The National Register. — London, England, 1814-05-15 00:00:00

TTTE NATTONA T 4 PEGISTPII. sdf and the French General, whose object ;mai to gain time, in the hope tbat some arrangement elsewhere mi - i,est oveit neressi!y nti hi s mirre T ol.cr ; Wit us wouid not listen to his prolo.sitions, it 1%44 at last a , reed that Commissioners siiosild he appointol au either by whom the inclosed convention was finale, and the Fret::lt gars icon will march out to-morrow morning. It is now three years since Lient.-Gen. MaerAllalle has nctrd 44 my second in connoand ; and upon this, as upon -all o , ..c.asions, I ant most thankful for his cordial and honourable co-operation and as sistatiCe. 'la Major Gebtorai .Montretior I am ai:o itt , rl;.!ttvd : ail 11;e opt=ratimix entruited to leis churge s ere cot duet( d with great jfitig. nient at;(1 vigtotr. _ _ _ All the oftlects and troop ti of his M hare acted to my entire satisfetetinn. The troop+, under Brig.•GA:erM !nth, were equally with our own and dhpla3 el the 7-realest Lravery. The utmost reApeet and eoultlrnee mutually t!u evi:ii4. The Italian levy completely folrilled tw crpeetations I litd alw; ; i s formed of them. In the whole course of the service, the nary have borne a distin guishe'd part. To Capt. Sir Josias Rowley, who cow!tieted the naval part of the expeditions, I ;:are to expres4 my pat tiettl.tr aelinowledonems ; I hill etplally indebted for his advice, 83 for his hearty and most eo.oper ation. From the energy mid bravery of the I I:mmirabl( Captain I)unt:a., who was principally charged with tier direction ashore, who took an active part with his marines and guns in the military operation', the army derived the utmost assistance. I regret to stiy, that in this seri,ice, Lieut. Mapleton, First. of the Edinburgh, was wooinded. I beg to recommend hint, throi n yenr I.ordAip, to the favonrable consideration of the Lords of tho Admiralty. _ Captain Hamilton, of the . Rainbow, rendered essential service to the advanced corps of the ar my. I ll;A‘e the honour to enclose returns of the killed and wounded. There have been found iii Genoa, a very consideralsle aniniint naval and military stores, of which exact returns will be transmitted. 800 U iIS they can be prepared. I itave the hm , our to be, &c. IV C. BENTINCK, "Acta -Gen. [The Convention eonsists of eleven articles:, by %sine!' it is stipn. kited that the fortreFs Genna Adi 1:i! given up to the En lisle anti Sicilian troops, and every thing. beiongiag to the French Marine shall be gisun up to the British Navy.] 11:lorn of killed, wohnded, and toisAlig (4 . the Allied and. Fieitian Aunties before Genoa, between the 13th and 171 h Apt if, I'3 HI. Tot,l T.oss---1 ensiutt, 36 rink and file, killed; 1 in:i . jor, 3 cap. .tatt, 7 seekants. 1 rkumaker, 139 tank and tile. wounded. Names of Wirers I:ii:ed and womult d. killed, 1701 April.--11 Estero, En.ign Ricci. Wounderi, t3th Avril.-31st Rngiment, Capt. Stewart, severely; entice, sllt::.itiy.--17t:i April.—Cenera! Stall . , Brigade Alajor t evenly ; !Ist tivgitrlcht, Lieut. Sabine, bevcrely ; 801 Batt. German I.eri m, Lieut. at1:1 Adj.itant ; Reg. 3laj-,r Sourdean, Cadet .11;ura; 2d E3iero iteg. Lae. (Signed) TILOS. KEN 111, Major, Act. Dc Adj. Gen. [licrc follow 3 a list of ordnance, &c. taken at Gcnoa ] AAVIR AI,TV-OFFICF, M AY 11. A dispatch vrall this clay rereivul from Vice-Admiral Sir E. PO lew, Bart. addresAeti to Johii WO.soti Croker, Esq. of which the lot km% ing is :i_e4,py - His Maje4y's ship Caledonia, Genoa Mr r. April 14, 1814. SIR--I have great pleasure in announcing to their Lordships the sr;:•ender of this fortress last night by capitulation. I Lax' the hilvatir to enclose the terms. At the reque4 of Lord William Bentinck, I came hither with the ship% named in the margin*, leav log the remainder of the fleet to ..n;teit Toulon, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard and on my arrival on the morning of the 171 h, the . hatteries 11;1(1 just opened their fire, and were wannly engaged with those d been opened by the asktilatits. 1 have desired Sir Johias Rowley to make a report of that part of the service which devolved upon the naval force employed on this service, and beg to reconi * Caledonia ) I,39ine, Won ; Prince of Wales, and Pembroke. 318 LONDON GAZET'T'E EXTRAORDINARY. MONDAY, MAY 9, 1314. WAR DEPARTMITNT, DOWNING•STREET, MAY 8, Pl 4. ' Captain Milnet , , Ai le.& Gimp to Liclitunant-t-Llier , .l Lord Wil liam Bentioo, K. B. has arrived at this (Mice, bri;;Ailig a diTateh, addressed by his Lordship to Earl 13athoist, of which Cie laiioriitit' its a copy :-- April 11114. My herd—Mv dispatch of the 6!to illgtant will have in:ole suer 'Lordship acquainted with the oecnratity ,'Regis, «tat zit the !movement of the troop down to that peiiroi. •UpQn my arriv d at Leghorn, 1 karat that there vrere only two thousand !Len in Genoa. The pos.ie,tion of that harbour and tortre'' was of SItC:l very great iiportance, tall I de; , Trnined to 'nose on D$ rapidly as possibly, and to Hie advantage o! its defent'ekss state : rot succeeding I had.a gale retreat iition from whence :night ielvavee the inf..ntry towards the I'n. Upon my an ival at Sestii, I tOnn:l ti:t the enmity had beerire intorced at Gcnua. The garrison con:ltted of between 5 and 6000 men. The roads in the mountains being very bad, and the means of transport as well by land as by sea, being limited, I was not able to cunccntrate the army till the 141.11. On the the enemy was dislodged from the strong country near Sestii. On the 12th, Major-General Mont resor's division drove the em my from Mount Fascia and Nerve, and on thel3th hituself in the advanced position . of Stitch. The country was extremely Mountainous difficult . , and the troops met with considerable op position. On the 16th, dispositions were made for attackin4 the enemy, who had taken a very strop!: position in froi:t of Genoa ; his left upon tk-e Fiats Richelieu and 'feria, his centre occupying the vil lage of St. Martino, and from thence extending to the sea, threaten a,cnuntry the m 0 ,4 impa , sable 'I ever saw, thickly covered with country houses, only coma:Meath% with each other by narrow Junes between high walls. 011 the 17th, at day-hunk, tie attack be-4nn. The 3.1 flialis, Lient.-Colonel Ceravi , mste, attacked with great apis it a beight in front of Fort drove ;may the enemy, and 1 o!s three mountain guns A p rt of the 3d Italians moved up the hill towards Fort Riche 'lien Lie;it -Colonel 'lt avers, t!c-cencling from Mount Fascia with tir• tot l'i**l' and Greeks, got pos: , cssion of the highest part of the hill ahove the fort, aod some of his men pusiod forward actnally tinder the wal, milen the gariisom, afraid of being taken try escalade, Fui t 'l4 eln w 0.4 baktily evacuated, and the greater part of the enriny's f e P indite prkoners. The tun , te pos , essiourd these styortz forts, tor : ethgr Ivith Ott cuihplcte:y exposed the enemy's Jell, which in eon:it:queue( reired. att..ckx upcii the enrms's were made in three eolnoms by 111.. j, r-Gt ;Viori!re,or':. supporte.l Ly that of (4-•,e1 . 1 Ni3efin hole. The Wino inlvanct.ei with to eat vigour, atu e!thnugli the inter , eeted .tats' I.f t.e countly enabied the enetny to hi - nn , ei..for a ec:n•iderahle period, his left being tilllW4l, Ile ‘l . t - 0; , 11gln(t nt liisi to retire preripitAtelv into the to%tn. 'll.r lin t•C''S hilitY i f 11 ;aLi;!g ns , .• irf artii!nry, axd the cover evt..ry m.:;, 111nrtit d 't.Po'it to the attack( rs and .lefetn:en , g, prevented any seriow 1c t i un ei:ner • At noon, the army, under cover of the hoitges, took a posi!ion wittii.. Lam) s arils of the harrowe::t a:al most assailahlo Irina of the f,wi,, from whence 4k ry bottom of the wall wai &covered, and the ticf, ores could be easily (letroved. Prepratious Svere inm.e.!iately and with great activity made by Lieut.-Col Lemoinc, etio.iimucling the artilltty, nod Captain Tylden, the principal enginter officer, for the construction of the lie( essary batteries ; and it was hoped that an mink might hive been gibe') cm the folowing day. Oa the same day Sir Edward I'etlew's squadron came in 14;10, and al:choted ii. frout of Nerig. In the evening it d , pittation of the inhabitants, accompanied by a French officer, eante to beg that I would not bombard the town ; they urged me to agree to a suspension of arms for a few tigy% ; ( h ir ing %% Inch, tram the are:lints fuom France, it n mild appear, titat peace artist be wade. I lIIVANIVred, that tiie:ie were ar,:usuents. to Ilse to the French commandant, but not to me. It was to; the French General to abandon a town he could not defend, and for toe to push an advantage which toputie had put within my reach. The next morning ieveral counnuuicatiose passed between my. MAY 15.