Star. — London, England, 1812-02-05 00:00:00

~_ . • - - 7 THE ESI ING STAk. LONDON. • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. TAST De.---Holithay at all the Public Ofaces. FALL OF CLUDAD RODRIGO. The ofl'ici4 accounts of this important event reached Town lazt night, it seven o'clock. The Hon. Major Gonotix, of the Guards, brother to the 1 7 ..4r1 of A.BEttoexy, and one of Lord WELLlNcroffs Aides-de-camp, :was the bearer of his Lordship's dis patches : they were published in act Evraordinary Gazette this morning, the contents of which NY:11 be perus . cd with much satisfaction by our Readers. The following short notification of the event was communicated to the Loan MAYOR in the course of last night, and at nine o'clock the P.trk and Tower guns *ere fired to celebrate the atchievement DowNiric-srntrr, Fee 4,1812. " Mr Lo7n—The 1 - Indourable Major GORDON, AlJe de camp to General Lord WELL' NCtO N, is this moment arrivod at my office, with the satisfactory intelligence of the capture of Cia dad Rodrigo, by storm, on the evening at the 19th t.fJanuary. The French Governor, General BAR R I': , about 78 Officers, and 1700 men, are taken prisoners; and lii pieces of ordnance, in eluding the heavy train b:longing to the French army, and great quantities of ammunition and store , , w, re found in the place. " The part ienlars of this most important event Will bt imme diately noblislled in an Extraordinary Gaz,tte. In the mean ti me t 1 have enclosed a 441 of the Officers of his Majesty's army, who have been unfortunately killed and wounded on this occasion. " I have the honour to be, my your Lordship's mos t obedient tenant, (Signed) !Alma root." • GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. DOWNING-e FREE I', FEBRUARY 4. • Major the Hon. A. Gordon has arrived this even. iog at Lord Liverpool's Office with a dispatch, ad- I dressed to his Lordship by General Viscount Wel lington, dated Gallegos, 20th January, 1812 ; My Lonn—l informed your Lordship in my dis patch of the 9th, that I had attackedCiudad Rodrigo, and in that of the 15th, of the pro tress of the opera tions to that period ; and I have now the pleasure to acquaint your Lordship that we took the place by storm yesterday evening after nark. We fontinustd from the 13th to the 19th to corn plete the second parallel, and the communications with that work; and we had made some progress by sap towards the crest of the glacis. On the night of the 15th we likewise advanced from the left of the first parallel down the slop,: cf the hill, towards the Convent of St. Franc:sco, to a situation from which the walls of the Fausse Braye and of the town were soen, on which a battery of seven guns was con structed, and they comrnence.l t.eir fire en the morning of the 18th. In the mean tint:, the batteries in the first parte.lcl continued their fire ; o.nd yesterday evening their fire bad not only considerably injured the defences of the place, but hod m tde breaches in the Fausse Braye wall, and in the body of the place, which %%ere consi dered practicable ; while the b ittery on the slope of the hill, which had been e(lrneneed on the night of the lab, and had opened on the ISth, had been equ d.y eil;cient still further to the left, and opposite to the suburb of St. Francisco. I therefore determined to storm the place, notwith standing that the approeches had not been brought ' to the crest of the glacis, and the counter-scarp of . the ditch was still entire. The attack was accord- ingly macte yesterday evening in five separate co. lumps, consisting of the troops of the 3d and light I divisions, and of Bri g adier -General Pack's brigade. The two right columns, conducted by Lleittenant-1 Colonel Orro - le, of the 2d Cacadores, and Major Iti l‘r b' e the .sth regiment, were destined to protect tl.c advar.ce f Major-Gencial Mackinnon's hri- • wide, forntiog the third, to the top of the breach in the Fausse Braye wall, and all these, being composed, c,f troops of the 3J division, were under the direction • • of Liet.!eoant-General Picton. The fourth column, consisting of the 4.3c1 and 52d2 regiments, and pate of the 95th regiment, being of the light division under the direction of Major-Gene. ral Craulurd, attacked the brearloes on the left, in front of the suburb of St. Francisco, and covered the, lelt of the attack of the principal- breach by the troops of the 3d division ; and Brigadier-General! Fad was destined with his brigade, forming the sth column, to make a false attack upon the south. ' ern face of the fort. Besides these fiye poliimns, the 4th regiment, belonging to the 3d division, de. scended into the ditch in two columns on the right of Major-General Mackinnon's brigade, with a view to Protect the descent of that WO into the ditch, and its attack of the breach in the Fa ss Braye, against the obstacles which it was suppo?eCi the enemy would construct to oppose their progress. All these attacks succeeded ; and Brigadier-Ge neral Pack even surpassed my expectations, having converted his false attack into a real one, and his advanced guard, under the command of Maier Lynch, having followed the enemy's troops from advanoed works into the Fausse Braye, where they made prisoners of all opposed to thcen. Major Ridge, of the '2d battalion of the sth regi ment, having escaladed the Fausse Braye wall, stormed the eriocipal breach in the body of the place, together with the 9-th regiment, ccmmanded by Lieutenant-Colt'nel -Campbell, which had moved along the ditch at the same time, and hadstormed this breads in the Fausse brave, both is front of Ma i :IiY•• • jor-General Mackinnos's brigade. Thus these regi giments not only effectually covered the advance from the trenches of Major-General M'Kinnoo's bri gade by their first movements and operations, but they preceded them in the attack. Ilajor-General Craufurd and Major-General Van deleur, and the troops of the light division on the left, were likewise very forward on that side; and in less than half an hour from the time the mita corn- menced, our troops were in possession of, and formed on the ramparts of the place, each body contiguous to the other. The enemy then submitted, having sustained a considerable loss in the contest. Our loss was also, I am concerned to add, severe, particularly in Officers of high rank and estimation in this army. Major-General Mackinnon was un fortunately blown up by the accidental explosion of one of the enemy's expeece magazines, close to the breach, after he had gailantly and successfully led the troops under his command to the attack. Major- General Creufurd likewise received a severe wound while he was leading on the light division to the storm, and I am apprehensive that I shall be deprived for some time of his assistance. Major-Gener a l Van deleur was likewise wounded in the same manner, but not so severely, and he was able to continue in the field. I have to add to this list Lieutenant-Colonel Colborne of the 52d regime, and Major George Napier, who led the storming parry of the light divi sion, and was wounded on tke top of the breach. I hare great pleasure in reporting to your Lc rd ship the uniform good conduct, spirit of enterprize, and patience and perseverance in the, performance of great labour, by which the General Officers, Offi cers, and troops of the Is', 3d, 4th, and Light pi visions, and Brigadier-General Pack's Brigade, by whom the siege was carried on, have been distin guished during the late operations. Lieutenant-Ge ncral Graham assisted me in superintending the conduct of t re details of the siege, besides perform ing the duties of the general officer commanding the first division ; and I am much indebted to the sug gestions and assistance I received frcm him for the success of this enterprise. The conduct of all parts of the 3d divisioe, in the operations which they performed with so much gal lantry and exactness on the evening of the 19th, in the dark, afford the strongest proof of the abilities of Lieutenant-General Picton and Major-General Mac kinnon, by whom they were directed and led ; but I beg particularly to draw your Lordship's attention to the conduct of Lieutenant Colonel O'Toole of the 2.1 eacadtres, of Major Ridge of the 2d battalion .sth foot, of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell of the 94th regiment, of Major Manners of the 74th, and of Major Grcy of the fld battalion sth foci, who has been twice wounded during this siege. It is but justice also to the 3.1 division to report, that the men who performed the sap belonged to the 45th, 7 , lth, and 88th regiments, under the command of Cepta:n M'Leod, of the Royal Engineers, and Copra* Thomson of the 74th ; Lienteesint lieresford of the 55th, and Lieutenant Metcalle of the -13th ; and they distinguished themselves not less in the storm of the place, than they had in the performance of their laberious duty during the siege. I have already reportzd in my letter of the 9th inst. my sense of the conduct of Major-General Craufurd, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Colborne, and of the troops of the light division in the storm of the redoubt of St. Francisco, on the evening of the Bth instant. The conduct of these troops was equally distinguished throughout the siege and in the storm ; nothing ccurld exceed the gallantry with which these brave officers and troops advanced, and accomplished the difficult operation allotted to them, notwithstanding that all their leaders bad fallen. I prticularly request your Lordship's attention to the conduct of Major-General Crauturd, Major-Ge neral Vandeleur, Liehtenatit-Colonel Barnard of the 95th, Lieutenant-Colonel Colborne, Major Gibbs, and Major Napier of the 52d, and Lieutenaut•Colonel M'Leod of the 43d. The conduct of Captain Duffey of the 43d, and that of Lieutenant Gurwood of the 52d regiment, who was wounded, have likewise been particularly reported to me ; Lieutenant-CO.ond El der, and the 3d Cacadore:s were likcwisie distinguish. ed upon this occasion. The Ist Portuguese regiment, under Lieute►iant- Colonel Hill, and the 16th, under Colonel Campbell, being Brigadier-General Pack's brigade, were like wise distinguished in the storm, under the command of the Brigadier-General, who pat ticularly mentions Major Lynch, In my dispatch of the 15th, l reported to your Lordship the attack of the Convent of Santa Cruz, by the troops of jhe Ist division, under the direction of Lielitenant-General Graham ; and that of the Convent of Saint Francisco, on the 14th inst. tinder the direction of Major-General the Hon. C. Colville. The first,mentioned enterprise was performed by Captain Laroche de Stackenfels, of the Ist line bat ; talion King's German Legion ; the last by Lieute nant-Colonel Harcourt, with the 40th regiment-- This regiment remained from that time in the suburb of Saint Francisco, and materially assisted our attack l on that side of the place. Although it did not fall to the lot of the troops of the Ist and 4th divisions to bring these operations to their successful close,' they distinguished themselves throughout their progress, by the patience and pert severance with which they performed the labours of the siege. The brigade of guards, under Major H . camPlaell. was particularly distinpithed in this re spect. I likewise request yourl,ordship's attention to the conduct of Lieutenant Olonel Fletcher, die chief engineer, and of Brigade Major Jones, and the offi cers and men of the Royal Engineers. The ability with which these operations were carried on exceeds all praise ; and I beg leave to recommend those officers to your Lordship most particularly. Major Dickson, of the royal artillery, attached to the Portuguese artillery, has for some time had the direction of the heavy train attached to this army, and has conducted the indicate details of the late opt ration, as he did those of the late sieges of Badajoz, in the last summer, much to my satisfaction, The rapid execntion produced by the well-directed fire kept vp from our batteries, affords the beat proof of the met its of the officcrsind men of the royal artillery,and of the Portuguese artillery employed on this occa- ! sion. But I must particularly mention Brigade Ma jur May, and Captains Holcombe, Power, Dyneley, and Dund as, of the royal artillery, and Captains Da 1 , Cunha anti Da Corta, and Lieutenant Silva, of the Ist regiment of Portuguese artillery, have likewise particularly to report to your Lord ship, the conduct of Major Sturgeon, of the royal &tail corps, He constructed and placed fur us the bridge over the Agueda, without which the enterprise could nA have been attempted, and he afterwards mate rially assisted Lieutenant Gineral Graham and my. self, in our reconnoissance of the place, on which the plan of the attach was founded ; and lie finally con ducted the 2J battalion sth regiment, as well as the 2d Cacadores, to their points of attack. TheAdjutant-Genetal, and the Deputy-Quatter- Master-General, and the officers of their several de. partments, gave me every assistance throughout this service, as well as those of my personal staff ; and I have great pleacuue in adding, that, notwithstand ing the season of the year, and the increased difficul ties of procuring supplies for the troops, the who* army have been well supplied, and every branch of the scrvice provi.'ed for during the late operations, by the indefatigable exertions of Mr. Commissary- General Bisset, and the officers belonging to Ifs de- Figment. The Marshal del Campo, Don Carlos d'Espana, and Dun Julian Sanchez, observed the enemy's movements beyond the Termer, during the opera tions of the siege ; and I am much obliged to them, and to the people of Castille in jeneral," for the assist ance 1 received from them. lhe latter have invari al4 shewn their deiegation of the French tyranny, and their desire to contribute by every means In their power to remove it. I will hereafter transmit to your Lordship a detail ed account of what we have found in the place ; but I believe there are 153 pieces of ordnance, including the heavy train belonging to the French army, and great quantities of ammunition and gores. We h ive the Governor, General Banier, about 78 officers, and 1,700 men, prisoners. I transmit this dispatch by my Aide-de-Camp, the litwourable Major Gordon, who will give your Lord. ship any further details you may require; and I beg leave to recommend him to your protection. I have the honour to &e. (Signed) wtLt.iNGioN. I inclose a return ( t the prisoners and of the ord• nance vihich has been taken on this occAsion. I have not yet been able to collect the rewrils of die killed and wounded, I therefore transmit a I:st containing the names of those who have fallen, accord,ng to the h eat i n formation I enukl obtain, and I will forward the returns to Tow Lordship AS soon as possible. Return of Mille{ and wormiest between 13th and 19th January With* loss.-. 1 llerjennt, 83 rank and file, killed; 1 Captains, Lietitenopts, 3 he:leant-, 133 rank and file, worm led. Portuitteae loss—i herjeant. 15 rai.k and file, I ; 2 Lieute tenants,7: rank and Lk ' wounded. Names of Officers woutidtd bet wren )sth and 19th of la •nary. 15th latitiary.—roym Ergineers—Captain Mulcast,i, dig htly ; Lieu cunt Skelton, severely, sine.. (Lad. Portuguese Artillery—Ss otts.d Lit 11' titan Roberts, slightly. ICtli January.—Royal Engineers--Captain M'Culloch, severity; Liottvi,aut mardau, slightly. ed Ba , talion, 3th Foot—Ensign Ashford, severely. 74th ltegiment—Lieutenant Ramage, slightly. Ist Dattalion, 88th—Lieutenant Armstrong, ilightly ; Lieutenant Flack, dangerously. 18th January—Portuguese Artillery—l.icut. A. De Corta Sibs slightly. 19 , h January.—Royal Artillery--Captains Dyneiy and Power, • Names of Officers killed and wounded on the Night of the 19tb of January, according to the best information that can ►e *be tamed; the R.surna not yet received. KILLED. '~~>. Major-General htackinnon. 2d l'att. sth Foot—Carain MlDougall, lit Batt. 45th Foot—Captain Hardyinan. Ist Batt. 52d Foot—Captain .I. Dobbs. 94th Foot—Captain Williamson. WOUNDVD. • Major-General Craufurd, severely. Major-General Vandeteur, *lightly. koyai Engineers—Lieutenant Thomson, severely. 43d Foot—Captain Fergusson, Fout-I.l,utenant-Co'onel Cceburne, severely. Alajor George Napier, lust an arm. Lieutenant Gurwood, slightly. 77th Foot—Captain M`Lean, seve rely ; lost a leg, suth Foot—Lieutenant Beresford, slightly. 95th Foot--Captam Uniacke, sreerely. lit Portuguese Artißery—Captain Qurerle. TICINO DIVISION. 50 Non-commissioned °Seers and rank ;tad file, killed, 70 Ditto, wounded. LIGHT Dtvmoil, 14 Non-commissioned Officers and rank sad Me, killed, - 60 Ditto, wounded. . GINZPIA tACIeII BRIGAPt• 9 Non-commissioned Officers and 4 rank and file, wounded. The Auckland packet, with mails, has arrived at Yarmouth from Gottenburg in ;even days, with up wards of twenty passenger, principally foreigners.— When the Auckland lift Gottenburg it was openly stated, that Vrar between France and Russia was on the eve of breaking out, and that Denmark and Sweden were arming, and would pin RSUSieI. • AMERICA! Our w re iti ad i e u rs gwiunlls.seean,dbboy bound dr to Fence, ha lm: be:lo this morning, that a large American merche otutia. armed capture d k y . two British frigates. h would ape ar , therefore, from this c:rcumstance, that th e A mer ,. cans individcally, if not the Government itief, have begun to act upon the teseutions t.l.;clt clo se t h em port of the Committez of Foreign Relatints, tLe lak of which authorises American merchantme n to a ns their ships. Though frorn the body of there would seem to be every dispotitiou fur war, la cannot but anticipate its rejection. If Outgrew will authorise the :nerd:ant_ and specify again: whom they are to us: (1.4.1: the nteasure will be frank and manly ; but lution if adopted, is as much a declatatio t of kll.l though it was formiilly declared ; the people are c ot so well acquainted with its naive, and sill b e na . prised to find what certainly will be its l orcedia ; consequence. It requires but a morrent's to pirceis'e, why the examir.ition of e u s s a s tia tte ocean is the unquestionable right li c h, gerertu If neutrals are allowed to arm, and thew twi ce , are to indicate their Aatiol), all matitin e warfar e l c • wen those powers must be at an •^4 ; and if t k, 7 do net take the exhibition of tht• Al; for satigacosi evidence of neutrality's they r' Iscivti, and d th attempt to beard an armed L. L'.• .1 t i jhis arms, he resists. a battle enz.:es : sl rte ta ken. he is c mdenined ; if he bona, lt is acia.its.. Wiry. The minority h 1 Congress arc no •tra,gers to ;;ham-pretilice of the niajopte of z d . ?yowl; f ascii ice war with Great Pd , t ti.. rr.e.4. 1 the hue and cry for war, it wall unmask :he weer. herpes, who have no such intention. The mai se ity in Congress rely on experience, saa safely calculate that what they hive done NI kag 8 . 4 so often, may be done agar:', if the niajneir7 them, (as they 1-tely have dr.ne) and say pte mg war, we will cease all opposition—the majadir declare—" We have ;ewe for War it it trot, 'slaw li:y is, and always has bern..fooiraraite jcm art • of an accommodation with Groat itais I oar i aft widow calam4." They vrill claim praise let kat' shunned the greatest of evils—such will, incise, the ground assumed by the majority in We do not think the Non.importatien eci A a ni present form, w.II survive this session of Congresi. bat we mean explicitly to say, that war will ow is*. dared; that not declaring it will be Atiiime.l ss s merit; and that if not nanimporation, some odes pe, punishing measure, still be adopted, under the as. ranee that it will tend to coerce Great Mites accept of terms which she never can nor neva 4 The great majority of the People of the Uctiaj States are not disposed for a war with Great B r a ; and the Administration of that country kw* The tone and aspect of affairs, since the meet( Committee of Foreign Relations, seems to be mild and temperate; and by the latest arrivals it pears that many vessels were fitting out for with valuable cargoes, on the general expeciadm America that on the Prince Regent's e.. full power the Orders in Council would tithe scinded, or a modification at least take place. • It appears by the latest accounts from Fie* the American sloop of war Horret, Via are te 31st ult. that since the arrival there of Mt. the American Minister, the I-el:dims wall • - have asmsmed a more favourable aspect; many* sell with cargoes have been rearrest, which me brought in under the Betlin and Milan plaint but one or two instances have occurred u my CI clemnations ; and it is stated, that none hare been fiscated since the promulgation ct the repeal it 1) ccrees. Mr. Barlow, it is said, is on the very best trete the Government, and is seen frequently twice is day at the Duke of Bassano's office. He much confidence, and has great dispatch him in his transactions with the Gpveriinteet. is supposed to have received favourabk ainswente object of his mission, which have been dispdsh!‘ America on the 9111 uk. by the United Sufis Constitution, Captain Hull. • The dispaches which were received by the for the Anyrican Charge-d'Affaires, hive belle warted to Liverpool fur Arne, Ica. T!ie 14 11 3.4 unierstand, returns to Cheri.iurg irnmediatcli. Letters from Paris to the 31st ult. state, tint offici.tl communication was transmitted to Mt. K Charge d'Affaires from the United States, from and A report prevailed that the Connotation, vim bearer of of A proposition horn BoNAPARTI• a l through the medium of Mr. Jolt. BAALO76 fa alliani.e offensive, defensive, and comsnercial.. ll the American R e public. •„* By a mistake of the Printer. the arrival of Agri! from Paris, was stated in yetterday's wi' 4 ger tram that Uentleman, who arrived at Cirwiss in Os riArmourH, rtlowAity I. Arriec . tithebeantifal armed American oseerro belonging to Mr.Otteea, of Baltimore, al gnat 0 111 harden, and ?..4 runs (which she threw twerhosist it tha: Captain TRCNIA* N% . IIITE, her crew.consists of 10 Mg, , Cargo of saga:. coffee, Spica, 6r.A. Mind to bew4redi; cltaced for ten hours, live day. since, by die Monti it DOIIA, and e.caped by bupener sailing. Three defrolst..., ' detrain Light•hoase, shafts again fai/..n In Atli Of iha"r„ and fAhhosn• aftti haying spree/ her inaisnesd ihrim el ice, anti being also under jail haeonouls• r4lal Z alli ssis with and talk po.seesion of her, weee a Alm eft The NlaMllOl and Memnon were WI ke t 11111.111 . .j.770 . king the two rrenth frigates In Bollrikeldt. was In company %kb die Ingenet kmB isserni NM. PORTSMOUTH, ELS. M. Arrived his Majesty's dap Vita-vet, from ate'' his Majesty's ship 4 AAGO and Patinae., CateiAgir The CORA is ibis day Messed from qsaranune. The American ship spy, which arrived at P 1 70 1 . 1" day from Dourdeaua, fell In with a hooch kigstsifilll o westward wider a press of sail, lbws about SO saes Oit ide A Deputation Lon% the : , coclety for reutecaql Protestant Dissenters has walled on Mr Pgatrui.orr - __, to him the impediments th, own to he way el ALas 9 Ikancts to quality es dissenting teschen,uoihirlbrz-•-j. radon. Mr. elacro n s has proemial that is AI • Ids colkques ou the subject of awl, grievance.. 144 1 he KaNO Of DINMAILIC.II.III amen orders ter d ig znirat Reesman, to be conveyed to ceredasel. Ely -- leaden coati, and sent to Loglaud. SWires is the only office thAt 1141 , /MAO in Shares, in the last Lottery. _,„ i LONDON s Printed by Lints KIN?. published War s and at the Star-Oise, i IC Gen Mn'! •wn; P c ' •11% a'lr P.fij b. lir CT 1,) 11R1! .. tw.• 6 1 rr Indio Z 134 .16 CFR i 1.1 ?It", he ei g Xeld I cu.- r -,.„. r,..t,