The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-04 00:00:00

Tii NATIONAL REGISTER.. 4 1 ' ; i LaN .00,V G IZET FE EXIRAORDINARY. SATURDAY . , ..1',.7%1r 3, Ibl3. WA R DEP A R'rlll ENT. DOWN; 6-STREET, JULY 3 ) 1813. Th , patehes, of which the following are copies, have been this day leceived by Ear: :atintrst, from the Marquis of ‘Vellington, dated s a tvatierra, June t 2>, 1[11, 7 ., and Trienyeen, June My Loau,--The et.ent‘'s aunty, commanded by J oAepir p.m., having Marshal Jonrdau as the I%.lajor General of the army, took up a position, on the night of the l9th instant, in front of Vit tolia, the lett of whielt rested upon the heights vvltich end at Puebla tie Arlanzon, and extended from thence across the valley of Zadora , in front of the village of Arunez. They occupied with the. right ut the centre a height which commanded the valley of Zadora, and the right of their army was stationed near Vittoria, and was destined to defend the passages of the river Zadora, in the neighbourhood of that city. Tlacj had a reserve, in rear of their left, at the village of tionterba. 'file nature of the country through which the army had passed since it herd reached the Ebro, •11;n1 nece , _sarily extended our co lumns, and we halted on the ‘2,inh in ()Orr to close them up, and moved the 114 t to iNlargina, where it was nu,st likely it would lie werssary I reconnoinlll the unemy's position On that day, with :a view to the attack to be made on the following morning, if they should still remain in it. _ _ We accordingly att ac ed the enemy yesterday, and I am happy to ittfiirro yam - Lordship. that the allied at my, tinder my command, gained a complete vic:ory ; chive') them from all their posi tions, having taken limn them floe hinult ed innd fifty'-one pieces of caution, four hundred ::ltd fifteen waggons of ammunition, all their hauga.:E. rov cattle, treasure, &c. and a coniderable number cfprisuiwrs. The operations of the day commenced by Lieutenant-General Sir Rowland Milt obtaining possession of the hi ights of La Puebla, on ultieb the enemy's left rvsted, vvhich heights they had not occupied iiu t:reat stvength. lie detached on this service one brigade of the Spanish division ender General ; the other brigade being employed in keep- Tibe rommnnivition betiveen his main body on the high road from ?i.lirandA to Vittoria, and the troops detached to the heights. The entni” , however, soon discovered the impottance of the heights, and reinfort-ed their troops to such an extent, as that Lient.-Ge neva! Sir Rowland Hill was obliged to detach, first, the 7 Ist regi ment, and the light infantry battalion of Major-Ceneral• brigade, under the commoml of the Hon. Lient.-Colonel Cadogan, and successively other troops, to the same point, and the Allies rot D uly gained, but maintained possession of these important heights khroughout their operations, notwithstanding all the efforts of the enemy to retake them. T;:e conteA hero', however, was very severe, Zia the loss ste.tained con,iderable. General Murillo was woimded, but remained in the field ; and I am concerned to have to report, thst the Hon. Lient.-Colonel Cadogan has died of a wound which 1w received. la him his Majesty has lost an officer of great zeal .and tried gallantry, who Lad already acquired the respect and regard of - the whole profession, and of whom it might be expected, that if lift had lived to would have icitderLd the most important services, to his country. _ _ Under cover of the possession of these heights, Sir Rowland succvssive!y passtd the Zadora at La Pcubla nud the defile formed lay the heights and the river .1:ulora, and attacked and gained possession of the ‘illage crf Sahkiuna de Alava, in front of the enemy's line, which the enemy made repeated attempts to te!!ain. The difEvutt nature of the country prevented the communication between our different colonies moving to the attack from their otatiflns cm the river Bayas at as early an tionv as I expected, so.t it was late before I knew that the column composed of the JO ,TUT,Y 4. and 7th divisions, under the command of the Earl of Dalhousie, lead arrived at the station appointed tin them. The fourth and light divisions, however, passed the Zadora itn teediattly after Sir Rowland Hill had posataaion of Saakiana de Alava,. the former at the bridge of Nauclaus, and the latter at the bridge of Tres Puente's,. aid almost as soon as these had crossed, the column under the Earl of Dalhousie arrived at Memlonza, and the id divisioe, under Lieutenant-Gent rah Sir Thomas Picton, crossed at the bridge higher up, followed by the 7th divisiort, wider the Earl of iiahousie. These four divisions, forming the ceutre of the army, were des tined to attack the heights on whiCh the right of the enemy's centre was placed, while Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill sletaild move lomat(' from Sabijamt de Alva to attack the left. The ceemy, however, having weakened his line to stiengthen his detachment in the hills, abandoned his position in the valley as soon as he saw our disposition to attack it, and commenced lus retreat in good order towards Vittoria. Our troops continued to advance in admirable orler, notwith- F standing the difficulty of the ground. In the mean time, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham, who commanded the left of the aimy, consisting of the. Ist and atli di - . i slows and Generals Pack's and Biadford's brigades of infantry, and* Generals hock's and Anson's brigades of cavalry, anti who had been mole(' on t'a. .Oth to Mareina, moved forward from thence on Vit toria, by the high road from that town to Bilboa. lie had besides w ith him the Spanish divisiou under Colonel Longa, and General Giron, who had been detached to the left under a ditkreer view of ' the state of -dnirs and had afterwards been recalled, and had ar • t 4 • , rived on the '2oth at Orduna, marched that morning from thence, so as to be in the field in readiness to suppoit Lieutenant-Cie:versa Sit T. Graham, if his support hael been required. The enelby had a division of infantry and some cavalry advareed o n the great amid from Vittoria to Bilboa, testing their light en some strong s a a g lire revering the village of Gamarra Major. Both Gamarra and Abechtsea , were strongly occupied as fetes-de-pent to the bridees over the Zati:Ja at these places. Beigadier-Geeeval 1 Pack, wish his Portneta se in;,zade, aril Col. Longa, w ish the Spa ! Dish division, were directed to tun,' and gain the lief:gilts, support( 3 by Major-General Anson's brigade of light dr a goons, and time atle division of infantry, under the command of Major-General Oswald, who war desired to take the censmand of all !Lase traeps. 1 Lient.•Citaseral Sir T. Graham e quirts, that in the execution of this service, the Pertnetie..e and Spanish troops behaved admirably. The 4-111 and eth Caeadores partieelaily distiuguished themselves. Colonel Longa being on the heft, took eossession of Gamarra Milan. As soon as the heights were in our possession, the village of Ga. 1 mama Maior was most gallantly stormed and carried by hi leather- Generai Robiesoies brigade of the ath division, which advanced in ! coleinins of battalions, under a very heavy tire of artitiery and HMS.- (poly, without firing a shot, assisted by two guns of Major Law. sow's hrigade of artillery. The enemy suffered severely, and lost 1 three pieces of cannon. The Lient.-Genei al then proceeded to attack the village of Abe -1 cline°, with the Ist division, by forming a strong bane vy against ' l it, consisting of Captain Dubourdieo's brigade and Captain Ram say's troop of horse artillery, and, under cover of this fire, Colunet Halkett's brigade advanced to the attack of the village, which wale , carried, the lielst battalion haviug charged and taken three tams and 1 a howitzer on tl:c bridge: this attack was supperted by General Bradford's brigade of Portuguese infantry. During the operation at Abechneo, the enemy made the greatest of to repossess themselves of the village at Ga Maior, i .' which were gallantly repulsed by time troops of time :Ali division, 1 under the command of Major-General Oswald. The enemy had, however, on the heights on the left of time Zadora, two divisions of 1 infantry in reserve, and it was impossible to cross by the bridges ' till the troops which had moved upon the enemy's center and left 1 had driven them through Vittoria. The whole then - co-operated in the pursuit, which was continued by all till after it was dark. ! The movement of the troops under Lient.-General Sir Thomas , I Graham, and their possession of Gamarra amid A heelawo, intercepted the enemy's retreat by the high road to France. They were then obliged to turn to the road towards Pamplona; but they were un able to hold any position tin a sufficient length of time to aPow their baggage and artillery to be drawn oft. 'flue sv hole, therefore, of ilea latter which had not already been taken by the troops in their at tacksuccessive of the successive positions, taken up by ilsc enemy in their re• treat from their first position on A runez and en the Zadora, and all ; their ammunition and baggage, and every thing they had ware taken 1 1 I I 1 1 ~„~"