Star. — London, England, 1813-09-20 00:00:00

• . .0. . • . - -.- _ ,LO/i GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. F_. • . WAR DEPARTMENT. I.7ISWNING.STRRET, SEPTEMBER 19.. Major WYernicam arrived this evening 'with a dis etch from Field-Marshal the Marquess of Wxuarro ow, dated Lezaca, the 10th-of September, of which e following is an extract : , A battety was constructed in the hoftwork, with reat difficulty, against the worked the de of San bastian, which opened on the morning -of the Bth nstant ; and I have the pleasure to inform you, that the garrison surrendered before . evening. I enclose Lieutenant-Geneial' Sir Thomas Graham's report, and the terms of the capitulation agreed upon with the gartiscin, and, returns'of ordnance, ammunition, #c. in the place. The loss of the garrison during the siege, is stated to have amounted to two-thirds of their numbers at its commencement. I beg leave again to draw your Lordship's atten tion to the conduct of•Lieutenant-General Sir Thos. Graham, and of the General'Officers and troops under his command, in the arduous operation of which I am now reporting the successful close. Under the or- donnance recently issued by the French Government, the difficulties of the oper'ations of a siege,. and the length of time it must take, are greatly increased, and they can be brought to a conclusion only by the storm of the breacl of the body of the place. The merit of success therefore is proportionably increased, and k will be found, that the operations did not last longer than has usually been required for a place which possessed three lines of defence ) including the convent of St. Bartholomew. During the operations against the castle, the navy took charge of the attack from the island of Santa Clara, by which the enemy was much annoyed in his . position in the castle. Captain Sir George Collier, and the officers, seamen, and marines, have continued to afford every assistance in their power, and Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham parti cularly mentions Captain Bloye, of the Lyra, and Captain Smith ; and LieutenamColOnel Dickson, commanding the artillery, has reported his obliga tions to Lieutenant O'Reilly, of his Majesty's ship Serveillante, who commanded the seamen employed in the batteries. Since my last the enemy have collected their troops towards their left, but have again resumed their old positions since the fall of San Sebastian. It api:ears by a report from the Duque del Parquet that when the third Spanish army were recently crossing the Ebro, at Amposta, after the Allies }ad retired from bel6re Tarrag<ma, the enemy made a sortie from Tortosa, on the 19th ultimo, along the left bank of the Ebro, with about four thousand men, and -attacked the third division of the army. The Duque del Parque detached troop, from the right bank, under the commaild of Din Francisco Ferray, the Ct:ief of the Staff of the Army, and the enemy were immediately repulsed with considerable loss. It appears that the troops conducted themselves remarkably well on this occasion, and the Duque del Parque highly applauds the conduct of the Chief of the Staff. Extract of a I.etter from Lieuti Sir Taos. GRAHAM to the Marquess of WELLIN Grox, dated Ernanl, Sept. 9. I have the sat4faction to report to your Lordship, that the Castle of San Sebastian has surrendered ; and I have the honour to transmit the Capitulation, which, tinder all the circumstances of thi case, I trust your Lordship will think I did right to grant to a -garrison which certainly made a very gallant defence. Ever since the assault of the 31st ultimo, the ver tical fire of the mortars, &c. of the right attack was occasionally kept up against the Castle, occasioning a very severe loss to the enemy ; and yesterday mor ning a battery of seventeen twenty-four-pounders in the hornwork, another of three eighteen-pounders, gill znore on the left, having been completed by the extra ordinary exertions of the officerkof artillery and engi neers, aided by the indefatigable zeal of all the troops; the whole of the ordnance, amounting to 54 pieces, including two 24-pounders, and one howitzer on she island, opened at 10 4.14. against the Castle, and with such effect, that before 1 P.w.„ a flag of truce was bohted at the Mirador Battery by the enemy ; and'after some discussion, the terms of the surrender were agree oa. Thus, giving your Lordship another great result of the campaign, in the acquisition to the Allied Armies of this interesting point on the coast, and near the frontier. Captain Stewart, of the Royals, Aid-de-Camp to Major-General Hay, who so greatly distinguished himself during the siege, is unfortunately among the killed since the last return. I om tted in my last report to mention my obliga. *lns to the gleat zeal of Captain Smith of the Royal t 1 nha undertook and executed the difficult task of getting guns up the steep scarp of the island into a battery which was manned by seamen under his I command, and which was of much service. Captain j3loye, of the Lyra, has been from the beginning con- stantly and most actively employed on shore, and I feel greatly indebted to his services. Besides the officers of artillery formerly mentioned, who have continued to serve with equal distknction, I should not omit the names of Captains Mo4rison, Power, and Parker, who have been constantly in the breaching batteries, and in the command of cum panics. I beg leave to repeat my former recomcnen- • • . dation of Captain Cameron; of the ninth foot, who t twave-poroders, T foot-pounders, 4 ttrei-pounders, I dm. volunteered to command the attack; of the island, Fuaadet`cam mlades • and who conducted himself so ably on that occasion, bra " mounted-1 twegitrkwrimmider i 6 slvren-pounder., and during all the time he commanded there. twelies•pounders, 5 eight•pounders, 6 six-pounders, 9 four pounders, 6 three-pounder.., 6 thirteen-inch morrars, 1 eight- CONVENTION proposed for the Capitulation of the Fort of La inch bowitser, 3 sax-inch howitzers. Motte of San Sebastian, by theAdjutsmACommandant Che- Brass dismounted-9 sixteen-pounders, 2. twelve-pounders, 2 valier de SONGEON, Chief of the Staff to the Troops stationed eight-pounders, 1 four-pounder, 1 thirteen-inch mortar.- in the Fort, charged with full powers by General Ray, earn- Total-95. mantling the said Troops, on the one side; and by Colonel De Ammunition.—Round Shot-1256 twenty-four-pounders,l2,o2s LA lust' , Deputy Quarter-Master-Genetel, Lieutenant-Colonei sixteen-pounders, 1220 twelve-pounders, 2776 eight-pounders, DICKSON, commanding the Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel 4640 four-pounders. • Bouveala, charged with full powers by Lieutenant-General Ammunition.—Case Shot.—l 126 twelve-pounders, 200 four- Sir TnosaAS GKAUASI, on the other side. • pounders, 909 three-pounders ; 364 ten-Inch shells; 380 kir , The above-named having exchanged their full rels of powder of 100Ibs. each; 1103 muskets witb bayonets; powers, agreed as follows: and 725,000 musket-ball cartridges. Art. L The French troops forming the garrison of (Signed) A. DICKSON, Lieutenant-Colonel corn ' mantling Artillery. Fort La Motte shall be prisoners of war to his Ma- (Signed) bum BOTCusit, Assistant-Cemmissary jesty's troops and their Allies. and Paymaster Ordnance Department. N. B. The ordnance for the most part are in a very bad state, from excessive use, or being damaged by the besieging fire. RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING OF THE ARMY SERVING UNDER THE COMM AND OF HIS ILSCRI. LENCY FIELD-MARSHAL THE MARQUIS OP WELLING TON, K. G. IN THE SIEGE OF THE CASTLE . OP SAN SEBASTIAN, FROM THE IST TO TINE BTH SEPTEM BER 181 S. Ist RoyalhStots, sd Batt : -1 Captain killed; 1 rank and file wounded. Answer.—Agreed. Art. 11. They shall be embarked in his Britannic Majesty's ships, and conveyed to England direct, without being obliged to go further by land than to the port of Passages. , Answer.—Agreed. • Art. 111. The general and other superior officers and the officers of regiments and of the staff, as well as the medical officers, shall preserve their swords and their private baggage, and the non-commission ed officers and soldiers shall preserve their knapsacks. Answer.—Agreed. Art. IV. The women, the children, and the old men, not being military, shall be sent back to France,. as well as the other non-combatants, preserving their private baggage. Answer.—Granted for the women and children. The old men and non-combatants must be examined. Art. V. The Commissaire de Guerre, Burbler de Guilly, having with him the wife and the two daughters of his brother, who died at Pamplona, re quests Sir Thomas Graham to authorise his return to France, with the three above-named ladies, as he is their chief support. He is not a military man. Answer.—This Article shall be submitted to the Marquess of Wellington by Sir Thomas Graham. Art. VI. The sick and wounded shall be treated according to their rank, and taken care of as English officers and soldiers. Answer.—Agreed. • Art. VII. The French troops shall file out to-mor row morning, by the gate of Mirador, with all the honours of war, wit:, arms and baggage, and drums beating, to the outside, where they will lay down their arms ; the officers of all ranks preserving their swords, their servants, horses, and baggage, and the soldiers their knapsacks, as mentioned in the third article. • Answer.—Agreed. Art. VIII. A detachment of the Allied Army, consisting of 100 men, shall occupy in the evening the gate of the Mirador, a like detachment shalt occu py the gate of the Governor's Battery. These two posts shall be for that purpose evacuated /by the French troops, as soon as I`te present capitulation shall be accepted andscatified by the Commanding Generals. • Answer.—Agreed. Art. IX. The plans and all the papers regarding the fortifications, shall be given over to an English officer, and officers shall be named equally on each side, to regulate all that concerns the artillery, engi: neer, and commissariat department. , Answer.—Agreed. Art. X. The general commanding the french troops, shall be authorised to send his Euelleney Marshal Soult, an Officer of the Staff, who shall sign his parole of honour, for his exchange w ith a British Officer of his rank. This officer shall be the bearer of a copy of the present capitulation. Answer—Submitted for the decision of Lord Wel lington. The officer to be sent to Marshal Soult, shall be chosen by the commanding officer of the French troops. Art. XI. It any difficulties or misunderstanding shall arise in the execution of the articles of this capi tulation, they shall be always decided in favour of the French garrison. Answer—Agreed. Made and concluded this Bth day of September, 1813. ( Signed ) A djutant-Commandant Chev. SONGEON. (Signed) Wm. DELANCEY, Colonel. (Signed) ALEX. DreKSON, Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the Artillert. (Signed) H. BouvERIE, Lieutenant-Colonel. Approved, (Signed) Le General Gouvernour Rev. (Signed) THOMASGRAHAM, Lieutenant-General. Approved on the part of the Royal Navy, (Signed) GEO. COLLIER, commanding the Squa dron of his Majesty's Shies off St. Sbbastian. RETURN OF THE FRENCH GARRISON MADE I'RIBnNERS OF WAR BY CAPITULATION IN TILE CASTLE OF ST. SEBAS. TIAN, ON THE BTH OF SEPTEMBER. 80 Offietra t 1796 Serjeants, drummers, and rank and file. Grand Total-1596. N. B. Twenty-three Officers and five hAhired and twelve men, out of the above number, are sick and • wounded in the hospital. (Signed) ED. PAKSNHALI; Adj. Gen. RETURN OF ORDNANCE AND AMAIGNiTION CAPTURFD PROM THE ENEMY, IN THE FOTITRESS OF ST. SEBAS TIAN, 9TII sYPTILMBLIt. Iron mounted —8 twenty-ieur-pounders, 1 slzteenvoundgr, 3 tweivetyounders i 7 eight-pounder,. I. on A lignounted-3 tWentrfour-poundeir, 1 sizteen.patinder, Royal Artillery-1 Lieutenant, 2 rank and file, wourded. 38tli Foot, Ist Batt.-2 rank and file wounded. 69th Foot, 24 Batt.-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded. 47th Foot, sd Batt.-1 rank and file wounded. Ist Line Batt. King's German Legion-1 rank and file wounded. Total-1 Captain, I rank and 'file, ; 1 Lieutenant, 8 rank and file, wounded. HAMM OT OILICER KILLED, let Royal Scots-..CapLain James atewat t. WOUNDID. . Royal Artillery--Liewenant Hugh Morgan, severely. No return of casualties from the Portuguese troops has been received. ( Signed) EDWARD PAKMNIIAM, Adj. Gen. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, SEP EMBER .19. Copy of a letter from Admiral Lira Kurn, K.B. to JOHN WILSON CHOKER, Esq. dated on board the Royal Sovereign, in H.tnio.tze, 18th September, 1813, with copies of its inclohures. SIR—I lave the highest satisfation in transmitting to ;their Lordships the accompanying dispatches (which I have just received by Captain Bloye from Captain Sir G. R.. Collier) giving an account of the fall of St. Sebastian and the surrender of the French garrison ; and the professional skill and perseverance of the offiCers and men who have been employed in co•operat;on with the army before that place has been so eminently conspicuous, and particularly that of Sir G. R. Collier himself, thiVl Beg to recommend him, and the several officers and petty officers whom he i names, to their Lordships' notice. I have the honour to be, itc. (Signed) KEtTit, Admiral. P. S.' Captain Bloye landed at Falmouth, and as he may be able to give their Lordships mucl useful information, I have directed him to deliver this dispatch. Surveil!ante, off Si. Sebastian, September 9. MY LORD—It is with sincere phasure that Ido myself the honour to report to your Lordship the fall of St. Sebastian, the northern Gibraltar of Spain. Yesterday, at 10 A. rd. the breaching and mortar batteries opened a most ruinous fire against the Cas tle of La Moue, (situated on the crown of the hill) and the abjoining works. In a very short time'General Rey, the governor,' sent out a Rig of truce to propose terms of capitula tion, which were concluded at Gve in the evening, when the Battery du Gouverneur and the Mirador Were immediately taken possession of by our troops. The garrison, still upwards of seventeen hundred, became prisoners of war, and are to he conveyed to England from Passages. At this season of the year the possession of San Sebastian becomes doubly valuable ; it may be con sidered the western key of the Pyrennees, and its importance as to the future operations of the Allied Army is incalculable. The tpwn and works have sufferered considerably, and it must be a long time before the former can recover its original splendour. I cannot, however, avoid congratulating your Lord ' ship on its fall on any terms, as the gales now blow home, and the sea is prodigious & all the squadrons were yesterday forced to sea, with the exception of the Surveillante and President. The former good conduct and gallantry of the seamen landed from the squadron, under Lieutenant O'Reilly, of the Surveillante, and serving in the breaching batteries, have been most conspicoously maintained. Lieutenant Dunlop, as well as Mr. 14ersh (having sufficiently recovered from his wound) were also at their fOrmer poll. The Surveillante's twenty-four pounder, mounted on Santa Clara, and dragged np by Captain Smith, of the Beagle, were admirably served by a party landed from the Revolutionnaire, Magicienne, and Challenger ; their fire had totally silenced the ene my's guns opposed to them. Captain Smith speaks in high terms* the general zeal evinced by all un der his orders. The most perfect cordiality was maintained between the ufficers and seamen under Captain Smith and the party of the 9th vgiment • - under Captain Cameron. The Caplain: and Commanders of the vessels named in the margin,* have all been usefully em • Andromache, Presidam, Revorutionnatre, Magicienne, at anchor of St. Sebastian; Sparrow, Challenger, off the Ilit.t.ssaat ; Constant gun.brtg, Niml4 cutter, in the Watson; 3Oruper, Hay, west of Car Higeera. • •. pkryed, and, the sitnaßon many of them bare been unavoidably placed in, has called forth proofs of pro. fessional skill.and perseverance seldom surpassed; and I have the highest satisfaction in being able to report, that in no instance hasit been more tryingly evinced, than in the conduct of Lieutenant the Hon. James Arbuthnot of the Surveillante, which he has proved himsel fully equal to. Messrs. Marsh, Harvey, Bloye, Lawson, (wounded) have been constantly on shore. There are others of the squadron who, though not wounded, are not less deserving. Captain Bloye's services have been repeatedly no, ticed by me to your Lordship, and as he has been employed from the very commencement of our opera. tions on this coast, and has a perfect knowledge of the localities of this harbour, as well as that of St. Sebas. tian's, I have felt it important to send him to Eng land, as he will, from his having been particularly at tached to the duties connected with this port and the army, be able to give your Lot dship much useful in formation. Lieutenant Stokes, in the Constant, has scarcely ever quitted the mouth of the Bidassoa ; the utility of his position is, I believe, felt by the army; it has been a station of considerable anxiety. I inclose a return of casualties among the seamen in the breaching batteries, from the 28th to the ;nu of August, 1813.—1 have, &c. (Signed) GEORGE R. COLLIER, Captain. To the Right Hon. Lord Keith, K. 11. Admiral of the Red, Commander In Chief, &c. &c. RETURN OF CASUALTIES AMONG THE SEAMEN UNDER THE ORDERS OF. LIEUTENANT O'REILLY, EMPLOYED IN THE BREACHING BATTERIES BEFORE IsT. SERBS. TIAN, BEI WEEN 28TH AND 31ST AUGURY, 1813. None killed. wooNDIIO, Su IV t ILL At 4 T JAE Ray, roman, severely; Henry Phillips, seaman, slightly. BRAG:A.—John Daniel., seaman, severely. PR X , lAANT.—Marthew Foss, seaman, blightly. RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON THE ISLAND OF SANTA CLARA, BETWEEN SOTH AUOUST AND BTH SEPTEMBER, 1813. IFILLID. Rx To LOT lON AIR e.—Tiolichatl Risk, wows. wov Nina. l3rAcca.—Captain John Smith, sligl.tly. RIVOLVTIONAIRIL—IGhn Nl'Dcnald, seaman, severely; John Neil, seaman, slightly; William Erown, seaman, alightlyi. CMAst.itnctit.--rttriek M 4 Koy, seaman, slightly. FRENCH PA PERS. PARS, SEPTEMBER is. The following intelligence, which may be con. sidered as certain, has been written from Dresder., under date of the Bth instant : 66 The Emperor left Silesia on the 22d of Augusto after having beaten the enemy on the 21st at Lowell burgh ; after his departure, Count Lauriston gained a signal advantage. His Majesty left the command with the Duke of Tarente, who nude dispositions to profit by the victory, briskly pursue the enemy, and attack him upon the heights of Jitter. Every thiste gave reason for supposing that those dispositions would have been crowned with the most brilliant sue. cess ; but on the 26th and 27th, the rain fell in tor rents the Bobr reached and carried away the bridges, and the roads were covered with water more than three feet deep: the columns, surprised in their march by the overflowings, were separated from each other; the enemy, already in retreat, perceived it; he wished to take advantage of it ; but he was himself attacked and driven from the heights which he occupied. At night the weather continued to be dreadful ; the Duke of Tarente collected his columns, attd took a position at Buntzlau. 44 Upon this information his Majesty set out from Dreiden on the night of the Sd. He attacked the enemy in the afternoon of the 4th, repulsed him, anci obliged him to repass the Neiss ; he slept at Baetzeho and on the 6th returned to Dresden, to oppose the movements which the enemy might wish to make, ii orde' to resat him upon the left bank of the Elbe." A &ETTER DATED THE 7TH, FROM DRESDEN, WNTAIHE TINS FOLLOWING DILTAILS : 41 The Emperor upon his return reviewed almost the whole of General Vand,imme's corps, collected under the orders of Count de Lobau. These trot*, who with so much brilliant bravery extricated.thena— selves from the difficult and dangerous position in which the imprudent valour of their Chief had placed them, are animated wit'► fresh ardour, and his Ma- jesty has given proofs of his satisfaction, by granting promotions, and distributing rewards among the dif. ferent corps of which they are composed. The Au• strian army is encamped in the interior of Bobemia l between Kommotau and Lauen ; it is occupied with its reorganization ; its mak& haviag suffered very great losses, and its permit/ being reduced more that a thud. _ 4 , The Russian and Prussian corps, which mos. pied Toeplitz, were employed in manctuires. " The corps of the Duke of .Reggio, General Ber. trand, and General Regnier, gained decisive advan tages on the sth." THE MILAN PAPER OF THE BTH SEPTEMBER, CCEITAINII THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE: 16 We have just received satisfactory accounts from the army—strong batteries are constructing on iiiffe• rent parts of the Drave. The enemy has destroyed all the blidges from Spittel to ltosseik.• On the night of the 31st rt . August, the enemy attacked General Billotte, who was with the Stith at Crainbourg, upon the Save. He repulsed the attack, but teatiug to have to contend with superior forces, be evacuated the town during the night " General rino, who was in Laybach, marched upon Crainbourg with 'some battalions, and re•tuok the town front the enemy on the evening of the 2d. . 4 General 1 1 s :slot:Maim is at 1.. a; bac!) ; the reserve is eqablished at Ade'Amish ? As soon as the Plin4 Vi.orroy was 411ot:tied of what had • taken place at Ciainhourg, he marched upon t h e same with twenty battalions. H is first troops entered Crainbourg , on the 4,h, and * the I'rince was himself expected there un the sth."' Star. 14.—Autholtic accounts from Gerniaoy .