The National Register. — London, England, 1811-04-14 00:00:00

ere it not an inhebitant of the country of any class or ciescrip- • tion, who has lead any dealing or communication with the Frehch Army, w"lio has not had reason to repent of it, and to complain of them. This is the mode in which the promises have bean . performed mkt th e assuraneis hate been fulfilled, which were held out in the Proclamation of the French Commander in Chief; in which Ile told the inhabitants of Portugal, that he was not come to stake war upon them, but with a powerful army of ore hundred and ten thousand men to dsiee the English into the sea. It is to benped that the example of what has occurred in "this country will teach the people of this asid of other !rations what value they ought to place on such promises and assuruncee. and that there is *o security for life or for any thing which renders lite valuable, eiceptingin decided resistance to the enemy. I have the honour to enclose returns of killed. and wounded in the eeverel affairs with the enemy since they commenced their retreat. I have received the most able and cordial assistance through put these operations from Littitenant General Sir Brent spencer and Marshal Sir W. Beresford,whom I had requested to cross the Tagus, and who has been with me since the 11th instant ; from . Major-Generals Sir W. Erskine, Picton, Cole, and Canib bell, Major-General Slade and Major-General the Honourable C. Calville, and the General and other Officers commanding brigades under their orders respectively. am particularly indebted to the Qharter-Master-Gencral, Colonel Murray; for the assistance I have received from him, and the Deputy Adjutant-General the Honourable Colonel Pakenham, and the Officers of the Adjutant and Quarter- Master-Ceneral's departments, as also to those of my personal nisi, who have given me every assistance in their power. I am sorry to inform your Lordehip,that Badajoz surrendered ore the 11th instant. Louzao, NOarch 16, 1811. Major-General Cole joined Major-General Nightiagall at Es pinhel on the iliternoon of the 14th, and this movement, by which the Esa was passed, and which gave us the power of turning the strong position of Miranda de Corvo, induced the enemy to abandon it on that night. They destroyed at this place a great number of carriages, and buried and otherwise' destroyed or concealed the ammunition which they had carried ; and they likewise burnt much of their baggage, and the road throughout the march from Miranda is strewed with the car- CO: 1i of men and animals, and destroyed carriages and baggage. We found the enemy's whole army yesterday in a very strong position on the Ceira, having one cops as an advanced guard in front of Foy d'Aronce on this side of the river. I immediately made arrangetnente to drive in the advanced reard, preparatory. to the movements which it might be (Ape elient to muke to cross the Ceira this morning. Brigadier-General Pack's Brigade had been detached in the morning through the mountains to the left, as well to turn the enemy in his position at Miranda de Corvo, as in view to any others they might take up on this side of the Ceira. The light diehien, under Major-General Sir W. Erskine was ordered to posers some hriehts immediaiely above Foy d'Aronce, while Major-General Picton'c division was moved along the great. toad to attack the left of the enemy's position and of the village. The sixth division,, under Major-Genera! Canipbell, and the hussars and 16th light dragoons, supported the light division, and the first division, and the 14th and Royel dragoons, the dd • - 'These movements succeeded in forcing the enemy to abandon his strong positions on this side of the Ceira, with considerable loss. 't he Colonel of the 39th regiment was made prisoner. The light troops of General Picton's hit ision under Lieu tenant-Colonel illiams, and those of Major-Gcneral Night ingall's brigtde, were principally engaged on the right, and the 935th reciment in front of the light division : and these troops behaved in the most gallant. =niter. The horse artillery like wigo, under Captains Ross and Bull, distinguished themselves ttilort this oczasiem The troops took much bagg:;ge and some ammunition carriages in Foy d'Aronce. I had been prevented from moving till a late hour in the morning by the fog; and it was dark by the time we gained posbession of the last position of the enemy's advanced guard. In the night the enemy deitroyed the bridge on the Ceira, are'_ retreated, leaving small rear-guard on the river. Naives of Officers 'killed, :craw tied, nod misxinz of the Army 71)1 , 1 tree m fr e conimd of Lieuoant Georral 'Lord Fisi7;:unt [Veilin g -t u n, .1? B. in the sei'eral affairs with the French Army, tuns the to thc 14th of Marrh, 1811, inclusive. 11th March. Ist Bat. 95th Foot—Second Lieutenant Hopwood, wonded. 3d Ca sadores—Ellsign Joze loaquim Hut), severely wounded. • 12th M:,rch. Sd Bat. sth Foot—Lieut. Clarke, severely wounded. Ist Bat. 45th Foot--Lieut. March, slightly wounded. tat ieut. Ochs, LaDip I...arci b Adjutant Wintc.rbottona, otacaltd. THE :IktAtICiNAL REGISTER. V , * . .jc Ist B:tt. 88th Foot—tient. HeTiponstal, slightly woupded. • 91th Foot—Captain Bogue, severely wouuded. Ist Bat. 95th Foot—Lieut. Beckwith, wounded. Ist Cacadores—Captain Chapman, 95th Foot, ditto. .11th Portuguese Regiment—Captain Waldron, .27th foot, do. 4th Cacadores—Ensigit Joze. Filicie.sinto, ditto. Bth ditto—Ensign Jort• P. de Carto, ditto. 14th March. Ist Bat. 52d Foot—Lieutenant Thlnias Gifford, killed. ''• Ist Bat. 43d Foot—Captain Napier, severely wounded; Cap. taiu Dalzell, slightly wounded; ,Ensign Carroll, severely wounded. Ist Bat. 5.!d Foot—Captain George Napier, severely woundet Captain William . Mein, slightly wounded; Captain William Jones, sort:rely wounded! sth Bat. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Wynne, slightly wounded. 74th Foot-1,4 utenant Crahb, ditto. Ist 13?.t. !osth Foot—Nlz.jor Stewart, severely wounded (since dead); Lieutenant Strode, wounded. Ist Cacadores—Lieut. Joaquim Manuel, wounded. 15th March. • , sth Bat. 60th Foot—Lieut. Sawatzky, killed. • i . • Ist Bar. 88th Foot—l.ieut. Heppenstal; ditto. Ist Bat. 95th Font—First Lieut. M'Culloch, severely woun& ed; Second Lieut. Kincaird, slizhtly I, , .rounded. —... . : n rrottpded. ttn. 7th foot, do. killed. unded ; Cap. severely woundet ath Williatn wounded. mnded (since • • !rely woun& ,larquis .iiter at Lit.- March 23. reat towards tbaudonment tever can et.- ke a stand in that position . 9th. On the :ers were at 'The cavalry ar-guard, and the Estrella, ego, promises rnadura stave, me front An- n - Ith towards iry. No cou- z. SOth, :e capitulated 1, in number The French 1 500 cavalry. ed Port alag;e the following TTE. MauriCe to stitholt, 27th dt. my having island by the ion of this in- complete the 1 as picquets island to the vonfidence on the north , consisting in se combat of and decisive loss of three amber greater In the mont- h si e of the I sight. The ,st not a me- 5, and 200 had hitherto rder to oppose he purpose FOREIGN-OFFICE APRIL 6. A dispatch was received this morning by the Marquis Wel lesley front Charles Stuart, Esq. his Majesty's Minister at Li:- bon; of which the following is an extract ; Lisbon, March 23. The army cf Ceneral Massena continues to retreat towards the frontier, and diery march is facilitated by the abandonment of wounded, the destruction of baggoge, and whatever can en . - cumber their movement. They attempted during the 18th and 19th to make a stand in the Sierra de Aloha, but they were driven from that position. with ale loss of six hundred prisoners, on the 19th. On the 21st they reached Galiza. The British head-quarters were at Pombeiro on the 18th, and at Algazil on the 20th. The cavalry and light troops continued in sight of the french rear-guard, and the movement of the allied army along the skirts of the Estrella, which flAnk the positions in the valley of the-Mondego, promises new impediments to their retreat. The accounts from the frontier of Sp.wish Estrernadura statl, that the greater part of the French force which came from An dalusia have returned to that province. Marshal Soult moved in the middle of the month towards Seville at the head of 4000 infantry, and 1500 cavalry. No cou sileral>le. force has been left in the town of Badajoz. The siege of Campo Major continued during the 13th, 20th, and 21st. A breach having been effected, the place capitulated on the morning of the latter day. The garrison, in numb:,T about '250 militia, have remained prisoners of war. The French force before the place consisted of 4000 infantry and 500 cavalry. The advanced guard of Marshal Berestord reached Portalag., - e on the 20th, where that Officer was expected on the following day. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, APRIL 9. The following is an extract of a letter from Cap t. MauriCe to Sir James Saumarez, dated Port Yorke, Island of Anholt, 27th March, 1811. Sta—l reported to you in my letter of the 10th nit. my having received information of to intended attack on this island by tike Danes. On the Bth instant. I received corrobortion of this in telligence, but as every exertion bad been made to complete the works as well as our materials would allow,_ and as picquets were nightly stationed from one extreme of the island to the other, in order to prevent surprise, I waited with confidence the mediated attack. Yesterday his Majesty's ship Tartar anchored on the north side of the island. The enemy's flotilla and army, consisting in all of nearly 4000 men, have this day, after a close combat of four hours and a half, received a most complete and decisive defeat, and are fled hack to their ports, with the loss of three pieces of cannon and upwards of 500 prisoners, a number greater by 150 men than the garrison I command. lam now to detail the proceedings of the day. In the morn ing, just before dawn, the out piquets on the south si e of the island, made the signal for the enemy's being in sight. The garrison was immediately put under arms, and I lost not a mo ment in proceeding with the brigade of howltbers, and 200 b). fantry, accompanied by Captain Torrens (who had hitherto acted as Major Commandant to the battalion) in order to oppose laudin6. Uii ascending an ekvation, for the purpose it •