The National Register. — London, England, 1812-09-27 00:00:00

1 $9B ma •)- men. The columns , :‘ :1101 L.-. Ment this re 1.0 it %N.., and its coinmitteeation cut oft flit Spanish troop, Geni•ial Cruz row( the aed itia.le a •lerotir to arrive atilt a•tack on that flank of Triaua (tee suburbs ef I ordered the rNintibt in be asked by a detachment i.f the 20 h Pur toptelie re ih im rot s and advanced a field pie c e w ith so me tr o -ops. keep such ck t •:e enemy'; fire at one ot the Bates of the city, opposite to us ; and af , er Oving sufficient time f r the Seat ish column ti arrive, the Bilt and Poriu,ne-e troops aitsane.d to the attack iu trout : the tavatry and artillery advanced at a gallop, supported by the grenadiers ot the guards, and the infaistry following. T•-•:e enemy aancliess.cl the vaie ; we entered the suburbs, and ad. vance). liea to he hridge of with :if. much radially as possible, in Iwpes of were:46llos destrucii wintlat have rendered it extreowly ddlictot I us to sue. cc& We were checked by the tire gt aect-shot niuskeiry ::t the turtling of the street. •f he grena• il!ers ot the guards 'advanced to our sulpha, and drove every thing b tore the h. • this moment part of he Spanish column arrivcd ; Ave advmeed to the bridge under a heas-v fire ; Cadoux of the 93th, with great judgment made a Hark movement on our lett ; t .111 Willi:its, of the artillery. brought up with rapidity two guns ; l:e•vy tire of cannon and musketry was sou brought to hear on the twiny, who were driven from their pogiiion on the other side of the and from the bridee, which they had only in part destroyed. The grerreliers cf the euards and sonic Spivs's troops, led the columns that crossed tht aridge. general rout enste.sti, and t enemy w ere . driven 'Waugh the s which Avers. strewe I with t it dew', and pursned at all poiist,i,leaving behind them valuable captures us horses, b:iegage, aed money. It is iliffii•ult for me t' express the joy of the people of Seville. Tle . inhabitants, under the fire of t h brritight planks to lav across the teii!ge; and their acclamations am! ',Netter/lu% marks el joy, aided to the immense crowd, rendered is extr .thely difficult for the officers to ad vanc. thy:nigh the streets Wje,their columns. he vast treet of this city, the cxhait,teil ;late of the troops, who had double quick lime tor three miles, and the witty of corr.:lcy; reedered it impossiole to continue tlie - pursuit beyond the toe. , i. Midi was the rapid ty of our attack, that rhos vichny over a ire •c:i division, and the i.as-age of a b.itige hich the eneroy had 'materially destroyed, with h s infintry and a- tillety. f •tmed on the batiks of the river, was achieved with a loss that appears almost in. credible. I hive only to regret the loss of one I ieutenant Brett, of the It 0% al A miler) , who was killed, pllotitly tightinig his gun, at the bridge. Tile icvidity of this valuatde othi:cr was observed the xviv)le detachment. The lo;; 0! the en-my must haciakcen very great. We have taken several officers, ant!, I believe, t prisoners The condirt.t of every officer inif4fr.titt Ara.; been abmve praise; where all have behaved well, it is cOtiCult to ttimluigli ; 1 must, however, mention the detachmentail Gur11)311 fit:*givn, tom minded by Cornet Wieboldt ; the aril:I:to, b) Captain Roberts; a detachment of the 95th by Capt. Catlonx*iiial the gr: nadi tit of the Ist regiment of guards, by Ca pt. Thomas. 11?Ct.l. Nt at- Ind , Ist regiment aerates ( .second in command ) ) I am ratllli indebttd loin the corn- Mencem - rit of this set vice ; and in the attack of ;:eville, his military talents, intrepidity ' and zed, were particularly conspicuous lam also much indebted to Lieutenant-Coronet Colquirt, chmitanding a detachment of the Ist regiment of guards ; to Licittenairt-Colonel Prior, commanding a detachment 20th Portircuese regiment ; and to Major Maclain, commanding-4 detachment S7th regiment. 'I he exertions of Captain Wynyarri (CoUstream Guards,) Assistant Adjutant-Get eta!, and Lieutenant Reid, R oval Staff Gilis, Stitt .otficer, attached to the detachment, have beto indetarigattle. Cap- I ant Sunbury, 20th POrtureest regiment , Brigade- Maj ,r and Liim terlint Smith, Royal Eni,ineers, were at this time detached on other service. During the whole of this attack, our allies, the Spaniards have rivalled the comdticl of the British tins! Portuguese troops ; and Gene ral Cruz /44:nrgeryn, by his military talents and bravery, has princi pally eohtributed to the streets:cilia result of the day. ncl , sett is a return of the killed and wounded. Durnig last night a d vision of 7 or SAO French troops pissed by. Our attack-has saved the city from the devastationS anu cuntribution;: with w h•ch it was threitcoed. , Captain Wtiiyard is the bearer of this dispatch, who will inform you of any farther particulars you may require. I have the honour, &re. (Signed) J. B. SKIt.:Rf'ETT. To Major General Cor.ke, &e. P S.' A re , urit of the guns ;:tui military stares tak::l, Will be sent its so. :1 as the iituintity Can he aScirt:nn , :d. No - ,f the fizkl piece) which the enemy ativ:inczti itiptist us, fcli into our hacds. Rettirn of the Killed and of the Troops under the Command of Colon Skeriett, at the Cinture of the City of Seville, by As sault, on the imr •itte of t! . .e 27th of A tign,t, 1812. Royal Artillery-1 subaltein, 1 horse, killed ; 1 rank and file 'wounded. fiulears, .King's German Le: on-1 serjcant, .1 rank and file, 1 Live. ; 1 rank and file .wounqed, . TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. sl7 lyr. 07. I ru..t , —4 .alik ...tt the wo,,n, 9511 Rifle Corps, 4 1 / 4 1 8.t.t.-1 subaltern, 6 tai k and 11:c, l ten s e wontided. Toral-1 subaltern, 1 serjeant, 1 rank ard tile, 2 horses, kilted ; I subaltern. 12 tank and file, 1 Jtorse wonnited. (Nigued) W. CLINTON WY NY ARD, A. A. General. N.tme of the Officer killed —Royal A rrilkry— First Lent. B reit Nam' of the 0 dicer wounded-95th lt.fle Corps—First Licutenal t Llewellyn, slightly. SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. WAR DLI'ARTMENT. DOWNINO.STRALT, SEPT 24, 1812. Oa and eo pi el , I targ Dispatches, of which the fullowiti! ATP extra twin this day received at Earl ',Litton:l's Office, address d to Lorilbhip, by General the Merquis of ‘Vellingtati. datei ;5;1 1 and 30th August, and %%Mutt() id, 7th and tisit *newt)* r. Madrid. t.l, h Ass,ust 1812. Josel•h Buonaparte continued his , lia t Cli lowa' d 3 Vab•nci,,, anal according to the last Accounts %%Inch 1 linve received, his reur guard was on the 19111 pt 1.11 Roda. tare received a letter of the 17th from-Lientetiant-Gentral law', who had marched lions A:icante; and was at. 11,,tit torte. Cni c . ral Roche %vas at Alcoy, front whence Suchet bad r( tirLd to St. Fe. litme; and it was stippoi'ed he was about to cross the Xot_ar. Central O'Donnell was on the same day at Yecla, in Murcia. 'f be en. my's troops fruit. Arallatiulid drove in n - ntr-Geacral Anson's pipicts at turleln, on the fah. The 5,144-(ieneral howeve r maintubis them on the left of the ptioto. The enemy has mired a body of troops front the neighbourhood of coasiimu of alsoat six thorisisial infantry mid twvls e 116u dred cavalry, tinder General Fey, which r im the 17th, carried oil' use garrison of Toro. Iltry weie joined by a body - of infantry of the same strength, which had likewise maret•ed front the Preto rga on the Rio the W hole were, on the Toth, als. at two fealties distant from Elite.l vente, the Galhcian troop's, nitli the exception of the cavalry, will remained at Betievente, ha‘ing mulched towards Astorot. They left the garr.son of Z maga still blockaded by the Condo d'Aniardite ; but I hive rearm) to believe that they will relieve that guirison on their return front their expedit.ini towaids Asti tea. By to em: from C diz of the Mt. I learn that General Cruz had returned to that putt with the detaeoment whit h bad Iva:. sent to the eastwaid for the le lief of General Ilallas:eros. Ai.i.ther expedition had immediately been filed out TY•rbe troop. had landed Huelva on the 14.11 atiii . ls;llinsttnt, Ind the enemy evacu .ted and di sin%) ed the castle of Nitbltt on the IVIII. _ Vallltidolitl, Sept, 7. 1812. 1 quitted Madrid on the Ist inst. in order to direct the noweinents of the troops crdered to he collected at Arevalo, as rt porttd in my dis patch ot' the SOili A neust. We moved from Atevulo on the 4th, and passed the Do.iro on the tith, et the f. rds of lietrora and El Atrojo, APer Urn. Foy hue flood ti et the gairison of Asterga had swell de.cd, by eupi;alatitni, he returned to t 1 e Esla, and matched upon tat % ajali s, Hit)h a view to stop ise End cut oft the Polio-nese toilia, whit h fold been employed under Lient.-Gen the Conde D'Atuaraive, in the hlockiidc ZatThrra. The Lieutenant-Q(11 1A !waterer, made good Lis reircni, without loss, to the frontiers of Portugal ; and tien. Foy off the garrison of Zamora on the 19th of August, .and mulched foi Tordesiflus. 1 cannot nvoid to draw your Lordsliin's attention to the conduct of the Conde D'Ainarante, and of the toil Oa under his riimmaild, in these operations. The zeal of the mili is of the piovince of Tras 10-- Moors in v i Warily sewing beyond the frontiers of the kingdom, de serves tht The whole remains of the army of Portugal has ink been thus col lerted between this place and Tordesillas, we found their advanced ;zunrd yesterday strongly p6sted on the heights of La Cistermgo ; and i know that there ss as a considerable body of troops in and ut , out this tOWII. As it was . late in the day before our troops had crossed the Dniee, m we did nut ove forward till this morning. The el.einy wired (row Ci,,terniga ; sod they abandoned the town un our approach iu the morning, and crie.sed the I isuerca, and blew up the bridge. They were closely named by the lion. Lieut.-GI. Fretteliek Ponsonby with it detachment ot the Itth light dr.igoons .through the town; hut mime time having elapsed before the infante y could come up, the enemy could not be prevented Input destroying the badge. They then retired lig the right ot the Pisurga to Menai, when their rear will probably halt this night. . Si ..---• wag rot ti to 11 takt rite of t ~i~•~ ~.~~ ir fro tilt IL ]r ti.t U. 1 I