire, obliged him to retire. My the orders of lieutenant-general baron d'Armfeldt. The two columns, marching on the same line, met with the enemy at Lüssow, attacked him, and, after a vigorous resistane, forced him to abandon that post, and to retire upon Suderhagen. Here the attack WAS again renewe; a very brisk fire from his light troops checked us for some time, but the fire from the artillery attached to our two coJumn, soon obliged him to retire upon Voigdehagen, where he was attacked in front by the column under baron d'Armfeldt, and re. pulsed with great loss; his left flank having been at the same time turned by the corps under the command of baron de Tavast.

Whilst our troops were carrying the village of Voigdehagen, the enemy had abandoned is batteries and intrenchments before Stralsund, and had intrenched himself anew on the heights between Voigdehagen and Teschenhagen, on which he had planted a battery of four pieces of cannon and two howitzers, whose incessant fire prevented our troops from advancing, till our artillery bad succeeded in dismounting them. The lo-s of the enemy on this occasion must have been considerable, since an officer in the Dutch service has said, that only 24 men of his regiment were left alive. We had but three officers and about twenty men wounded in this affair.

The enemy shortly afterwards quitted his position, and retired upon Teschenhagen, after having vainly attempted to make himself master of a marsh covered with un derwood, but was prevented from so doing by two companies of infantry, who, by a well-sustained

column then mad a movement, in order to harass the left flank of the enemy, whose retreat shortly became general, retiring from post to post, with the loss of many prisoners, a quantity of baggage, and magazines of all kinds, of which we have not yet had time to make out complete returns. My column took possession of Loitz on the 2d of April, and, the same day, baron d'Armfeldt's column entered Greisswald, where it took six officers, and a great many French soldiers fell into our hands, as well as the enemy's hospital, where we recovered all the Swedish soldiers who had been wounded and taken prisoners in the action of the 14th March. Above 1000 muskets, 200 braces of pistols, and considerable magazines, were found there.

On the 3d April I entered Demnien with my column, and I sent on my light troops in pursuit of the enemy,

towards Mecklenbourg. The garrison of Demnien were all made prisoners, after a feeble resistance. Some small detachments of hussars, sent in pursuit of the enemy, were continually coming in with French and Dutch prisoners; and three hussars alone took 104 men on the road to Neukahlan. A. great number of prisoners were made, and some stands of arms and provisions taken from the enemy at Darguhn.

A detachment, commanded by lieutenant-colonel baron de Cederström, took a quantity of baggage from the enemy, together with two officers and two hundred and seven soldiers. The magazines that have been taken are very considerable, but there has not as yet been time to make out returns.

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