Star. — London, England, 1811-12-02 00:00:00

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O n th e m a rc h I riv eceed - infer. accounts of the late brilliant victory obtained by Geel Dragoons, was particularly gallant ; the latter corn neral to !that mo rni ng,inatien that the'enemy had only left Torre Mocha mended by Captain Gore, the whole under Major Hite ; the result of which, we are happy , an d , ;ombe , o f the learn, has been far more glorious for the British aienst h a t he h a d a g ain halt e d his mainß Hussars. I ought previously to have at Arro yo bod ly ya d e l Wino leavin g a rear guard at mentio ned, that the - British cav a lry having, through Captain HILL, tile General's brother, who is the lAlbala, which was a satisfactory proof that he was the darkness of the night and the badness of the road, bearer of these dispatches, arrived in Town yester- lignorant of the movements of the troops under my been somewhat delayed, the Spanish cavalry underl day a ft ernoon. As Lord LIVERPOOL was not its town, comman d . ; the Count de Penne Villemur was, on this occasion, C sptain lint proceeded to Coombe Wood, accom- 1 I therefore made a forced march to Alcuesca that 1 the first to form upon the Plain, and engaged the panted by Mr. PENN, one of his Lordship's under evening, where the troops were so placed as to be out enemy until the British were enabled to come up. lof sight of the enemy, and no fires were allowed to 1 Secretaries, who afterwards conveyed the Dispatches The enemy was now in , full retreat ; but Meier }be made. On my arrival at Alcue s ca, which is with- ' Ge nera l to the PRINCE REGENT, at oatlands. The loss of the H owar d' s column having gained the point French, on the above occasion, in killed, wounded, in a league of Arroyo del Molino, everything tended 'to which it w a s directed, and the left column gaining and prisoners, exceeds 2000. The Prince IYAREss- to confirm me in the opinion that the enemy was not 1 fast upon him, he had no resource but to surrender or Ileac and General RENAUD, the late Governor cf only in total ignorance of my near approach, but ex- ; disperse and ascend the mountain. He preferred the Ciudad Rodrigo, who were taken prisoners, have tremely off his guard; and I determined upon at- latter, and ascending near the EaStern extremity of I arrived in the Dorrener.. tempting to surprise, or, at least, to bring him to ac. ' the ascent, which might have been deemed inaccessi- ' Upwards'of 600 of the French army were killed, tion, before he should march in the morning ; and the , 1 ble, was followed closely by the 28th and 31th regi and, the whole of the baggage, camp-equipage, Corn. necessary dispositio. s were made for that purpose. ments, whilst the 39th regiment and Colonel Ash inissariat, &c. fell into our hands. The loss of the The town of Arroyo del Molino is situated at the , worth's Portuguese infantry followed round the foot British in killed and wounded wns only 66. foot of one extremity of the Sierra of Montanclres ;7.1 of the mountain, by the Truxillo Road, to take him Captain HILL left Lord Weeeneerroe's Head- the mountain running from it to the rear, in the form . , again in flank. At the same time, Brigadier General quarters on the 6th ult. of a crescent, almost every where inaccessible, the 1 M orillo's- infantry ascended at some distance to thil The officialeaccouvit of the above gallant affair, two points being about two wiles asunder. The left, with the same view. was this day published in the following Truxillo road runs round that to the eastward. As may be imagined, the enemy's troop; were by The road leading from the town to Merida runs this time in the'utmost panic ; his cavalry was flying. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. at, right anglfs with that from Alcuesca, and the road in every direction, the infantry threw away their arms, to Medellin pas e; . between those Ist and and the only effort of either was to escape. The I DOWNING-STREET, DECEMBER 1., Merida. The groupd over which the troops had to troops under Major-General Howard's command, as CaptainHlLL, Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General manccuvre being a pinin, thinly scattered With oak well as those he had sent round the point of the moon. HILL, arrived this day at the Earl of LiverpterP6 and coAt tress, my object of course was to place a Lain, pursued them over the rocks, making prisoners Office, with a dispatch, addressed to his Lordship by body of troops so as to cut off the retreat of the ene- I General Viscount WELLINGTON, dated Frenada, 6th my by any of these roads. at every cep, until his own men became so exhausted Nivember 1811; of which the following is an extract. The troops moved from their B ivouack- near Al. and few in number, that it was necessary frr him to I informed your Lordship, in my dispatches of the cuesca, about two o'clock in the morning of the 28th, halt and secure the prison es, and leave the further nd and 30th of October, of the Orders which I had in one column right in front , d irect on Arro y o del pursuit to the Span'sh infantry under General Mo given to Lieutenant-General Hill to move into Es- Molino, and in the following order i Major-General rillo ; who, from the direction in which they had as tremadura with the troops under his command, eel Howard's brigade of ir fintry, ( I st battalion 50th, tended, had now become the most advanced. The with his progress to the 2eieh of October... 71st, and 92d regiments, and one company of the force General Girard had with him at the commence- He marched on the 27th by Aldea del Cano to 60th), Colonel Wilson's brigade ( I st battalion 28th, merit, which consisted of 2.500 infantry and GOO ca- Alcaesca, and on the 28th, in the Meriting, surprised 2d battalions 3-Ith, and 2d battalion 39th, and one 'airy, being at this time horsily disperse.!. In the the enemy's troops under General Girard at Arroyo company of the 60 th) , 6th Portuguese Regiment of course of these operations, Brigadier-General Camp bell's brigade of Portuguese infantry (the esh and del Moline, and dispersed the division of infantry and the Line, and 6th Cacadores under Col. Ashworth, 10th regiments), and the 18th Portuguese iufaatry, corelry which had been employed under the corn. the Spanish Infautry under Brigadier-GeneralMorillo, wand of that General. taking General Brune, the Major-General Long's of cavalry (od Hus- joined from Casa de Don Antonio, where they had halted for the preceding night ; and as soon as I Due d'Aremberg, and about one thousand three sars, 911 and 13th Light Dragoons), and the Spenish judged they could no longer be required at tine scene hundred prisoners, three pieces of cannon, &c. &c. cavalry under the Conde de Penne Viilamur. They of action, I detached them with the brigade, consist, and having killed many in the action with the toe- moved in this order until within half a mile of the ing of the 50th, 71st, and 92d regiments, and Major eny, and in the subsequent pursuit. General Girard town of Arroyo del Molino, when under cover of a General Long's brigade of cavalry towards Meride. escaped wounded ; and, by all accounts which I have low ridge, the column closed, and divided into three They reached .St. Pedro that night, and entered received, General Dubrocoskie was killed. columns. Majpr-General Howard's brigade and three Merida this morning ; the enemy having, in .the I beg to refer your Lordship for the details of Lieu- 6 -pounders und er Lieutenant-Colonel Stewart, sup course of the night, retreated from hence in great ' tenant-General Hill's operations to the 30th Octo- ported by Brigadier General Morillo's infantry, the alarm to Almendralego. The Count de Penne Vil le'', to his dispatch to me of that date from Merida; a left; Celonel - W ilson's brigade, the Portuguese infan limnr formed the advanced guard with his , cavalry, cops/ of 'which I enclose. I have frequentl y had the try under Col. Aslaworth, two 6-pounders ands howit- and had entered the town previores to the arril of pleasure to report to your Lordship the zeal !Ind abi- zer , the ri g ht, under Ma j or-General Howard; and , :epee e. . the British. , e se lit) with which Lieutenant-General Hill had carried the cavalry, the centre . The ultimate consequences ref, these .operations 1 into execution the operations entrusted to his charge; As the day dawned, a violent storm of rain and need not point out to your Lordship; theii%mediate and I have great satisfaction in repeating my corn- thick mitt came on, under cover of which the columns result is the capture of one General of cavalry (Brune), mendatiuns of hint, and of the brave troops under his advanced in the direction, and in the order which had one Colonel of cavalry, (the Prince D'Aremherg), command, upon the present occasion, in which the been pointed out to them. The left column under one Lieutenant-Colonel, (Chief of the Etat-Major), ability Glebe Oeseml and the gallantry and discipline Lieutenant Colonel Stewart marched direct upon the one Aid-de-Camp of General Girard, two Lieutenant of the officers ind troops have been conspicuous. town , the 71st, one com p an y of the 60th and 92d re- I Colonels, one Commissaire de Guerre, 8 0 Captains,l I send with General Hill's dispatch a plan of the giment at quarter distance, and the .50th in close co and' inferior Officers, and upwards of 1000 of non- ground and of the operations on the 28th of October, lumn somewhat in the rear, with the guns as a Re commissioned officers and soldiers, already sent off I by Captain Hill, the General's brother and Aid-de- serve. under an escort to Portalegre ; the whole of the ene- Camp, who attended him in the action, and will be The right column under Major General H oward, my's art llery, baggage, and Commissariat, some able to give your Lordship any further details which having the 39th re g iment as a reserve, broke off is) magazines of corn, which he had collected at Caceres you may require. I beg leave to recommend him to the right , s o as to turn the enemy's left; and having your protection. gained abo ut the distance of a cannon-shot to that and Merida, and the contribution of money which he had levied on the former town, besides the total Merida, October 30, 1811. flank, it marched in a circular direction upon the fur. dispersion of General Girard's corps. The loss of My Lonn---In pursuance of the instructions which t h e r point of the crescent on the mountain above - . the enemy in killed must also have been severe, while I received from your Lordship, I put a portion of the mentioned. that on our side was comparatively trifling, as appe irs troops under my orders in motion on the 22,1 instant, The cavalry under Lieutenant General Sir Wil- i by the accompanying return, in which year Lordship from their cantonments in the neighbourhood of Li a m Erskine moved between the two columns of in- I Portalegre, and advanced with them towards the Spa- f an try ready to act in front, or move round either of will lament to see the name of Lieutenant Strenuwita, nisi froutier. • them, as occasion miglirrequire. I Aid-de-Camp to Lieut.-General Sir William Erskine, whose extreme gallantry led him into the midst of On the 23d the head of the column reached Albu- \ The advance of our columns was unperceived by querque, when I learnt that the enemy, who had the enemy until they approached very near , at which I the enemy's cavalry, and occasioned his being taken advanced to Aliseda, had fallen back to Arroyo del moment he was filing out of the town upon the Me. prisone r. Puerto, and that the Spaniards were again in posses- r ide road ; the rear of his column, some of his caval - Thas has ended an expedition which, although not sion of Aliseda. ry and part of his baggage being still in it ; one Imo • i b r i n g ing into play to the full extent the gallantry and On the t4th, I had a brigade of British infantry, ga d e c f his infantry had marched for Medellin, an I spirit of those engaged, will I trust give them aclaim, . half a brigade of Portuguese artillery (sir pounders) hour before day-light. to your Lordship's apprpbation. No praise of mine can do justice to their admirable conduct; the pi: and some of my cavalry, at Aliseda ; and the remain- The 7lst and 911 regiments charged intothe town tience and good still shewn by allearike dutingforc. der of my cavalry, another brigade of British infan- with cheers, and drove the enemy every where at the try, and half a brigade of Portuguese six pounders, at point of the bayonet , having a few of their men cut ed marches Lift the worst of weather; . their strict at - Casa detantillana, about a league distant,, down by the enemy's cavity. i tention to the orders they received, the precision with On the 25th, the Count de Penne Viilamur made a The enemy's infantry which had got out of the which they moved to the attack, and theirobedience reconstoissane.e with his cavalry, and drove the enemy town, had, by the time these regiments arrived at the to command during the action ; in short the manner 1 fi3.3 in which every one has performed his duty from the Irons Armyo del Puerto - The enemy retired to Mal- extremity of it, formed into two squares, with the ca commencement of the operation , merits My pertida, partida, which place he occupied as an advanced post, valry on their left ; the whole were posted between 1 . warmest thanks, and will not, I am are, pass unob with stem three hundred cavalry end some infantry, the Merida and Medellin Roads, fronting Alcuesea. served by' your Lordship. ' his main body being still at Caceres. The right square being formed within halt musket [General HILL here expresses his warmeit appro. On the 26th, at day-break, the troops arrived at shot of the town, the garden walls of which were bat ion the 'conduct of the officers under his tom- Ivfalpartida, re and found that the enemy had left that promptly lined by the 7 I st light infantry , white the 92 d I ' nan d.] ~ o place, tiring tsnytteds Caceres, followed by a small Regiment flied out and formed line on their right, -..: • - : This dispatch will be delivered to your Lordship party a the we Hamra, who skirmished with his perpendicular to the enemy's right flank, which was by Captain 11111, my First Aid-de-Camp, to whom I Verueguarch I was shortly afterwards inf rmed that much annoyed by the well - directed fire of the 71st. 1 beg to refer your Lordship for all further particular!. she ethnic of the enemy's force had left CiCt res ;'but In the mean time one wing of the 50th regiment ' I have the honour to he Lieue•General. , &c. the want of certainty as to the direction he had taken, occupied the town, and secured the prisoners, and (Signed)R. HILL, and the extreme badness of the weather, induced me the other wing, along with the three six-pounders , To General Viscount Welling . . ' - tofu& the Portuguese and British troops at Malpar. skirted the outside of it, the artillery as soon as within , ~ .... , tida for that night. The' Spaniards moved on to range, firing with great effect upon the squares. P.S. Since writing the above report, - a good many - Caceres. ' - Whilst the enemy was thus occupied on his right, more prisoners have been made; and I doubt not but ene- Major-General Howard's column continued moving ',,he whole will aliount to 13 or 14 hundred. i at ! round his left; and our cavalry - advancing and cross - e., Brigadier-General Murillo has just returned from 'ti p mg Ire head of theirsoluma, cut off the enemy ' s ca,, ''th e pursuit of The dispersed, whom he folloWed for 1 tgi valry from 41 lefentry, cherging it repeatedly, and eight kaguss. H: reports, that besides those killed . e . , , . , • ' . . . , , . . - . - - --- e - n - - • Caceres. • Having received certain information t'iat t' e en my had matched4sTous Mocha, I put the troops Malpattidit in motion -vs the morning of the Tit aid a d v agcedhy the rog4 leading to Mai 'a, tliFoui : • '''.. -7 ; --- "" -. --- 7 - - -1 !" 7.- • ' . , . ' - ' • . . • - , • • in the Phis, wirer& of GP eh* were, fonnd in the woods and mountains. _ . General Girard escaped in 'the direeden of Sense with 9 or 300 men, mostly without arms, and is stated - , by hi; own aid-de camp to be wounded. Etetern of kdisd, woutided, and =Wain* of a Ccrps of the Army and 4 the Lomond of General V:scatutt Welllogtitn, K. B. Commander of the Forces, under the innate hate Orders of Lleutetrants(luneral K. Hil, engaged strth the Frenuli tzar Arroyo del Malin.), on the 24th of October, lot 1. Total Brit AI 1041...4 rani and file. A horses, killed; I Lieu tamantsCokeel, 2 Makin, 4 Cara:nl, 4 Setjeants, 47 rank and file, 11 horses, wounded; 1 General-Stzff miss:fig" Total Portuguese loss-6 rank and file wounded . Names of Met s wounded end mi,..lg on the 231 h of Ort.lBll. Woultdod-2d Hussars, King's Geramin Legion, Major bussche and Captain Schultze, slightly. 2d Battalion 39th Foot—Captaio Saunderien, severely. Ist Battalion 921 Foot—LieuterractsColonel Cameron, slightly; Captaf3 Donald llPDonald, seventy; Captain Jahn bl'Fliersun, severely, but not dangerously ; Breve.s‘la;or Dunbar, sl•ghtly. Nliv,io:;-21st LighnDragoans—Lieutenant Strenuwits, Aids desCanip to Lieutenant-General Sir WiFiam Erskine, But. ' Return of Ordnance and Stores taken from the Enemy. One Ftetirb 6-inch howitzer; one French eight pounder gain one French foot:founder gun; fly: caissons, with gun abd lion its zer ammunition; one cais oa, 'Mak small-arm NIL Mt/AL:OU ; and ione store wagon. ---. . ' The following letter from our Plymouth Cores. pondent, came to hand this morning : . 4. Plymouth, Nov. ratter se. a The remains of General G/RARD'S army, which fled to the moimtains with their wounded Com mander, have been since captured by the Spaniards, under Multietn. Thus then, has the whole of this boasted corps, which, according to the enemy's ac counts, consisted of the flower of their army, been completely annihilated.—The DOTTEREL. brought no accounts of the fall of Stiguntum, nor was any thing known on that head when she let Lisbon. Several wounded and invalided British Officers have come .J home in the DOTTEREL." - 1 . -• ~................--... '. :. 4 .,.. 1 Tara PRINCES R Er:MN T.—CrATLANDC, SUNDAY EVNN. • , 1 (N0..--The PRINCE It &oner has gained considerable ' ' 1 .treagth in lie ancle wi.hin the last two days. His Royal' Highness, however, is not expected to return • to Yurk-liousetetote the Littet end of the.weeke by ve;.ich time the surgical attrautints imagine that the elutes of the leg may have recovered their proper tone. Colonel lat , Meurm came down at four, and having laid several Government dspatches betore his Royal - Highness, retetned to tote nin the evaistig. - Numbers of ahe Nobility, &c. nre daily making their • visits of inquiry, several of whom have been favour ed by an interview with the Parser. RrGetcr, in his own apartments. Has Royal Highness never appear- ed in better health or higher spirits! The HAVANNAUL Hon. Captain caooome, with the Mediterranean convoy ; CLEOPATItA, Captain Pe.. omit, with the Lisbon convoy ; and the, Woman° - bomb, Captain Gniretrize, for Cadiz, are under sail ing orders at Portsmouth. , • A Canada Paper stata, that four regiments of in-' . _ fantry and cavalry have arrived within the last months at Quebec, destined to reinforce the lit hash gat rams near Niagara. , A letter has been received from the Captain on board the merchant ship Undaunted, dated the 23d ult. which 'describes a most gallant action between , that ship and a heavy French schooner the evenipg before. They poured broalside after broadside into each other fir a considerable time. The action lasted one hour and ten minutes, when the schooner was obliged to depart without her, prey, leaviag the Undaunted a complete wreck. Few of the crear were wounded. . . The following extracts of a letter from Wingoe Sound, contain some interesting information for the commercial world : " Wingoe Sound. November 19... * " The convoy sailed on the 16th, for the lid time, for the Baltic. Ido not expect, (tom the winciti we have had, they are farther than AnhOlr. Yesteeday arrived the Etnnia from Leith, and the PrinceWilliatit from the Humber, with convoys ; few, if any of diem, I believe, are intended for t h e B iltic,"but if they were, . there will be no ne re convoys this seaso:t. We have heard nothing from Hano that Lan be depcndea oat -since the 7th inst. but I have been told the convoy sailed again on the Bth, and put back again on the _94. It they had the wind as we had on the I.sth, and since that time, they are now fur through the -Belt, and I should not be surprised to see them to morrow; but the weather is so variable there is .no judging. and it is very probable they are still at,Hano or Martwyk. . , 4 Nay. 20.—There are no accounts of the convoy having sailed from Plano, and they are very probably there yet.". The Lords of the Admiralty have replied to the I agents of the West India Colonies, that they would wit sanction the introducing of coffee into the victu- I ailing of the Navy. The plan of disposing of all shlas of; war, lying in our itatbours and lakes, t h at were not worthy or re , pair, h:s been very extensively acted upon by the ' present Board of Admiralty. Major &owe of a foreign rorpe, has been aPthe depots, and among the priboa ships, Jest wick, enlis ting such subjects of the kingd•am rif Italy, and the ceded provinces, except Neapolitaqi, as are willina to enter into a battalion to act in the Mediterranean..,- Other officers, it is confidently reported, will be Mae midiately sent to offer service, in the navy aro arm y, I in our pay, to all classes of foreigners, except netion3l i l born Frenchmen, it being the wish of the Go vern . r went to have none but the latter confiued as prisoners of war. . MANE-LANs—Tee fresh arrivals of Wheat this , day make a large supply ; the trade heal y in sales. l hardly at last week's reduction, and more on inf rier Barley. in consequence of the distillers having , stopped the use of that article s is lower—Malt rather I , so-;--In Peas but Utile Varietion—Baans or each de- I scriptiun Cully k• ep their Price--There are not many i fresh araileals ui Oats, bat tolerableqsmities en hand. rend sales named nearly at Eiday'l efrfieliii--i:Flotu• ts cheaper full si. ler s ick. I . '• • • ' • _ . • ..., • 1% _ . -