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THE LO N DON CI A Z ETT asiTll OT t 7 .)T7t.;i AMY. . SUNDAY AUG:7 T . 16, 1812. Wit E t:At'_NTT Downing-street, Aujwst 16,1812. Lord Clinton, Aid-:lt,-Lampto the Earl of Wellington, arrived this ; Inv-ming at-the Department with dispatelas, addressed by Lis Lordship, to Lail - tathorst, da - ted the 21st, 21th, aid 21th ultirnO, of . I.vhich the following are ex tracts : - Cabrerizos, near. Salamanca, July 21st, 1012. • In the course of the 15tii and 16th, the enemy =bred all their troops to the riot of - their position 'on the Douro, and .the 4 - army 'was Concentrated between Toro and San-Ron an: • - z.A.eopsiderahl6 body passed. the:Douro at Toro. 'on the evening of the ltith, and I . moved the allied -army to their left on.that :night, with an Wen :- tion - lo•coneentrate'on the . Gnareria... It was totally out of my power to prevent the , ertemy from -passing the Douro 'at .any poi at :at which he Might think -it expedient, as he bad in bis.posSession•all the bridges over ti n t river, and ,• many of the fords; but he recrossed that river at Toro, in the night of the - 16th, moved his whole . army to Tordesillas, where he again crossed the . Douro on the morning of the 17th ; and assem -bled his army on that day at La Nava del ;Rey, . having-marched, not less than ten 'leagues in the - course of the 17th. • , - - : The 4th and light . divisions of infantry, and Major-:General Anson's brigades of cavalry, had - marched to Castrejon on the night of the 16th, with a view to the assembly of the army on the Guatena, and were at Castrejon under the orders of Lieutenant-General 'Sir Stapleton Cotton, on -the 14h, - not hiving been ordered tO proceed fur . tber, in consequence- of my knowledge that the • - e'iemy had not passed the Douro at Toro ; and . them; ivas not to - call- them in between, the hour at which I received the intelligence of the •whole of the enemy's army being at La Nava, at dayll flit of The morning of the 18th. - I•th*re. /lye took measures to provide,for their retreat and ' by Moving the 3th division to Tordesillas dela Orden, and Major-General Le Marcbant's, 'l.l , lajor-General Alten's, and Major-General;OCl4CS brigades, of cavalry to Alaejos . enemy attacked the troops at Castrejon, at the dawn of day of the 18th, and Sir Stapleton Cottdn maintained the poscwithout suffering any 10ss, till the cavalry had joined him. Nearly about - the same time the enemy turned by Alaejos the left tank of our position at Castrejon. The troops retired in adMirable order to Tarde - Alias de la Orden, having the enemy's Whole army. on their flank or in their rear;. and thence to. the *Guarena, which river they, passed under the same, C . irciunstances, and effected their junction with. the army. The Guarena, which runs into the Douro, is formed by fOur, streams,. which unite . about a hg.ie below Canizal, and, the enemy took a :troig position on the heights on the right of that • ri •-cr,. and I..placed. - the sth, 4th, and light divi sions, On the opposite heights, and had directed the remainder of the army to cross the Upper .;ilarena at Valiesa, in consequence at the ap pearance of the, enemy's intention to turn our right. Shortly after his arrival, however, the enemy crossed the Gharenu at Carteillo, below the junc tion of the streams, and manifested an intention to . press, upon our left, and to enter the valley of Ca niznl. brigade of cavalry, st?ported by the 3d dragoons, were greatly en 7 g the enemy's cavalry,' and. had taken,: amohg other oisimen, theSreach fief ; and I desired the Honoiirahle Lieutenant- General Cole tO attack, with Major-General Wil liam Anon's andßrigadier--Oeneralflarvey'sbri gades of infantry (the latter under the command of Colonel Stubbs), the enemy's infantry which *were supporting their :cavalry. He immediately attacked and defeated themwith the 27th and Ji(ith regiMents ' '`which advanced to the charge with bayonets, Colonel . Stubbs' •Portuguese bri gade supporting, and the enemy gave way ;_. , litany were 'killed and Wounded ; and Major-general 'Alien's brigade of cavalry having . ' pursued the figitives, two hundred and forty prisoners were taken. . ‘. In tiiese affairs Lientent-General the ricsm. G. 14. Cole, Major-Genetal'V.'Altens, Major-Ge neral Anson, Lieutenant-Coioncl Arent vehildt..of the Ist hussars, and Hervey, of the 14th iight dragoons, Lieutenant-Colonel Mae lel,n of the 27th,andMajor-Arelicill df the 40th, Lieutenant-COlonel Anderson, commanding the Ith, and Major - de Azeredo, Comm :luting the 23d Portuguese regiment, distinguished iaem sel.:es. _ _ enemy did not nia.ke• any_ further attempt ein ou I .t!ft. j but having reinfor,ced their troops on side, and withdrawn those which had moved' t) their left, I brought back 'ours. from Valles?... On the lOth in the afternoon the enemy with drew all, the troops from their right, and marched L , )_,ti - ,eir left 'by Tarragona, apparently with an in echttori of turning our right. I crossed the Upper dare . na 4t Vallesa and El Olino with the whole of the allied army in the course of that:evening and •aioat 3 - . and: every preparation was rn.o.le for a4ion,-'which was'. expected oh the plain of Vallesa on the morning of the 20th. gut shoc•tly after day,-li,:ht'the enemy made an • cf.her ' . moveinent in several, cOlumns to his left, along the heights of the 96irena,"which river he crosse:Ubelow:Canta la. Pleera, and encamped:last night at Babilaluente and Vilraincla . and the al lied army made a cOrrespondent movement to its i'ght by Can talpino; aid, 'encamped :last . night at (.2,1110a 'Vellosa . , the 6th division, andMajor-Ge nrzl,,Mteafs brigade of cavalry being upon the Tornies at Aldea Lengna. baring these MONTracrits there have been occa sional' n canonades., but without hiss, on our side. haysethis Morning . moved the left of the army to the Tonnes, where thewhole arc now coneen tratesl ; and I obserfe that the enemy have also , Moved towards the same river, near Therta. The enemy's okject . ..hitherto, has been, to cut off my communication withBalamauca and,Ciudad Rodrigo. The enemy abandoned and' destroyed the. fort Df Mirabete, on the Tagus- on the 11th instant, and the garrison niarchea ko ISTaclria, to forty r-trt of the army of the centre. - They were Li five days provisions:. Linclosc 11 return of the killed and on the 18th instant. • lions de A$;11 - 154, , 1512.. . . . 71(iy Aide-de-Camp, Captain Lord ill present to .your Lordship the account of avlctorY which the alliedtroops under my cothmand gained. in a general action` fought real; t `..:alanianea on .the evening of the 22d inst. which' I hive been undkn' the necessity of delaying tb Send titt no\k, having been . engaged ever since the action in the parstilt of the enemy's flying troops. .• . . In my letter of the 21st I informcri your Lord ship that both ::reties were near - the 'Formes ; and the city crossed that river With th greF. test pait of his troops the afternoon .by i. &. fords be tween Alba de Tonnes and Mena, and moved . by their lift tOward; . the rbads leading to Ciudad Rodrigo. The allied arnW,, with the• excepti?fl 'of, the 3d diVision and General D'Orhan's cp.vahy, likoWse crossed the TOrnie4 in the evening bythe - bridge, of Salathanca, and the fordi - thenziktibourhood ; and I placed the troops in .4 . position.of wllich the right was nport one of the two heights called Dos Arapiles, and the-left on the Tonnes belovv the ford of Santa Martha. . The 3d di,vision and Brigadier-General D'Ur ban's cavalry Were left . at Cabrerizas; tf174 . 0 right of the Tornies, as the enemy had stilLaf.lrge...cOrps on the heights above Babilafuente, on the sq - me side of the river, and I considered it 11:;i: probable, that, finding our army prerred for., them„in the morning, on the left of the .1 ormes, th4 . would alter their plan, anti manceuVre by the Other bank. _ In the course of the night of the 21st 1 received intelligence, of the truth of which I could not doubt, that General Chauvet had arrived at Pollos onthe,2oth, with the cavalry and horse artillery of the army of the north, to join 'Marshal Marinont; and I was quite certain that these troops Wbuld join him on the 22d or 23d at the latest. During the night of the 21st the, enemy had taken possession of the village of Calvarasa de Ariba, and of the height near it cal i 1 Nuestra . Senora de ia.-Pena, our cavalry being ioossession of Calvarosa de Ithaxo ; and shortly after daylight detachments from both armies attempted: toobtain possession of the . more distant from our right . of the two hills Called Dos Arapiles. The enemy however 'succeeded, their detach ment being the strongest, and having been con ceeled in the woods nearer the hill than we were, by which success they strengthened materially their own position, and had in their power in creased means of annoying ours. In the morning, thedight troops of the itla di vision, and the 4th Cacadores, belonging to Gene. ! ral Pack's brigade, were engaged with the enemy on- the height called Nuestra - Senora de la Pena ; on which height they maintained themselves with the enemy throughout the day. The possession, by the enemy, however, of the more distant of the Arapiles, rendered it necessary for me to ex tend the right of the army in ,Potence to the heights behind the village of Arapiles, anll to oc cupy that village with light infantry and here I •placed the 4th division, under the command of the Honourable Lieutenanteneral Cole ; and al though, from the variety of the enemy's move-- Inents', it was difficult to form a satisfactory judg ment ofhis -intentions, I considered that, upon . the Whole, his objects were upon the left of the Tormes. I therefore ordered the Honourable .Iklajor-General Pakenhain, who commanded the 3d'diviSion, in the absence of Lieutenant-Gene ral Picton, on account of ill health, to move • across the Tormes with the troops under his corn.: including Brigadier-General D'Urban's cavalry, and to place himself behind Aldea' Tejada, Brigadier:-General . Bradford's brigade of Portu guese infantry and Don Carlos D'Espana's in fantry; having b een moved up likewise to the neigh bourhood of Las Torres, between the 3d and 4th division:. • • .• After -a variety of evolutions' and movements, the the enemy appears.. - to.have determined upOti,his plan about two in the afternoon; and under cover of a very heavy catitionade,*hich however did us but very little &linage, be extended bis left,'and moved forward his troops, apparently with-<u?. tendon to embrace; by the position of his troops, and by his fire, our poSt .on that of the two Aripiles which we possessed, and . from thence to attack and break , our line ; or at all 'events.'' to render difficult any movement of ours our. right. The extension of his line to his left,however,.and its advance upon our right,_notwithstanding.tbat his troops stil occupied Very strong ground; and his position was well defended by cannon, gave me an opportunity of attacking him, for _which - I had long 'been anxious. :1 reinfofced our right with the sth division, under Lieuteilanti.General Leith, which I placed behind the village of Ara,- piles, on the light oL the . 4th division; and with the 6th and 7th divisions 'in reserve'; and as Soon as these troops had taken their stations;:l ordered the Hon. Major-General Packenh :to move for- Ward with fee - 3d division, 'and:General D'lliban's cavalry, and - two.sqnadrOns of the 14th light:dra goons, under Lieutenant-Colonel Hervey, 'in four coltimns, to torn the enemy left on the:heights; while Brigadier-General Bradford's -brigade, the. sth division, under Lieutenant--GeneralLeith, the 4th division, under the Hon. Eientenarit-General Cole; and the cavalry, under Lieutenant-Genera Sir Stapleton Cotton, should attack them in front, supported. in reserve 'by the 6th•diVision, under Major-General Clinton, the 7th division, under Major-General Hope, and 1)ou. Carlos D'Espana's Spanish division, and Brigadier-General Pack „should support-the left of the 4th division,. by at-: tacking that of the Dos Arapiles, which the enemy held. The Ist and light divisions occupied the ground on the left, and were in reserve. • The attack upon the enemy's left was made in - the manner above described, and completely suc ceeded. Major-General the Hon. Edward Paken ham formed the, 3d division across the enemy's -flank, and overthrew - every thing opposed to him. These troops were supported-in the most gallant style by the Portuguese davalry under Brigadier- General D'Urban,.and Lieutenant-ColongLiier vey's squadrons of the 14th, who succedifully de- frated , iery attempt made by the 'eiltirf •on tht flank of the 3d division. Bradford's brigade, One fitlr and 4th divisions, and theen. - s airy. under General.Si';• Stdpletori Cotton :4,f:tacked the. cutt - rn'y in front, and drove. his troop - hy10,•(... Gm one height - to . hnother, bringing forward thc4ll right, sous to "acquire st - ren:zth upon thd enenly's flank, in. proportion to the p_r;..:nee. Brige.dier- General Paek made a vet y galle.nt Srapiies, in which, liov, - eVer, !pot sac'ece‘l,. excepting in diverting the attenti.:in of titt• enc. mf'i; c'rpB4)la6-ed nvotrit,* froid the un,le7 the command of Lieutenant-General Ccde . , ill his advance. . . . ',Ge. cavalry under Stapleton -, Cottotr - maee • a •rnr,A. - diarge oguic.st a hoil,r fantry, .whiehiheY overthrew pieces., In this eharge-Mliior-:c1...r,eil ldlled tht head ftlad l in. , :ve retiree the loss . o( a most • After tbe crest of the h:elght was carried, one,, division of the inrmitrV -nlatfe g stand, against the ..let after a sevei.e contest, was obliged to give way in conseTtenee of'the'etteiny having throv.-n . trOop!; left of the 4t l i division, ufter,e . i.ailiLre of Bri gadier-aeneral l'ack!s upon the It piles, and the - Honourable Licutenant-G.:neral Cole havinv been NOititill:d Marshal Sir William Bcresfard, .Nao.happered to: he ein the „spot, directed- Ilrigadier-General Spry's brigade of the fifth division, which was in the .secoud lines, to change its front, and to„brin.g• it 3 fire onto the flank of the, enemy's eivis.lon i . and l . a.in sorry to add, that .whiie engagedin this service, h'e received a wound', whieli;l'hin - ;i'lipre.- hetisive, will deprive inc of the benefit of his, Courisel and a4sistance.: for . s:lnie . I%TiVarlys about the, same trine •Lieutenant,-Genernl,....t.eitfi received waand,.. svhic unfortunately obliged , him to quit the field. 1 ordered up the fith -- mider - 1111'1jOr-C4-entrat Clinton, to relieve thelth, and the battle . ivas soon. restoi , ed to ; i ts,. fornier Atitc:ces's ' - The ..enemv's riAt howev,er, r ei n fo r ced by the troops which had lied from his, left, audhy those which had now retired from the Arai:tiles, still continued to resist; and I ordered the Ist aid light division', and Colonel Stubbs' Portuguese brigade oftlie - which Was re-formed, and Major-Gen etal Anson's brigade, like wise of the - 4th cII 15Jou, to' turn the right, while ' the '6th division, suppohcd by the 3d and sth, ‘ attacked the front. It Was dark before this point lva4 carried by the 6th division, and the eneme.: , fled through the woods towards the Tonnes. I I pursued them with-thel4t-andlight-divisioni, and : - Major-Gencral Williarit Anson's brigade of the 4th division, ,and some squadrons' of & , :ir'Ntfy un der I . 4eut.-General Si; Sopirtnn Cotton, as long as we could find any of them together, 'directing our march upon llurta and the fords of the . Tormes, by which the enemy had passed on their advance ; but the darkness of the night was high-.• ly advantageous to the enemy, many of wildin escaped under its cover, who must otherwise have been in our I am sorry to-report, that owing to this same cause Lieutenant-iiencral Sir Stapleton _Cotton was u4ortunately'wounded b one of our own' sentries after lle-I;ad halted. We renevired the pursuit at. break .of day , iwthe morning with :the same troops, and Major-Ciene ral Sack's and Major,General Anion's brigades of cavalry, which joined during the night, andl:avin crossed -the 'formes - , we'eame tip) vi tlre enemy's rear-guard of cavidry andinfatitry; near I.;a na; they were irntnediately .by the ,two brigades of th4igoons ; : and the cav9.lry fled; le.a ing the infantrvto 'their fate.' .1 have never ncssed . .a more gallant ehargo..than,wr i s., the enemy's infantry of; the King's German tegion, imder Major . (7"-ien: . &iek, ~ s-as'emonletely s'ncee , Wul, and the bodyof infantry, .consisting. of three battalions. of the en,emy'sfipt h diyisipp„ were:pr4e . plisoners. The piir - snYt was a'fierwltra4 contiiiued ;..s fax as ; :an d our tioOps.are still lowktig..th,tk 41).;.t vg. epenw,, . Their, 'head,-quatters . were in this ton, not less than terkieagues from -he field or badte, fr;r ; 'few houn last night:- ' :and they arenotv 'c onsideri4rbly advanced on' thb - road towards Valladolid hy Arevalo. They were joined yesterday on their retreat.by the cavalry and ,ar tillery of the army of the North, which have arrived. at too late 'a period, it is to be hoped, to be of much use-to. them. It is impOssihle. to. form., a conjecture of‘the amount e.)f the enemy's loss in this action ; 'but : from all reports it is Very" Considerable. have . taken froai them eleven piece's of cannon several . ammunition waggons, tvi'oeagivs, and six colours;, and one General, three Colonels, three Liente-., rant-Colonels, . 130 officers : of inferior rank, and. between six , and •seven - thousand soldiers are pri-, soners and our detachments are sewling, iii more every moment. The number of dead-on the . field very hd.ge. . . 'am :informed that Marshal Marmont is 1,3•3‘.11y wounded, and has lost one of his arm ; i.( 4 . four geltral 'officers have been killed,' and 'several wwinded. Such an advantage &mid not have been ae- , quired Without.inateribl loss on our side; ' but it' certelnly has not been of a. magnitn.de to,distress the army-, or 1. - .9 crippte itsoperatiops.. • T 7 haye Insole in reporting to your Lord- ship, tli4t, througbont thip, trying- day, 'of" have 'related-the: events,_ I had every reason to be satisfied with the conduct . of tlxe .general ofvers. and troixi- The relation-whiali T have Wriften of its - events' will give a general...idea of the share which , each indi ideal ,had in then ; and I cannot say too much in pr,ise Of the conduct of everyindivicivai in hia'stlitiblit ' •- I am onaueli indebted to Mahhal Sir WiDiam Bt.resford for his fciendly counsel and a , sistanee„ both previous to, and during theaction, to Lieu lenant-Generais Sir Stapleton Cotton, Leith, and Cole, and Major-Generals Clinton, -and the Hon.. Edward Pakenham, for the manner in which. they *The official returns only account fa eleven pieces' ottan-: non,but it ig believed that twenty have fallen into our hands. t The prisoriers 'are suppofiedtoamotint to seven thousand; but it bas not been possible to ascertain their numbers exact ly, from the advance of tliC array immediately after the action was O - , - U. , - • thi! • divi4ions c•;‘..valriy and Infantry sneer their command- - resitectively ; to Major-General cotiminndiag, a. brigade in the 6th division; f l / 4 „7 - 1i,.- . .(;neral G. A.n,,on, connuanding a brigaci-(, , Colonel 'llinde; Colonel the Hon ''. In. ron?Onby, comnt•audins Major-General' 1.2t -7.l,lliart trigacle, 'after fall Of that officer; . ..',lajor-Gene.ral \V ii A.ngm, commanding I . , bri„-Lc.f..; in tile. dth ; :Major-Gen. Pringle,. ettininaudina . a bngade in the• sth division, arta . 1 the division after Licutenant=oeneral Leith wai wounded ; Brigadier-Gene: 1A Bradford ; d4:l--i2oniexal Spry, Coloriel - Sttibbs, end Brigad.;,-..-- Pat: er,, of the.Portu.guege service; :wise to I f iAtttenant-;C'olnel Campbell, of the ir:l, cojninaticiin ,, a brirade in the 3d ielit•AiNtt-Colonel Witilauis, of the 60th foot; • -I , i;mten;mt-Cololiel Wallace, of tie 88th; cola'. ii!,:nriding , a l .)rig9 ,l e. tht.3cl (ifYision ; tieutenar . C..94-004:,',Ris; of the commanding Genera Hon, Efiivaed Pev.. l. ..en!latn - 3 brigade in the 4th •:tl)'h his ~ 115e.ii;•e in the 'command of tbt .-4fi, : divjioolz...; the Lieutenant-Co/one! (ire' - - commanding :4601-7 Ocneral - brigade in the sth division, during. hi p.1).4.1 14 ! p on leave ;, Betig,adier.-G,:nerai Poti.ie de Pe , crili of u Pori..:::gue?x service • Col( nel Douglas, of - - 12 e eLh neAc. 'reghtleut ;.. Lieutenant-Colons:1 ;le ;.:2aiho, of th-e-.. saute regiritt-nt ; am! I3,ingliant, of the ~ A 1 . 11;.:nt •; likewise t 6 Brigadier-General d'Urtripsi %cid Lieo.tenaut-Colonel Hervey ; of the 14th Li-r". 1; 1) - ra.:;ooas ; Colonel Lord Edward' eon:ter:wt., commanding the 4th Dragoons ; and Lieutenant- Colonel the Jlon.. Frederic Ponsonby; cornreanee ; ing the. Light Dragoons. I must also mentiOnLieutt'llant-tolimiilWoo:!4 ford, commanding the :light battalion thy; bri gade of Guards,, who supported, •by two corinpa nies.Of the Fusileers, under the command el' C.l',;-• taiu cvd‘Vder, maintained the village. f Araph - -• ap - ainst all the efforts of the enemy, firevions the 'zit tack Upon our position by our troops. -- :i- , A.l3i,a.caSe. in whic.h,the.conduct of all has bets. conspichosAsly good, _I regret that the !recess:lll limits of a dispatch prevents rue from ,drakvin:; your Lordship's notice to the conduct of ki number of individuals - 5 but - I can assure Lordship that there was no officer, of corps gaged in this action, who did not perform his :Wl' • by his SOvereign andhis-eOU.ntry.. , The -Iloyal4 and -German Artillery,- under Lie."' tenant-COlonel Framingham, distinguished them selves .by.the 'accuracy of their ire, Wherever W 413 -,pcss'sible:to use them 5 and they' advanced t er -tbeattaek of the. enemy's, po::iitioa with the saws' gauantry as. the other troops. particularly indebted. to. Lieutenant- 04- Pe ,Landy, the Deputy . Qu?.rter Master Cleutrif "th , ... head of the . cleparttrient - present in the-al - sten og of. :.he Quarter Master 'General, and to the.office., of that cleparttnent; oirdOf the Staff Corps, for iSc' assistance I received from them', particularlY.'th 4 Hon Lieutenant Colonel Otire - `4.1 . a.n ~Colonel of the latter, and Maio:Sao: A of the former; and to Lieut.-Colonel preseutat.the head of the Adjntant-Genend:s paftmentathead-qharters; and to the officers or 11 - 1 ' deprartrnent as well at head-citiatersea.S with yeral divi9ions of the array ai3d Lierit.-C.f. , _ • 1 ' Lorna Fitzroy Somerset, arid the Offieers. r f . 134 ~DOsonal'staff. 'Among -. the latter . I particularlf request your . Lorc!ship to draw theattention of . 1 1° 13.0 vo.l , Prince:Regent to his Sercuc : „liiglineSErthe Hereditary Prince of o,l 3ilge „ i ehoic conduct in the, field, as'• Well as upon every Otlx= 1 " occasion, 'entitlesliiin to my highest conatuetr:Fl - and has acquired for-111m the respect gird of. the whole army; I have lr tel every reason to be satisfied with eqndnet-..0f the Mariscal del Campo Don calr i. '' 4 -Vk.l , spagna,.and Brigadier Don Julian c Sanbl °Ad vatif that ,of t p.s he troo. . under their coins .31., respectivelY ; and with that of the Mariscal. t -Cluirpo Don Miguel' Alavv:, and Of Bii4a:Lix!r P L ,'!„ Joseph O'Lawlbr, employed with this arip‘i "I. the - Spanish Government, from whom, and 1 1 1 ' 1 the Spanish authorities, and,people in genei6l. , rectiv,ed e;;ery.assistz.tirce I could expect. 7 t is jiistiee likewist.to draw your. to. 1 7 ship's attention upon• tivisloevasion,- to t h e v er.k:s of the Ofi.ieer- of the ',civil department, -of tli v e . Notl‘vithstanding the increased diswurce .onr operations from .our niagatines,,.y.nd that tUt CClllltrV is completely e",thausted, n'acC hitherto nothing, .owing to the diligence arid of',Connis;ary , Cieneral, Mr. Iliss t, the 'Officers of the department under his iiire c* . tion. , . I have likewiseatoanention - that by the aer N otv ° and ability of Dr... Mac Gregor, and of the Ortigr t .: - of the deptruLeet uu•lor his charge, our wouild ejt ' as well as those of enemy kit in . he:%l welt care of • and 11.V , :ty = or these' iialuable ..ineu ;rill be saved rservtce... of' Lord cl';_nton the hollow - ,e r at' the Let ivni Highness Hc4ent the ee.,ries and celour= taken i 0 the enemy in ibis action. I I I in;i.lose a retnrecof the killed and wountict-- The army hnye continued thAelitirlidn°a'rj:lll.Yin'plul '1 r l2 ;, t of the enemy since I addressed you on the instant, and vie have continued to take many soners. Apart of the enemy's army crosses=th,„` Douro yesterday .neo:_. Puentede Douro, alul their left wing, ,were in march V ) : wards the bridge• of. Tudela this morning sihie o'clock, when I last heard from our advanc_a "pb.ts. 11 main body of the allied army is this ( 1 g 1 ; O f! the Ad.ija and Zapardiel rivers in thi.i,n&ghb' hood ; the eavah - v fi unt, in p:ssuit uf • ; - enemy. it appears that Joseph Buonanarte left Shdr on. the 2 1 st;, with the army of the c e n tre, supposed to , cOnsist of from 1.4 to 12,000 infaatri snd from2' to 3,009 cavalry, and he directett hi s Larch by the Escoriel, upon Alba de Tormes.-7- .He arrived at BlaSeo Sancho between ftn' .A_revalo, on the 25th, whPre be bPard of thOlej of Marshal Marmout, and he retired in ttle, evening, -'end between that tittle and ,tae 0' 61 1;1 of .the 26th, he marched through Villa Cason ILV ',w.f. A non-!eonunis:3ioned pi t. tr' of the l4th Light Dragoons, 'and theist Ilto*`,% c from Arevalo, took in Blasco Sancho Q a the C V g'