The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-11 00:00:00

e 46 Colonel Lotied's division joined the army ou the 6th, on its arrival at Medina del Poinar. The Conde del Abisbal will arrire at Burgos on the 24th and :►btli. I have not received any intelligence from the eastern coast since I addressed your Lordship last. I have the honour to be, &c. WELLIN ti TO N. Extract of a Dispatch from the Marquis Wellington to Earl Bathurst, dated the 24th of June. I have the honour to inclose a report which I have received from General Copons, of a very gallant attair in Catalonia, on the tth of May, by a brigade of Spanish troops under the command of Colonel Don Manuel Vander; and I have received a report (not official) :tutting, that ► n ► the 17th of May, General Copons had detCated the suemy in the position of Colleal, mar El Abisbal. BATTLE OF VITTORIA. N2TRACT OF FRINATE LETTERS RELATING TO THE GREAT VICTORY. " Assaeua,, 8 leagues in advance of Vittoria, June .23. " The attack commenced soon after nine in the morning, against the enemy's front and left; whilst a strong column, under the orders of General Graham, as well as the third division, under General Picton, were detached to turn their right,--a most masterly maucenvre, that decided the defeat of the enemy, whose rout was the most complete thing ever seen. They were driven from their positions one after another, were beaten on all sides, and night oily terminated the pursuit. Unfortunately the ground was so much inclosed, and intersected with wide ditches, that the cavalry could not act, and consequently few prisoners were taken. They, however, lost nearly the whole of their artillery, ammunition-waggons, au enormous quantity of baggage, carriages, mules, money, Ste. For a league near Vittoria the country is strewed with their remnants. Joseph Buonaparte himself narrowly escaped being taken prisoner by a party of the 10th Hussars, who pursued his carriage, and were L udy prevented taking him by a mill damn which unexpectedly separated them from it. Whilst they were making a &ton. to turn this, his Majesty escaped on loot out of the cam ridge, where they found all his etticte, gold snuff-boxes, trinkets, money, and clothes. The Paymaster-General's and military c!iest are likewise taken, and large sums of money have been found by many people in the army. The loss of time enemy is said not to be more than . about 4000. owing, as I said, to the nature of the ground, which prevented the cavalry from acting." " !mum, in Navarre, Tune , 24, 11113. "I hope yeti Will be pleased with the battle of Vittoria; it was gained by Lord Wellington's able movements, and must able they were. The enemy evidenity intended to take the road to Bayonne ; but Sir T. Graham having gained and held possession of a village upon that road, they were thrown upon the road to Pampeluna, where they were so pressed by our right, that they abandoned the - Wrote of their cannon and baggage. " Part of the beaten army turned off fl our this place yesterday, and moved upon Tolosa, where I hope they will fall in with General Giron, who is moving on the great road to Bayoenc." " Intim!), June !:.5. ig As I have not written to you since the operations of the campaign, commenced, I must refer you to Lord Wellington's dispatches for the account of what has happened. The action of the 21st does more credit, in my opinion, to the ability and military talents of Lord Wellington,.than any preceding battle which has been fought in this country under his directions ; in fact, it was apparent from the commencement that we must win the day. The morale of the enemy must be sensibly afiected, and I should conceive their loss will amount to 6,00') men :cox General Officers were either killed or wounded. I never saw the Portuguese troops behave so well on any neca.sion before. The Spaniards were in the mountains, and did not come under my observation: but I learn from some English officers who were present, that their conduct was admirable. General Murillo himself is as brave as a lion." EILTRA.CT OP ANOTHER LETTER, JUNE 13. " When the enemy gave way, our people had pressed them so closely, that a squadron •of the 10th Hussars galloped through Vittoria, before the French had time to quit it. King Joseph had just left the town in a carriage add six Captain Henry Wyndham (who commanded this squadron) galloped on, overtook the carriage, and fired his pistols into it. King Joseph instantly jumped out, mounted a horse, and rode off, Captain Wyndham, then, find;ng that only two hussars had been able to keep pace with him, and that King Joseph had an escort (o'4o dragoons, Nsito fired upon lo fan back, and Joseph escaped. - T - THE NATIONAL REGISTM. General Thevcnot, and another General Officer, Wel' _ priw►ners at Vittoria. Gcneral Rey, and many other Officers rank, are among the mounded. The treasure found in - the French military chest amounted GBO,OOO francs; it %vas taken by the Bliies. `1 he number of cattle taken is estimated at 9,000 head, including those fur provison and those tor draft, is not an exaggera ed calculation. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE IN THE LAST Nucl.°, Spain has frequently been the theatre of British heroism disinterested love for justice and freedom. Besides the war succession in which so many victories were gained by our repel from the throne the tinnily whict we now fight to (for a hundred year's possession and the consent of other . has rendered the usurpation of their ancestor legitimate) we engaged near five centuries before in a similar struggle to the Castilian crown from the brows of an usurper (Henry the tard) and replace it on the head of the lawful overeign, Don ' In this war, conducted with the. greatest SIMMS and glory most eminent of Walsh heroes, Edward the Black Prince battle that decided the contest in favour of the just cause fought on nearly the same spot as that of Vittoria, from win , not too much to expect a similar result, within sight of the . positions, on the t Ist of June last, and only a few miles higher same stream, the Zadora, stands the village of Navarette, wit the 341 of April, 1:167, Edward the Black Prince totally di Henry the Bastard, and in consequence seated Don Pedro Throne of Castillc. Froissart, who gives a lively dew, ip, this engagement, observes of Sir John Chaudos, the most el among the English Knights, that " he never thought die day of making any prisoners ; but was solely occupied in and pushing forward." The most striking passage, however. inAtis Recount is, that in whirl' he describes the approach of the two armies toward each other, when " a little before they uset, the Prince of Wales with eyes and hands uplifted towards Heaven, exclaimed—God of Truth, the Fattier of Jesus . Christ, who bast made and fashioned me, grant, through thy benign grace, that the success of this battle ntay be for me and my army; for thou knoweAt, that in truth I have been solely emboldened to undertake it, in the support of justice and reason, to reinstate this King upon his throne, who has been disinherited and di iven from it, as well as from his country." This zealous prayer was immediately followed by the onset. the Prince crying aloud," Advance banners, in the name of God, and St. Ceorge."—" At the commencement," says the old historian," the French and Arragonians made a desperate resist ance, and gave the good Knights of England lunch trouble ;" but at last, " when all the divisions of the Prince were formed into one large body," the enemy " could no longer keep their ground, but began to fly iu great disorder;" and Henry (the Usurper)" per ceiving his army defeated, without hope of retayvery, called fur his horse, thounted it, and galloppcd off among the crowd of runaways: The English pursued them through the town of Najara, where they .gained considerable plunder, " for King Henry and his army had come thither with much splendour; and after the defeat. they had not leisure to return to place in security what they had left behind them in the morning." It is generally supposed that Sir. 'l'. Graham arid Sir R. Hill, will be created Peers of the United Kingdom. Marquis Wellington has been created a Field Marshal, and it is probable that additional honours will be conferred on him by the Spanish Government. The Hon. G. Thellusson, who fell in the engagement, was brother to the present Lord Rendlesham. In the battle of Vittoria and pursuit, all the women of the French army were taken ; but immediately liberated and sent to France by order of Lord Wellington. The. Marquis of Wellington says nothing in his dispatches as to the loss sustained by the enemy, but our readers will perceive by Lord Castlereagh's speech in the House of Commons, on Wednesday evening, that it is supposed to be at least it,ooo.—According to reports from Officers on the spot when the Lite Guards and Blues made their first charge, they rode over the French exactly like a flock of sheep, so little were they able to stand the shock of such men and horses. These two regiments distinguished themstives eatly. The Marquis of Wellington being made a FiehL.Maishal, will give an opportunity to many older Generals of serving in Spain, who were disabled formerly from being sent thither, on account of their supelior rank to his Lordship. - Te Dem was celebrated with great solemnity on Wednesday, at the Portuguese Chapel, South Amlley-street, to commemorate the total overthrow of the French armies in Spain. r, were made er Officers of amounted to 0 head, whielt t an exaggerat- VICTORY. heroism and the war of the y our arms to ielit to restore other nations sate) we were gle to wrench lenry the Bar. n, Don Pedro. glory by that K Prince, the ,t cause, was Dm which it is of the enemy's s higher up the te, who re, on alzy defeated Pedro on the .lesoiption of most eminent ht during the led in fighting nwcver. inAis h of the taro icy met, the ards ist, wbu bast race, that th• thou knowest, :ake it, in the Mg upon his it, as well as itely followed anners, in the ent," says tL•e operate resist- trouble ;" but reed into one r ground, but surper)" per- , called fur his of runaways.' 3, where they his army had rest. they had ad left behind r R. Hill, will Vellingtou has fat additional rnment. t, was brother of the French to France by patches as to U perceive by m 'Wednesday According to rds and Blues exactly like a shock of such .11 themstives