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if the officers and troop: during the siege of. Burgos, Varticiitarty with the brigade of Guards. ' During the latter part of the siege the weather was ter! unfavourable, and the troops suffered much from the rain. The officers at the head of the artil- , I ff y and engineer departments—Lieutenant-Colonel lobe, and Lieutenant. Colonel Burgoyne, and Lieu tenant-Colonel Dickson, who commands the reserve arti ll e ry, rendered me every assistance ; and the fai litre of snccess is not to be attributed to them. By their activity we carried off every, thing in . the course o f o ne,night, excepting the three 18-pounders de stroye3 by the enemy's fire, and the eight pieces of cann on which we had taken from the enemy on the Wein of the 19th ultimo, in the storm of the horn 'work. Having sent our cattle to Meet the equip mot expected from Santander, we had not the means of m oving the latter. The enemy was not avearelt .. uf our movement, and did not follow us till late on the 22d, when 10,000 gam encamped on this side of Burgos. • The British . army encamped at Celado del Camino an d Homillos, with the light cavalry at Estepan and Baniel. We continued our march on the following d a y, the right of the army to Torquemada, the left to Cordevilla, at which place we crossed the Pisuerga. The enemy followed our movement with their whole army. Our rear-guard consisted of two light batta. lions of the King s German 'Legion, under Colonel Oslkett, and of Major-General Anson's brigade of cavalry : and Major-General Bock's brigade was hal ted at the Venta del Pozo to give them support : the whole under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Stapleton Cotton. Don Julian Sanchez marched on the left of the Arlanton ; and the party of Guerillas, heretofore commanded by the late Martinez, on the bins on the left of our rear-guard. iel • Major-General Anson's brigade charged twice with great success in front of Celado del Camino, and the enemy was detained above three hours by the troops u n der Lieutenant-General Sir S. Cotton in the pas sage of the Hormaza, in front of that village. fhe rear guard continued to fill back in the best order, till the Guerillas on the left having been driven in, they rode towards the flank of the rear guard of Major General A nson's brigade, and four or five squadrons of tie enemy mixed with them. Those were mistaken for Spaniards, and they fell upon . the Bank and rear of our troops. We sustained some less, and Lieutenant Colonel Pelly, of the 16th dra goons, having had his horse shot, was taken prisoner. The delay occasioned by this misfortune enabled thk enemy to bring up a very superior hod, of ca valry, which was charged by Major General Bock's Ind Major General Anson's brigades, near the Venta del Pogo, but unsuccessfully, and ow rear guard was hardly pressed. The efiemv made their charges ott, the two light battalions of the King's German Lea, giOn, formed in squares, but were always repulsed with considerable loss by the steadiness of these two battalions. They suffered no loss, and I cannot suf.' ficiently applaud their conduct and that of Colonel Halkett who commanded them. The exertions and conduct of Lieutenant General Sir S. Cotton, and of the officers and staff attached to • him throughout this day, were highly meritorious, ; and although-the charge made by the cavalry was lot StitCeSolll9 I " - hut .the satisfaction of observing great steadiness in their movements. Major Bull's bap of horse artillery, under Major Downman and Captain Ramsay, iistinguished themselveas k The army c. , atinued its march on the 2411 t aind • trok up its ground on the Carrion, with its right aild Duenas and its left at Villa Muriel, and the lat bat- %lion Ist Guards joined us from Corunna. I halted here on the 115th, and the enemy attacked our left at Villa Muriel. - They were repulsed, how ever, by the sth division of infantry, under the corn. ;nand of Major General Oswald, in the absence of Lieutenant General Leith on account of indisposition. I had directed the third battalion of the Royals to march to Palencia, to protect the destruction of the inidges over the Carrion at that place, but it appears that toe enemy assembled in such force at that point, that Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell thought it neces ury-to retire upon Villa. Muriel, and the enemy passed the Carrion at Palencia. This rendered it necessary to change our front, and I directed Major-General Oswald to throw back our left, and the Spanish troops upon the heights, and to maintain the Carrion with the right of the fifth division. The bridge of Villa Muriel was destroyed ; but the enemy discovered a ford ) and passed over .s considerable body of infantry and cavalry. I Ina& Major-General"Pringle and Major-General. Barnes attack these troops under the orders of Major. General Oswald; in which ettatk the Spanish troops co-operated, and they were driven across the river with considerable loss. The fire upon the left had been very severe throughout the day; from which we suffered a great deal; and Major-Go: meal Don Miguel Alava was unfortunately wounded whilst urging on the Spanish infantry in the pursuit of the enemy... I broke up thin morning from the Carrion, and marched upon Caheson del Campo, where I have crossed the Pisuerga. The enemy appear to be moving in this direction from Duenas. I propose to halt here to-motrow. P. S.—l have the honour to inclose returns of the killed and wounded. l et" of Killed and Wounded of the Army under the Corn "and of his Excellency General tie Marquess of Wellington, R. E. to the Siege of the Castle of BOrgos, froin the l lth to tit Mk October, Itll2. R°Tal Britisk Artillery-3 rank imkrigh Med; '1 tank iod Ale , .woeaded. ligri Military Artfficers-1 rank and file wounded. ' Coldstrea m Guards, Ist Bau.—S rank and file killed; 1 rank and Me *untitled. Si Pew Curds, In Batt.-3 rank and file tilled ; Slink sad file wounded. lit Foot, Sd Hatt lieutenant wounded. kJ Foot, or Qtiretes--10 rank and file wounded. 3 4 .41 Foot, tit But--t. rank and file killed; I Ensign, Itstrinntir I rank and file, wounded. 4614 Foot , 1ek.e.131,-4 irOdt and file killed; film* and filet wounded. .• • • ftd Fix); Ist PA—frank and it woandioi r • isd Foot, td Batt..-1 serkant, i rank andofile, wonnekd. a„,wouBl4,b hot, rani and file killed; I Ensign wounded. '"‘" eouti sth Batt.-2 rank and file killeti;. L.rnult. 'and ale nded. • 1 . . CR Feot, ist Fart. , -.1 rank and tde wounded. "lb Foot, it Bate..--I ittlyk 804413, killed; I rank and lhr, wog wird. Ist Line Batt. Gerntan 1.41(0- . 4 Ralik and Me, killed; 2 rank and file, wounded. 2 d bit o. 40 —$ Rank and file, killed;4 ranks:4 ills, wounded. 4th Ditto4ditto-1 Serjeant, 1 tat* &WA*. killed; 3 rank and fake, woofed. - • • • • 446 k• • • .710.:'-.4,0 Total British Loss-1 Selene, 28 rank and file, killed; 1 Lieu. tenant, Ensigns; 3 Salamis, 41 wok and fileotroendeC 'road Portuguese leass-4 Rank and filo, killed; 1 Captain, 117 rank and file, wounded. General Total-1 Serjeanr. 27 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 9 Ensigns, 3 Serjeants, 86 rank and file, wounded. S. A. Gammen, D. A. A. C. sonatas Or Or MILOS woo was. 11th October, 1812. Sad Foot—Ensign Quill, severely. loth October, leis. lit Foot—Lieutenant Rao, Acting Engineer, slightly'. abeirioot—krislgn Baylie, slightly. rOKTISOOOSI. 15th October, 1812. 12th Regiment of the Line—Captain White, severely. (Signed). LA. GOODMAN, D. A. A. O. Return of Killed, Woimded, and Missing of the Army under the eonuttand'of his Excellency General the Marquis of Wel • linron, K. B. in the Siege of the Castle of Burgos, from the inch to the *Hit October 1812, inclusive. Royal Engineers —I tank and file killed ;1 rani and file wounded. Royal British Artillery-1 rank and file killed; 2 rank and file wounded. Coldstream Guards, lst Batt.-1 Captain, 1 Ensign, 1 Selassie, 22 rank and file, killed; 2 Captains, 1 Serjeant, 38 rank and file, wounded. 3d Foot Guards, lst Batt.-8 rank and file killed; 8 Lieutenants, 15 rank and file, wounded. •• . - • 11th Foot, Ist Batt.--1 rank and file killed; 1 &leant, 4 rank and file, wounded. 24th Foot, 24 Batt.-4 rank and file killed; S rank and file wounded. 42d Foot, let Batt.-8 rank and file wounded. 53d Foot, 241 Batt.-1 rank and file wounded. 58th Foot, 2d Batt.-1 Serjeant, 6 rank and file, killed; 111 rank and file wounded; 2 rank and file missing. 60th Foot, sth Batt.-2 rank and file woonded. 6151 Foot, Ist Batt.- .2 rank and file wounded. 79th Foot, lit Batt —1 rank and file Wounded. let Line Batt. King's German Legion—l Lieutenant, 1 litileant, 24 rank and file, killed; 1 Captain, 22 rauk and file, wounded. Itti Ditto, Ditto-1 Major, 2 rank and file, killed; 8 Licata .. mints, 7 rank and file, wounded, 7th Ditto, Ditlo-- 12 rank and file killed ; 1 Captain, I Unites • sant, 7 rank and file, wouneed. Taltal British Loss—l major, I captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, alesjeanti, 81 rank and file, kilt d; 4 captains, 5 lieutenants, 2 salaams, 119 rank and file, wounded; 2 rank and file, niiuhtg. Total Portuguese Loss-8 rank and file killed; 1 ensign, 2 ser leant., 4 i rank and file, wounded ; 2 rank and file missing. General Total— i major, I captain, 1 lieutenant, I ensign, 3 see- Jeanie, 69 rank an.: file, killed; 4 captains, 5 lieutenants, I ensign, 4 serjeants,' 160. rank and file, wounded; 4 rauk and file missing. (Signed) S. A. GOOOMA N, D. &A. G. Nantes of the Officers killed and wounded, Killed-18th October, 1812. Coldstream Guards—Captain Harvey. 40 • 19th October, 1814. Coldstream Guards—Ensign burgess. I A Line Batt. King's German Legion —Lieutenant &timer. ad Ditto, ditto—Major Wurtub. Wounded-18th October, 1814. 3d Foot Guards—Lieutenants Holborn and Knos, severely. Coldstream Guards, Ist Batt.---lr.ptaln the Hon. W. (.Crofton, slightly t Captain the Hon. I. Walpole, severely. Ist Line Batt. King's German Legion—Captam Laroche, dange rously.—Yd Ditto, dit to, Lieut.. Hesse and Quade, severely. 6th Ditto, ditto—Caitain Backmeister, sett. rety, right arm am putated) Lieutenant Schlaeger, slightly. (Signed) S. A. Guonas• N, D. A. A. G. ?Strati of a Dispatch from the Marquis of Wellington, dated Cabeton, October ' 8. Since I wrote to your Lordship upon tl e 26th, I 'have had an opportunity of seeing the enemy's whole army, as they placed themselves opposite to us, an the Pisuerga, yesterday. They are certainly in very great strength. The army of Portugal has received a reinforcement of ten thousand men, including ca valry, from France : and I hive reason to believe that there are two divisions of infantry now with this ,army belonging to the army of the north. 'The ca• valry of the army of the north,is certainly with the ! . asetty of Portugal, and they have ar least 5000 good ' tavola} . r 1 No event pf , importance has occurred since dressed your Lordship on the 26th. The enemy for med their army in the plain in our front yesterday.— They have cannotraderififferent parts of our line without doing us any injury, excepting that Lieute nant Colonel Robe, of the Royal Artillery, was wounded severely, but not dangerously, yesterday. Rueda, October N. The enemy crossed the Carrion on the 26th and 27th, and formed their artily on the heights near Ci *piles, on the last of those days, opposite our position on the left of the Pisuerga, and their advanced guard about two miles in front of their main body, and half , that distance from Cabecon. • •., On the 28th they extended their right, and endea voured to force the bridges of Simaneas and Vallado lid, the former of which was defended by Colonel Halkett, Vlith his brigade of the 7th division, and the , latter by Lieutenant-General the Earl of Dalhousie, with the remainder of the 7th division. At length Colonel Halkett, being hard pressed, blew up the bridge. He at the same time detached the Bruns wick Oels' regiment to Tordesillas, towards which ~quarter the enemy detached troops on the evening of the 28th. As soon as I found that this was the case, I thought it proper to break up from the Pisuerga and to cross the Douro, which object was effected without difficulty on the 29th instant, by the bridges ' of Puente Douro and Tudela. The bridge of Tordesillas was destroyed on the enemy's approach tp that town, on the evening of the 28th, and l had sent orders to he regiment of-Bruns , wick Oels to take post on its ruins, in such manner as to prevent the enemy from repairing the bridge., 1 had the mortification, however, of learning, on then night of the 29th, that this regiment had .been ob.• lilted to abandon its posts, and as I had seen the enemy's - whole army in march towards Tordesillas on that evening, it was obvious that no time was to be lost. 1 therefore marched the army at an early hour I .yesterday morning to their left, and posted the troops on the heights between Rueda and Tordesillas, mediately opposite, and near the bridge of Tordesil last. We found the bridge nearly repaired on our ar rival, but the enemy had made no attempt to pass it, and they have now no largo assembly of troops in this neighbourhood. 1 learu thar some of them marched last night to wards Valladolid. and others towards Toro. I have received letters from Lieutenaat-General Sir Rowland Hill of the 29th. The Tagus was every where fordable, and the enemy ha& passed a small body of troops over at Fueute Duenas. Sir Rowland Hill had collected his troops on thi l Jacamah. He wag likely to receive my orders to move upon Anvalo on the 29th. as eee‘November 9, tett. I take the opportunity oldie return of the messen ger Myers to Corunna l to inform you c at the army kart continued in the position in which pl.wed.tiberst on the 30th of _October; and the enemy have made no attempt to pass the Douro. The bridge of Tor desillas is repaired, and they are employed in the re pair of that of Toro. Their troops are extending along the Douro, from the latter place to Valladoli d. -In the mean time, the troops under Lieutenant- General Sir Rowland Hill will arrive this day and to-morrow on the Adaja. The General received my orders to break up from his position on the Jacama on the 29th, and he intended to carry them into exe cution on the morning of the SOth.' He had intended to destroy the Puente Laga, 'bat the mine failed; — and the enemy having collected a large body of troops between the bridge and Aranjuez, they im- i mediately attacked our post on the bridge, but were repulsed with considerable loss by the 2d battalion 47th regiment, and a detachment of the 95th, under the command of Colonel Skerret. I have not re ceived the return of our loss upon this occasion, but I understand it is about forty men. No officer was touched. lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill mentions in high teens the conduct of the troops.— 1 These circumstances delayed the march frum the right of- Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Hill's po sition till the evening of the 30th, and he has since • continued it without being at all molested .by the enemy. The building called la China, in the Retiro, and all the gims, stores, &c. which that work contained, which had not been carried away, were destroyed be fore the troops were withdrawn from Madrid. The Spanish divisions of Don Carlos d'Espana and Comte de. Penne Villemur are with Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir Rowland Hill. A small body of the enemy's troops were at Valde Moro on the 31st, and entered Madrid at ten o'clock on the morning of the Ist instant. I have accounts from the North stating that Longa has taken a convoy escorted by SOO men, near Vic. , toria. the laurels of Salamanca, and blighted the harvest Nehich*theSranis'i people were about to reap. If betty and independence have eluded their grasp, as the consequence of their own morbid sensibility, let them be - drifted down the stream of despotism. with. outifarther struggle by * the sons afro:dor* in their . favour—if they are traitors to their country and secrer, lieges of the Usurper, let them drink of the poisone4 chalice, which they now hold to their lips—let the inn heritance of their fathers be taken from them, and let 1 them be sent to eat the bread of slavery and sorrow in a foreign land I These are the blessings whicb Josakst is directed by his fiendlike brother to confer On the Peninsula. .....—. We have no additional arrival from Russia to-day, but the Allowing letter from Rigs, which came by the last Gottenburgh Mail, is calcnlated to keep alive the most sanguine expectations as to the issue of the contest in which Russia is engaged : .. RIO*, OCTORSI Iff. " WITTGINSTEIN entered Polotek oo the Bth of October. General Sr. Cra is retreating towards Wilna, and has lost in the last affair nearly 10,080 i men, and four cannon. The prisoners amount lei ‘ i about 2000, including 80 officers. STSIII/1/11. hen formed a junction with Wirrointsrete. '••?- 41 Witepsk has been evacuated by the Frenchoo. i - Wirrovisrem's Aide-de-Camp, who left him on the 10th, assures me, that the combined corpe, vie. Wirretawsritnes and Srstuusies, amount to 60,000 men ; and the General desired - him to inform out public, that he had not the leasi doubt of freeing'us, very shortly from MACDONALD. +General- Lime keeps quiet : the pickets extend to Echo on theßausiti road, and to, Oley on that leading to Mittau." ....—...—.. Late accounts from MessinVand *Palermo repro ,* sent the -affairs of Sicily is in a very Amended condi. tion. Letters of the 22d ult. from the former place i state, that the Hereditary Prince is so unwell, that We have this day to discharge the melancholy' hopes of his recovery were doubtful ; and that dui office of presenting to our Readers, the official de- ' physicians had expressed an opinion that he has been - tails of the reverses in the Peninsula, at which we ' poisoned. If so, the author of his illness is one-near 'have recently hinted. The Marquis of WELLING. his own person. 7os is once more compelled to act on the defensive ; I At length the whole Sicilian army has been give and that on the very ground which has been so long :up to Lord W. BLNTINCK. The QUEEN withheld foe the theatre of hit glory, and on which he has so some time, her cosisent — his Lordship withheld the - often planted the standard of victory. His aban. : subsidy—and an apprehension that the troops 'Would. donment of the siege of Burgos was not, it seems, ! mutiny for want di pay, turned the 'scale, and Pros so much the consequence of the re-appearance of the : cured the acquiescence of her Majesi I ._ . ~ united forces of SOULT and Svelter in the Smith; as I --- ' - Just as this Paper was going to press, French Po of the formidable attitude, ',which the broken army of Portugal had recently assumed in the North. In- , pas, to the 14th instant, were received. Our Readers' stead, theiefOre, Of retiring to Madrid, in order to I drill "'J ake t 9 hear that they contain no intelligence give battle to the enemy . in the South, as was ex. lwhatever from the French armies in Russia—a pro.- pirious omen! for, bad Rey thing reached the French: petted, the gallant Marquis hiss been wider the dire necessity of directing the evacuation of the capital of capital, which, even by dexterous management, Spain, and of 'ealling to his aid the army. of Sir could have been made to wear a complexion favour.:' • ROWLAND HILL, which has accordingly fallen back '•ahle to thq vievre.ef the Invader, it annul I not have, upon the Adaja, and is by this time posted in the ~ bean withheld (rem e the good people of Paris."—.. vicinity' of. Valladolid, 1 00 the affairs of the Peninsula these kennel; are equally silent—a circumstance which, at the present Ttat his Lordship has taken these precautions with crisis, gives us much satisfaction. - In short, theme a view of once more risquing a general engagement . present no intelligence of importance. .. • cannot be doubted ; but, while we lament the s i r- I Journals .cumstances which have rendered these movements 1 necessary, ire are full of proud and confident antici "ation os to their results. The ground which his . swordi with the enemy, is of all others the most ad. • Pin vantageous. Almost every individual in his armylr si The ramifications of the late conspiracy, of whigiti .Paris was the centre, discoverithemselves in varioler , direction. They have been manifeet in some move , t/ ments in Italy and the south ; and by letters received Lordship' has selected for once more measuring iesterday, through Sweden, from Itauslaurgh, it aim '. that t h ey embraced eit equal •distbnce toward* the ' north. These letters suite, that a revolution balk —. is by - this time intimately acquainted with its locali. i been attempted at Fulda, in Hessetissel, on di f ' .• Airs—the whole of Portugal is open in his rear, for same plan as at Paris, and..belleved to be under th•, = . ' the purpose of obtaining supplies—and, in his present , position, he most effectually covers Salamanca, same direction. In both instances, the report of this which contains within its walls what must ever be death of NAPOLI:OS ins the first - step. • dear to our beloved country—we mean the sick and In Hesse' as at Paris, the plot failed, and theaaer 0 • wounded of our invincible army, of whom (and we 'Orators were taken—but of their fate nothing is ytql I known, and possibly may not be permitted to appett: add with deep regret) there are not less than 7,000 in the German journals. Had the shameful Sighs in the hospitals I - However sanguine we may be as to the result of of B°NAPAari from Moscow transpired before aft", seura airs explosions were attempte d , t h e result miguti 'his Lordship's operations, confiding, as we do, in his been very diffaent t nor is it possible to calculate the? . -pre-eminent military skill and in the invincible spirit events that may yes flow from the disasters which thli which animates our soldiery, we shudder at the pro.. specs sow before us in the Peninsula. The effusions T y rant has met w i th in Russia. , :• . of loyalty to FIRDINANIf t and of-attachment to his PORTSMOUTH. NOVEMBER IT. - oallies,* have scarce ceased to vibratejm the lips of Artiverlthe brig Vigilant, FowLsti master, (relit : the unfortunate inhabitants of Madrid, when they Sinynist,"‘ter being captured by the Jeremy French' , litre doomed to witness the entrance of the Usur- privateer, belonging to Dieppe, on Saturday last4sli Beachi head, and recaptured the same day by .per and his traiterous followers, armed with the re- DEITILROUS gun brig. The Frenchprivateer captured • lentless majesty of vengeance, and ready to strike at by his Majesty's ship Sauer= last week, off the every heart which beats with patriotism and true Isle of Wight, fell in with the Susanna transport, virtue I—But this is not the only disheartening shade Captain Moaanosi, on the 10th inst. off Portlantli when an engagementoPcommenced between them . , . in the canvass —How vainly has that precious blood which lasted nearly four hours, during which the pls. ' been expended which tinged the plains of Salamanca I vateer attempted several times to board the Susanna, I How fruitless the efforts of the Hero who commanded but was severely - repulsed, and ultimately obliged to on that occasion ! The whole military system, by sheer Off' r. . 4 . .PI YMOUTH, NOVEMBER 16. ' which France retained,Bpain under her subjection, Came in the Spa ash brig NoStra Senora Carkeekl. tottered to its base within twenty hours after the roar from Bubo*. The Hanson, Gootrwm, put in Valise . of the cannon bad ceased on that gloriiius day, and harbour yesterday. Arrived his Majesty's brie it required but the common place co-operation of Sumummwrait from the.Weatwall—Willi Lan. ,„,,.. common place undeistandings tO have thrown down ' Our currency remains unaltered eon Mandeesloorted; eat CORN MARIPIT. WAVE LANE, NOTEMEA 3 . 4, ...,- the mighty reins on tile heads of its supporters. cyst for eserreno Oats, *hit& coennend • le. perieleteltelowei Our antagotiist was upon his• knees. another blow ' sod Hog y Ptaa , which m ik PS* Vat"' 4 " 1 ""r` ' • - lead,-.924.1544.1404. Wie 44s go. ad. would have struck him to the giound never to rise 1 tr ill etglk sis da-voli. tabs. IS* Hone Skips, old toes. Ilia. again I It would be futile here to raise the voice of Thenzick. —to -- ...--14.-,-- -- ",,, as s . sea , Rye * 611 s. ?Os. . 'l4 Ditto, "id 104 s. raw. .. complaint—.or to condemn_ men or measures by .anti- B ai ley" . ee s .Ase. *sib ~ aew soa sow . cipation. The forthcoming Speech ef• the Panic* mak, 10•••• lies.".,. - I =tads Its. 525. • Caro ray, per cart isa; Via. • i 14355. 129., REDINT to his 1141 W Parliament, will, lei doubt, em. c if iigule r , de. 40e. 44e. Cry Seca 9I n. fflOo. brace the topics at which we have glanced, and call TAP de. Pc bushels iseAo B . Wbmserares• Jai-10g.14 . AReesterd, do. so. . .sees. easeesse Ask erne 'forth the early ea sir 4 * l 4,Agislators into the . j a r i o lo ppoo k : '", am sajem tau . . - . ' -4.: i, .T4b639.lhtut 1.. .'.51. - • :. o - • • ~, • . ~ . • t•• -'. . ._ . • A' .... THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18. PRICt OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Reduced 5755-4 per Cent. 74-5 per Ct. 9015 Cons. 59 54—for ac 59 581—Oren. 5{ 5 pr—Bonds par Is. di,. Rica Bills. (SFI.) 2s. Ss. pr.—Da (95d.) SLAW pr.. . - .~, ~, . • , .