The National Register. — London, England, 1813-07-25 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. - .. 470 has marched by . Alio towards !..:.:sga, to turn his left ;. while Lient.-. General Minclizabel was requested to dispatch some battalions tom A'peytia to turn his right, appuycd on a high mountain, with an inaccessible ravine in trout. , The enemy was driven from the summit of an important hill, lying between the Ilampelmia and Vittoria roads, by a very skilful at- MI of Lient.-Colonel Williams, with two companies of the erena diers of the Ist regiment, and threc_of the 4th Cacadores, belong ing to General Pack's brigade. The conduct of Lieutenant Queiros and of Ensign Vasconcelles, of the 4th Cacadores, was distinguished on this occasion. The latter efficer lest an eye by a musket-shot. This hill was immediately occupied by Major-General I;radford':: brigade, supported by the three line battalions of the King's Ger man LLtioti. 'the rest of the day was chiefly spent in skirmishing wi~ie the ctietny's tirailicore, to give time fur the Spanish corps ar riving ai their destination. A general attack began between six and Seven in the eveeing. Two guns of Captain Ramsay's troop, and two Mite-pounders of Cap tain Dithourdico's, under au escort of Captain Childet'sAroop of /Mb light dragoons, awl of the advance of Colonel Ilalkett's light battalions, were brought rapidly forward on the Chausste, and fired with effect against several formed bodies of the enemy in the plain re •r the town ; white the column. consisting of German light bat• talion, the brigene of guards, and a SpattiMa division of General coetioned to advance by the ChanN.4c. Two Siuoti.ll leatabous, and "ne Vortugui-s . e,•forming a separate on the passed quirkly on the left of the town General Tira. l .l.a,l noel the line battalions of the Gf•imans driving in the enemy on iltt it front, by the l'ampelmia road, and (7olonel /./a.;_a from the side of the mountains still more on the right, tern leg .:nd forcing, front ve.iy strong positions, all the posted bodies of the filmy ore the right Of the town. Still the • enemy held pos.session of the town, which was much More rapable of defence than had been represented. Vi-toria gate was harricadoed, and also the Pampeluna gate on t.te - bridge ; and both were flanked by convents and othei Lurie hail rings occopied 1w the enemy, and the town was nowhere open. A nine-peender was thoutore brought up under cover of tin fire of the light battalion, close to the gate, wl.ich was thus burst Open. It was now dark, and it was impossible to distinguish the troops of the different nations engaged, which gave the enemy, now flying from every point, an opportunity of escaping with much less loss than he must have snfiered, had we had daylight. The conduct of all the troops cocci:rued in this attack was highly creditable ; that of the line tiattalions on the Pampeinna road, and of the light battalions at the Vittoria gate, was such as was to be gepeeted front these distinguished corps ; and the column of the left did equal homier to the Spanish and Portuguese arms. Colonel Lorga's corps, after a repetition of long and severe marches, undertook and executed, with the greatest spirit, the fatigning duty of thi. , day, and behaved in the most gallant manner. The battalions sent from Arpeytou by Licht.-General Mentlizabel repulsed, with great steadiness, an attack of the enemy, and after svard:4,putsued him down from the mountains, taking a good many prisoners. .• - I have not got the return, but I believe about two hundred pri soners were taken by the two Spanish corps, and many wounded men were left litre. The enemy's loss in killed, too, must have been considerable., This place has, besides the defences at the gates, new towers • to flank the exterior wail, and a strong wood block-boos^ in the square, which skews the important c the enemy attached to its oc, cupation. It Nvould be unjust to the troops employed in this assault, not to mention their exemplary conduct when in possession ; there was no exces4 coninvted. The German Legien and Colon. I Luna's. corps pds4erl on, and tamed immediately beyond the town. • . I have the honour to euelose a return of the killed and wounded /If the ISt itiM and P.4rtuguese in these two which, considering the nature of the tetvieep could uut have been expected to be less than cousidei able. - Toe Spaniards :04 several officers hilled and wounded yesterday, but I have not any return of them. I have the honour to be, &e. T. GRAI - lAM, Lieut.-Gen. (Signed) Ihe.Martris ot ‘Yellivgton ) &c. ;tern.* of the killed, !Vot!nded, and Missing of the AIILd Army ?enact the Command of teratney General the llarques of Wcailigrrn, C. in actin!, with the enemy on the 216 and 25th June, Itil3. Al 11:L11'1:m-21 rank and ;ilek ied; 1 thiti•)r, 5 c3ptains, 2 lie p. , JULY 25. tenant-, 4 serjeants, 4 drummers, 120 rank and file wounded ; - 1 rank and file missing. • Total PonTuonEsE.l lieutenant, 1 ensign, 3 serjeants, 33 rank and file killed; 1 lieutenant-colonel, 3 captains, 1 lieutenant, 7 ensigns, 8 serjennts, 2 drummers, 152 rank awl file, wounded ; 1 ensign, 43 rank =lnd fl'e, missing. GRAND TOTAL-1 lieutenant, 1 ensign, • rerjeants, 54 rank and file killed ; 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 nuljor, 8 uptains, 9 lieutenants, 7 en signs, 12 serjeants, 6 drummers) 272 tank and fil.e, - wounded ; 1 ensign, 41 rank and file, missing. Names of O f ficers Killed, Wounded, and :Missing. 24Th Juno, 181:.-1st Light Batt. King's German Lecion I.icutenant Wahrendortr, slightly ; Lieutenant Wolrabe, severely.--11 Ditto, Major 11. Pi ince iteus , , severely ; .I.ieutemint Kessler ,slightly. 25th June, 1813,-Ist Line Batt, King's Gelman Legion, Lient. Boyd, sliglitly.--;!d Ditty., Cain Langrclir and BelliC1118!1, and Lieu!. Ilolle, severely Ditto, Capt. Bacweister, severely.-I , t Light I', itt.F:;:ig*, German Legion, Cept. Cropp, severelyjsince de , d), Capt. netkeit, oiightly Lieut. Fiucke, severely ; Lieut. Heise, slightly ; Ileugt:l, severely (arm amputated). - PartrigueSe 0 (livers killed. 25th 3 ine, 180.-241 h Iteg. Line—Lieut. Jona Baptista Reims()) Ensign Luis Jeronimo. • Porti,,zuese Offirers wouuded. ! 24th Tiinc.-13th 11-a. Line—r,ptain Benjamin Jones, severe y. June.--13th I ine --Lieut.-till. Don Joaquin) de Camera, severely; Ensign Mega Ignacio de Souza, sliglillv.--2-1t1) Ileg. Line— CApt. Antonio Xavier de Bodin, slight!) ; Luis de Azeredo, se 'vere/y ; En: gn Jose 111 aria, sex?) rtiv ; Faisiv s ti Jeo Baptista, slightly; Ensigns Joaquin) Uercnl,ano and Jose Manoel, slightly.-4th Caca &ire—Ensigns and severely.-sth Cacadores— Capt. Dun Fuincisco Da Sy Iva, severely. Portugutse Officer ;ri:;sing. ilth Reg. Jose Pais. [Here followN the dispatch of the Count tic Abisba!, dated St. Marta de Cabo, July 1, giving an account of his operations a gaimt the ti g tcesu . LI of Paneorho, and its surrender on that morning, by which the gorri4ow I were made pi ;sinters of war. o:licers to retain their swords, louses, land baggage; the serjeants zuid soldiers their effects ] Extract cf a Letter from the itlerquiss of Wellington, dated Ostia, ' . .taly 3, 1813. I have repirted in my di-patch of this day, that Lieut.-General Sir John Murriiv had raised the siege of Tarragona, and had eosharked, leaving behind hin a portion his artillery. Oa this transactom ldo not leel myself sufficiently informed to be able to write more. 1 en close copies of the letters which I have received relating to Tarragona. Camp before Tarragona, Jour 9, 1813. MY Lortn—ln my letter of Al.:y the 28th, I had the honour to in form your Lordship, that, in obedience to your Lordship's instructions, the British army was 'hen embarking. On the 31st we sailed, and an. chorea to the eastward of Salon Point, on the evening of the 'lid instant ; on the ;id the army disembarked, and I invested Tarragtaia. Previous to coming to an anchor, I detached Lienten'ant-Coloncl Prevost's brigade, under convoy of the Brune, to attack the Fort of Sr. Philippe; and, in the night, General C-pons, at my request, detached a brigade ot - infantry to co-operate. The brigade of Colonel Prevost consists of the .211, ti7th, nod the battalion of KAI Dillon, and to these was subsequently joined the brigade of Spanish troops commanded by Colonel Lauder. The Fort has been taken, and I have the honour to e , •close Colonel rrevos't's report to tae, with the returns which lie has sent, • 1 nis capture, in the present situ2tion of our affairs, is of great im portance, as it blocks up the nearest and most accessible road from Turtosa to Tarra i ,ona. Admiral Hallowell, with that alacrity and zeal for width he is so much distinguished, sei.t Capt. Adato, in the Invincible, to conduct the naval part t I the expedition, and athlud the Thames, Capt. Peyton, Volcano, ('apt. carol, Stronibelo, CaTit. Stoddart, Brune, Capt. Badcock. j Colonel Prevost spt higtily of the exertions of these officers, and their men, and I know how vatt.:ltile anci important their services were found to be. The troops of both nations bore their fatigue and performed their duty with the greatest alacrity and spirit, and deserve every coo-moi ldatior. The Lit:al.-Colo n el has, in a former di-pateh, particularly tobticed the gallantry and poi! conduct: of Ensian Nelsoni. of the 67th, and Lwign John Dt3inot, ui !toll Dillon 's battalion. I have the honour to be, &e. (Signed) J. munickY., Lieut.-Gen. His Excellency 11I3rquiss lit Wellington, &c. 1 P. 8. I have omitted to say, that Captain eurrol's services were par ticularly me:itoriousl and Lieut. Wiwi, of the Invincibk ) who CLAW" K.t Wutl T