Star. — London, England, 1811-03-26 00:00:00

- e 1 The retiring divisions met, halted, and armed ita. dined to form; a new and more advanced p osition of our artillery quickly dispersed them. The exhansted state of the troops made puesteit ipf. possible. A position was taken on the eastern side o 1 the hill ; and we were strengthened on our right by , , the return of the two Spanish battalions that had been attached before to my division, but which I had ldt on the hill, and which had been ordered to retire. ~ Ip, The battalions (Walloon Guards and Ciudad Real) to made every effort to come back in time, when it was tion known that we were engaged. amid I understand, too, from General Whittingham, ictor, that with three squadrons of cavalry he kept in check aval. a corps of infantry and cavalry that had attempted to me to torn the Barrosa height by the sea. One squadron well to of the 23 Hussars, Ring's German Legion, under if pecu. Captain Bushe, and directed by Lieutenant-Colonel a b egun , Ponsonby (both had been attached to the Spanish ishness in cavalry), joined in time to make a brilliant and most s that the successful charge against a squadron of French dra which was entirely routed. ping goons , • ' from n i ng o f t h e An eagle, six pieces of cannon, the General of miles to the Division Rufin, and the General of Brigade Rosseau, River. This wounded and taken ; the Chief of the Staff General a half, conti- Bellegrade, an Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Victor, and dthy plain of the Colonel of the Bth regiment, with many other the plain, and officers killed, and several wounded and taken pri se, terminating soners ; the field covered with the dead bodies and space between arms of the enemy, 'attest that my confidence in this ,orest being un- division was nobly repaid. Where all have so distinguished themselves it is attack on the rear , acarsely possible to discriminate any as the most de 'etri, by the Van-' serving of praise r Your Lordship will, however, ob. Brigadier-General serve how gloriously the brigade of Guards, under immunication with Brigadier Dilkes, with the Commanders of the bat ral la Penas's siirec. battalions Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable C. On. Anion of Barrosa to slow and Lieutenant-Colonel Sibright (wounded), as i bout half-way to the well as the three separated companies under Lieu-I secure the communi- tenant-Colonel Jackson, maintained the high cha which a bridge had ratter of his Majesty's Household Troops. Lieu. s latter position occu- tenant-Colonel Browne, with his flank battalion, ie right on the sea cliff, Lieutenant-Colonel Norcott, and Major Acheson, Almanza Creek on the deserve equal praise. :d sandy beach gives an And I must equally recommend to your Lord rn the western points of ship's notice, Colonel Wheatley, with Colonel Belson, Lietenant-Colonel Prevost and Major Gough, and ed on the eastern slope of the Officers of the respective corps composing his arched about twelve o'clock brigade. s the Bermes° (cavalry pa- The animated charges of the 87th Regiment were been sent towards Chiclana, most conspicuous; Lieutenant-Colonel Barward(twice .e enemy). On the march 1 wounded), and the officers of his .fhink battalion ere enemy had appeared in force cuted the duty of skirmishing in advance with the advancing towards the heights enemy in a masterl manner, and were abl seconded, by Li eu el Bushe, of the 20th P y ortuguese, at position as the key of that of who (likewise twice wounded), fell into the enemy's .iately'countermarched, in order hands, but was afterwards rescued. The detachment, s left for its defence, and the ala- of this Portuguese regiment ' behaved admirably is manoeuvre was executed, served throughout the whole affair. ten. It was, however, impossible I owe too much to Major Duncan and the Officers id difficult ground to preserve order and corps of the Royal Artillery, hot to mention them , ad there never was time to restore in terms of the highest approbation—never was ar.• tillery better served. could get ourselves quite disentan- The assistance I received from the unwearied ex 1, the troops on the Barrosa hill ertions of Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald, and the Of from it, while the enemy's left ficers of the Adjutant-General's department, of Lieu- Iding. At the tame time his right tenant-Colonel the Hon. C. Cathcart, and the Offi. tin, on the edge of the wood, cers of the Quarter -Master-Generals department, of retreat in the face of such an Captain Birch and Captain Nicholas, and the Officers each of the easy communica- 0f the Royal Engineers, of Captain Hope, and the ist have involved the whole Officers of my personal staff (all animating by their ler of being attacked dur- example), will ever be most gratefully remembered. sion of the different corps Our loss has been severe—as soon as it can be ascer of Bermesa nearly at the tamed by the proper return, I shall have the honour of transmitting it. But much as it is to be lamented, •oism of British troops, I trust it will be considered as a necessary sacrifice for eosition of the enemy, the safety of the whole Allied Army. )fined on. Major Dun. Having remained some hours on the Barrosa heights, ry of ten guns in the without being able to procure any supplies for the ex -1 with the brigade 'saluted troops, the commissariat mules having been t ne's (of the 28th) dispersed on the enemy's first attack of the hill, I left 1 Norcott's twe Major Ross, with a detachment of the 3d battalion t Major Acheion 95th, and withdrew the rest of the division, which ed from the re- crossed the Santi Petri River early the next morning. lt. I cannot conclude this dispatch without earnestly -ee companies recommending to his Majesty's gracious notice for nant-Colonel promotion, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Browne, Ma 'allots in the Morcott, of the 28th Foot, Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel {link bat- Major of the 95th, Major buncan, Royal . Artillery, Major Gough of the 87th, Major the Hon. %i nt er _ E. Acheson of the 67th, and Captain Birch of the Royal Engineers, all in the command of cos or de- We pen. tachments on this memorable service ; and I confi- G ene _ dently trust, that the bearer of this dispatch, Captain ' t -C o . Hope (to whom I refer your Lordship for further ' onel details) will be peomoted, on being permitted to lay ere the E gle at his Majesty's feet.—l have the honour to In be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GRAHAM, Lieut.-Gen. P.S. I beg leave to add, that two Spanish Officers, Captains Miranda and Naughton, attached to my Staff, behaved with the utmost intrepidity. T. o. Isla de Leon, March le, Ist i. • MY Loan—l have the honour to transmit to your Lordship the return of the killed and wounded in the action of the .sth instant, and I have the satisfaction to add that the wounded,in general are doing well. Bythe best account that can be collected from the wounded French Officers, the enemy had about 8000' men engaged. Their loss by reports from Chiclana, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is supposed to amount to 9000 ; I have no doubt of its being very veld. ... I transmit, too, a return of the ordnance in our possession, and also the most accurate note that can i'be obtained of prisoners, most of whom are wounded. They are so dispersed in different hospisals, that an exact return has not been obtained.—l have the ho nour to be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS GRAHAM, Lieut.-Gen. P.S. Detachments of cavalry and infantry have' been daily employed in carrying off the wounded, ' and burying the dead, till the evening of the Bth in stant, by which time all the enemy's wounded that could be found7ansong the brushwood and heath were brought in. . , Return of the Nature and Number of Pieces of Ordnance taken iu the Action of Barrosa, on the ith March, lilt I. 9 Scven-inch Howitzers, 3 heavy eight-pounders, I foorionn der, with their ammunition wawa' and kpruportlon of horses. (Signed) A. Duncan, Major, Royal Artillery. Return of Prisoners of War taken is the Action et Berriosa, on LONDON CAZ.ETTS IwINVIVINIT: ATI/ PM' I the 6tli Mar* 1111. 2 General Ohs , 1 Field Offleaf, 2 Captains, $ Si laalawa% 4 2 a rank and file. N.B. The General of Brigade Beene' wad two gertekuptil222 dad of their wounds. (Signed) hen M4Q2Oi 2 ALPaDePtatT A41104"41.114 L .... a combined attack on the rear of the enemy's line be. fore Cadiz ; at the same time some demonstrations, and an attempt to open a carnmunicatiori with our troops, are to be made from this quarter, which is thought to require my particular attention ; I have thczefore placed the execution of the naval part of the 'expedition under the able command of Captain Brace•of the Saint Alban's. I have t he 1 1 ,,. nour to be, &c. (Signed) ta c. • Mix.roari, Bay of Cadiz, Febr uar y 9.a . Sin--I have the honour. in farther reference tr, letter No. 20, of the 20th instant, to lace ia rat itha it being determined to let the troops of the expedi.. tian proceed by the earliest opportunity, and it betil i conceived, from the appearance of rh• weather. thv e the Spanish part would be able to get out on the af. ternoon and night of the 21st, the British n.ival part, under Captain Brace, put to sea recordiagly, an d with the exception of one tratiarrt got into the Straits; bat it being impracticable to make a landing either in the vicinity of Cape Trafalgar. or Capt a in Brace proceeded to Algesiras, where Gen. Gr ihant and the troops were landed. and marched to T.trif a , to which place, (the roads being impracticable for car. riages) the artillery, provisions, stores, &c. owing, as the General is pleased taexpress, to the ex trant Lh. ary exertions of the navy, were ccnveyed in bo its not. withstanding the unfavourable state of wiads and weather. The Spanish part of the expedition, though it twi ce attempted to get out, was driven back to this 8,.y ; and it was the 27th before it was enable:. t) reach Ta. :We. I have the honour to be, fiLc. (B:gued) tt. U. KEAI,. 10Bed ; 1 Captain, SO horses, wounded. Royal ArtHlery-;-3 Rank and file killed; 2 Captains, 6 Lieute nants, 32 rank and file wounded. Royal Artillery Drivers-1 Serjeant, 9 rank and file. IS Yoram killed; 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, 22 horsis wounded. Roy*? Engineers—One rank and file killed; two rabic and file crounded. 2d Battalion of the let Regiment of Guards-9 Ensign., 2 Set jeapts, 31 rank and file killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, s Cap- Lune, 4 Ensigns, B serjeants, 45 rank and file wounded. Detachment of the 2d Battalion Coldstream Guards-1 Ensign. B rank and file killed; I Ensigns, 1 Serjeant, 45 rank. and , file wounded. Detachment of 2d Battalion Sd Guards-1 Captain, 14 rank and file killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Staff, 3 Serjeants, 63 rank and file wounded. Flank Companies of the Ist Battalion 9'h Foot-6 Rank and file , killed ; I Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 4 Serje.ints, 2 Drummers, 50 rank and file wounded. Flank Companies of the Ist Battalion 25th Foot-9 Rank and file killed; I Captains, 5 Lieutenants, 3 Serjeants. 5t rank and file wounded. Flank Companies of the Id Battalion Std Foot—e rank and file killed ; I Captain, 1 Lieutenant, S Serjemits, 116 rank and file wounded. Detachment of the Id Battalion 95th Foot-1 Captain, 13 rank and file killed; 1 Llentenant-Colonel, t Lieutenants, s Set jeants, 45 rank and file wounded. Flank Companies of the 2d Battalion 47th Foot-1 Ensign, 1 drummer, 19 rank and file killeu ; 1 Captain, 49 rank and file wounded. Ist Battalion of . the 26th Foet-6 rank and file killed ; 1 Lieute nant, 5 eerjeants, 75 rank and file wounded. 24 Battalion of the 47th Foot-10 rank and file killed; 1 Lieu tenant-Colonel, 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 serjeant, rank and file wounded. evtieraa a , Bay or Cams, March 7. Ste—l have the honour to inform yini that tee combined,English arid Spanish artily, melee their re spective Commanders, General La Pent and Lieute- nant General Graham, moved from Tariffs 1 41 t h e 28th ult. towards Barbate, attended by such naval means as circumstances of weather would permit. _ Preparations were made by me and our ally, And a t : ted upon, to menace the Trocadero and other points, in oyder as the army advanced to faveur its opera tions ; and arrangements were made for a Lenthna, and real or feigned attacks as circumstances might ii. e termine ; and to this end the regiment of Toledo W./ embarked on board his Majesty's ships in the Ba:. On the la instant General Zdyis peeled across the Santi Petri near the coast, a strong body of epaoish troops, threw a bridge across the river, and former ln a tete-du-pont. This point was attacked-on the mglas ..., a ,„ of the 3d and 4th with vigour by the enemy, ;me a e though he was eventually repulsed, the loss . was n a y eofisiderable on the part of our ally on the 3d. As the weather, from the earliest preparation for ilie ex pedition, had been such as to prevent the possieiky of landing on the coast or bay, even without great risk, and with no prospect of being able to re-embark should such a measure become necessary—the eppre (a, hension of having a farce, which, with such pr specs, s I could scarcely expect actively to employ, when its v services might be positively useful elsewhere, in de. fending the tote-du.pont, or in opening a communi nat um _..„. cation with the army from the Isla de Leon, induced me to state my sentiments pn the subject, and the iv. ginvent of Toledo was in consequence di,embaked. 'leutanant The sea on the coast having considerably impeded land. our communications, we were soil uncertain iviiether le rsail the advance of the army would be by Medina or Cole!, and of its precise situation, until the sth, when, at 11, A.M. I was informed by the telegraph from the Ws de Leon, that it was seen advancing from the south. ward near the coast. But though the Implecable and Standard weighed, the pilou refused to tale them to their appointed stations, and, in the ppiniaa of the best informed, the weather was of too threoce ing a cast to venture a landing, and which, as el army was engaged by noon, according to the tele graph, would not have favoured its operations. Under such circumstances, our measures were se cessarily confined to feints, whilst that of the British troops, led by their gallant and able Commander, forgetting; on the sight of the enemy, their owu fa gigue and privations, and regardless of advantage is the numbers and situation of the enemy, gained by its determined valour (though not without tonsidera. ble loss) a victory, uneclipsed by any of the brave *achievements of the British armies. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) N. G. [CATS. adrairal Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. Ects. &c. &c. • _ MiLroan, Bay of Cadiz, March 7, 1111. --,. . Silt.--I have the honour to inform you, that the SUPPLEMENT' TO THE wind having come off the land, and the sea mini LONDON GAZETTEEXTRAORDINARY. abated, two landings were effected, by way of diver ' OF MONDAY, TWA. 25TH or MANCH. sion, yesterday mot fling, between Rota and Catalina, and between that and Santa Maria's, with the Rore . ADMIRALTY OFFICE, MARCH SIS. Marius, commanded by Captain English, of the Its. Captain Carrol arrived at this Office last night with Dispatches placable, '2OO seamen of the squadron, and 80 of tie from Sir Richard Goodwin Keats, K. 13. Rear-Adodral of the I Spanish marine, one division of %shah was under f e Red, addressed to John Wilson Croker, Esq. of which the for- i direction of Captain Spranger of the Warrior, tie lowing are Copies : 1 other under Captain Kittoe of th's ship; at the sam e l MILFORD, Cadiz Pay, March 7. time Catalina was bombarded by the Hound and Sta—l have the honour to enclose, for the information of the I Thunder bombs, and that fort and the batteries " Lords Cocatnissioners of the Admiralty, Copies of my Dispatches' to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Bart. of the 20 th and 28 with much spirit by the gun and mortar bo a t s, unaer th of Fe- . the north and east sides of the bay we re ke p t in check bruary, and 7th of March. I have the honour to be, &a 1 (Signed) R. z. curs. I the respective commands of Captains Hall and l'el- MILTORD, Baia Cadiz, February 20 . . lows. One redoubt of four guns, near Santa Mai iie Sin—An expedition haying been determined e upon ' was stormed be the marines of this ship, led by Cee by the Spanish Government, to which Lieutenant tain Fottrell ; a secopeLto teaeruth of the Guadalate, General Graham has consented to give his personal , wes taken by CaptiCut Fellowee'edivision of the Fle assistance, together with that of a considerable por-1, tilla ; and the guns of a'd the sea defences , together teen of the troops under his command, I leave felt it • with the small fort of Puntilla from Rota (which t`ie my duty, after fully stating in Council the uncertathe enemy evacuated) to Santa Mari,S, with the acre t and risk to which at this season of the.year all . tion of Catelina, iNcre spiked, and the wer6 diatua , :* ures connected with naval operations on the coast tied. Preparations were. also :Tiede to attack die tete etae subject, to lend the expedition all the aid an d as . du- p ont, and other fences of the bridge of Santa • ein my power, and a body of troops exceeding Mania's; but a stro •corps of the enemy, consisting ' thousand, including cavalry, various military of 2000 cavalry and infantry, rapidly advancing_ 0$ and provisions, are at present embarked, either t he road from Port Real, aware that our troop' ha 4 lii Majesty's ships named in the margin*, in such crossed the Santi Petri into the Isla do Leon, andab ' W of cots as I could avail myself of , or in Spinish the p ur p oses of a diversion had been answered, I t sinetheanofole7atro, g a e n th d er sra w al ith l a trr tl i m po er r u ts us of fi . o t!et ur ofallsypeananisild doped the seamen and marines to re - embey k, and t boats (which got on board with difficulty) 1'243_ 11 ' ktrans - eta in which a body of seven thousand troops put off many .minutes before the enemy arrived •of the ii on are embarked, are whiting in this Bay the spot. a favo rabic opportunity to proceed into the 'Straits, The energy had one Officer and .several sold"' . . with aeriew to force a landing between Caperralel. killed and . evounded, and an "officer and thirty P" gar ante Cape de Plata at T e iriffa; or at Algesiras in ners were taken in the redoubt that was stormed, !enure cif the two former places. General La Pena , test snaking their escape. is the Centunander in -Chief of this expedition, and as Lieutenant W, F. Carrol, whose conduct on all the object is to unite the Spanish forces at Saint Roche casions had been conspicuous, having had his withehe troops sent from hence, with a view to make bo a t su c k before. Catalina, and therebY su ital ' 9 Saint Alban's,Druid, Comas, Sabine, Tuscan, considerable Sphiro,Stea4i, loss, 1. hate g iven six weeks l eave WI Itebeff. • iven him absence, and with it dupheatei of my d 'rata* So 2d Bavalon of the 87th Foot-1 Ensign, S talents, 1 drummer, 40 rank and file killed; I Major, 1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 6 serjeants, 118 rank and file wounded. Detachment of the 2d Battalion of the 95th Foot-6 rank and file killed ; s Lieutenants, 1 serjeant, 1 drummer, 28 rank and file wounded. Flank Companies of the 20th Portuguese Regiment-9 rank and slediilltd; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, I Captain, 2 Lieutenants, I Ensign, 5 serjeants, 37 rank and file wounded. ' Company of the Royal Stair Corps-1 drummer wounded. ' Total-2 Captains, 5 Ensigns, 6 serjeants, 2 drummers, 127 rank and file, 24 horses killed; 5 Lieutenant-Colonels, 1 Major, 14 Capains, 26 Lieutenants, 8 Ensigns, 1 Staff, 45 *cleans, 4 drummers, 990 rank and file, 42 horses wounded. Grand Total of individuals killed and wounded-1243. (Signed) JOHN BIACDONALD. i.icutenaut-4.-aiono, RANK AND NAMES OF omegas KILLED AND IVOUXDaI LV ME ACTION OF BARROSSA. KILLED. Ist Guards, Acting AicVde-Camp to Colo- Staff.—Fesign Eyre, nel Wheatly. Ist Regiment of Guards—Ensign Commerell. Coldstream Guards—Ensign Watts. Sd Guards—Captain Swann. 47th, 2d Battalion—Ensign Delacherois. 87th, 2d Battalion—Ensign E. E. Koagh. 95th, 54 Battalion—Captain Knipe. N. B. Ensign Eyre is returned in the killed of the Ist Regiment of Guards. SEVERELY WOUNDED. 2d Hussars King's German Legion—Captain You (since dead). Royal Artillery—Lieutenants Maitland and Pester. lit Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Sebright, Captains Stables and Colquitt, Ensigns Sir )1. Lambert, Cameron, and Vigors. Sd Guards—Lieutenant Colonel Hepburn. Ist Battalion 9th Foot—Captain Godwin, and Lieutenant Seward. lit Battalion 28th Foot—Honourable aptain Mullins, Lieute nants Wilkinson, Moore, and John Anderson. 2d Battalion bill Foot—Lieutenant M'Koy. 3d Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Barnard, Lieutenant W. Campbell. 2d Battalion 67th Foof—Capt. Patrickson, Ensign Sutherland. 241 Battalion 87th Foot—Major Maclaine, Captain Sonsersall Lieutenants J. G. Fennell and J. C. Barton. 24 Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenants Cochrane and Hope. DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Woolcombe (since dead.) Ist Battalion 9th Foot—Lieutenant Taylor. I list Battalion 28th Foot—Lieuts. Light and Bennet (since dead.) 90th Portuguese—Lieutenant-Colonel Bathe. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Ed Humus King's German Legion—Lieutenant Bock. Royal Artillery—Captains Hughes and Canter, Lieutenants I. Mitchell, Brereton, and C. Manners. Ist Guards—Captain Adair, Ensign Fielde. Coldstream Guards—Ensigns Bentinek and Talbot. ad Guards—Eusign and Adjutant Watson. Ist Battalion 9th coot—Lieutenant Robinson. Ist Battalion 28th Foot—Captain Bradbey, Lieutenant Blakecey gd B atta li on aid Foot—Captain Stewart. Sd Battalion 95th Foot—Lieutenant Hovendee. 24 Battalion 47th Foot—Captain Fetherstone. Std Battalion 67th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Previist, Lieutenant W. Ronald. 20th Portuguese—Captain Barrieras, Lieutenants Dons Estavan, Pantalchao de Olivlera, Ensign Fells Antonio Miranda. Staff.—Captain D. Mercer, Sd Regiment of Guards, Aid.-de. Camp to lirigadier-General Dilkes. N.B. Captain Mercer is returned in the wounded of the 3d Regiment of Guards. (Signed) JOAN MACDONALD, Lieut. Col. Deputy-Adjutant-General. Wounded. and Muhl** , ilte TOwors *fa aco Id of Lieuienant-Ceseral Wahailt, is the Aaiun fore with the Frugal Corprd'Arusoe cotuniaucitd by atm ler, on the kb of Mareb. IBM the 2d Hussars King's German Lemon—A horses troo Lptais, 1 Litutsusot, 1 Serjsaut, 31 rank wad Me, thot , ousded. _ ; the: AORDINART. 1, • iINS. • • •SS •. • , MARCH 25, 1811. Disparche., of which the following are Copies, were last night received at the Earl of Liverpool's Offict, addressed to his Lordship by Lietitenant•Gtocral Graham, dated 131 e de Lasti,, SA and 10411 Match, 1811. Isle de Leon, March 6,1811. Loan —Captain Hope, my first Aid-de-Camp, will have the honour of delivering this dispatch to infwm your Lordship of the glorious issue of an action fought yesterday by the division under my command against the army tominanded by Marshal Victor, cdmposed of the two. divisions of Ruffin and Laval. Tke circumstances were. such as compelled me to attack this very superior force. In order as well to 'explain to your Lordship the circumstance'. of pecu liar disadvantage under which the action was begun, as to justify myself from the imputation of rashness in the attempt, I must state to your Lordship that the Allied Army, after a night's march of 16 hours from the Camp near Veger, arrived in the morning of the sth, on the low ridge cf Barrosa, about 4 miles to the southward of the mouth of the SantiPetri River. This height extends inland about a mile and a half, conti nuing on the north the extensive healthy plain of Chiclana. • A great pine forest skirts the plain, and circles round the height at some 'distance, terminating down td Santi Petri; the intermediate space between the north side of the height and the forest being un even and broken. A well conducted and successful attack on the rear of the enemy's lines mar Sauti Petri, by the Van guard of the Spanish army under Brigadier-General Ladrizabel, having opened the communication with the Isla de Leon, I received General la Bemis's tiirec tions to move down from the position of Barrosa to that of the Torre de Bermesa, about half-way to the Santi Petri River, in order to secure the communi cation across the River, over which a bridge had been lately established. This latter position occu pies a narrow woody ridge, the right on the sea cliff, the left falling down to the Almanza Creek on the edge of the Maoh. A hard sandy beach gives an easy communication between the western points of these two positions. My division being halted on the eastern slope of the Barrosa height, was marched about twelve o'clock through the wood towards the Bermes() (cavalry pa voles having previously been sent towards Chiclana, without meeting with the enemy). On the march I received notice that the enemy had appeared in force on the plain, and was advancing towards the heights of Barrosa. As I considered that position as the key of that of Santi Petri, I immediately countermarched, in order to support the troops left for its defence, and the ala crity with which this manoeuvre was executed, served as a'favourable omen. It was, however, impossible in such intricate and'difficult ground to preserve order 10-tbe columns, and there never was time to restore it ewirely: - But before we could get ourselves quite disentan gled froal the wood, the troops on the Barrosa hill were seen returning from it, while the enemy's left wingwasrapidly ascending. At the Lame time his right wing stood on the plain, on the edge of the wood, within cannon-shot. A retreat in the face of such an enemy, already within reach of the easy communica tion by the sea beach, must have involved the whole allied army in ail the danger of being attacked dur ing the unavoidable confusion of the different corps arriving, on the narrow ridge of Bermesa nearly at the same time. Trusting to the known heroism of British troops, regardless of the numbers and pOsition of the enemy, an immediate attack was determined on. Major Dun can soon opened a powerful batt'ery of ten guns in the centre. Brigadier:General.Dilkes with the brigade of Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Browne's (of the 28th) flank battalicin, Lieutenant-Colonel Norcott's two companies of the 2d Rifle Corps, and Major Achelon with a Mir; of the 67th Foot (separated from the re giment in the wood) formed on the right. Colonel Wheatly's brigade, with three companies of the Coldstream Guards under Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson (separated likewise from his battalion in the wood), and Lieutenant-Colonel Barnard's flank bat talion formed on the left. As soon as the in fantr y were t h us hastily get tege. thcr, the guns advanced to a more favourable paw Lion, and kept up a most destructive fire. The tight wing proceeded to the attack of Get*. ral Muffin's division on the hill, while Lieutenant-Co:: lend Barnard's battalion and Lieutenant-Color d • Basile's detachment of the 20th Portuguese, wore warmly engaged with the enemy's Twailleurs on our left. General Laval's division, notwithstanding the ha voc made by Major Duncan's battery, continued to advance in very imposingsmasses, opening his fire of musquetry, and was only checked by that of the left Win.. The left wing now advanced firing ; a moat AD, determined charge by the three companies of Guards, and the 87th Regiment, supported by all the remain der of the wing,:decided the defeat of General La val'; division. The Eagle of the Bth Regiment of Light Infantry, which suffered immensely, and a howitzer, rewarded this charge, and remained in the .possession of Major Gough of the 87th Regiment. These attacks were *ealously supported by Colonel Belson with the 28 th f.egiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Prevost with a ' part, Of the 67th. reserve formed beyond the narrow valley, across which the enemy was closely pursued, next shared the lame fate, and was routed by the same means. MeanWhile l the right wing was not less successful : the enemy, cones of success, met General Dilkes and the contest was sangui on the asceta, cif.4he hill, nary ; biut c lindaunted 'perseverance of the brig:-de of Giaards, of Lieutenant-Colonel Browne's battalion, and'of Lieutenant-Polouel Norcott's and Major Ache son's detachment, overcame every obstacle, and Ge neral Rufili's division was driven from the heights in confusion, leaving two pieces of cannon. No expression of mine could do justice to the con- ' duct of the troops throUghout. Nothing less than the a l m o s t unparalleled exe: tions of every - Officer, the in vincible bravery of every soldier, and the most deter mined devotion to the honour of his Majesty's arms in all, could have achieved this brilliant success, a g ainst such a formidable enemy so postqd. In less thin as hour and a half from the commence; went of the action, the enemy was iD full actro-' -I ,_ ■ PP ~.. ;: ~ i I / 1 : I I 1 1 ~`~ p ~.