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NAV _VI NE , I'L TIIouTH, Nor. 16.—Arrived the-1)6. Severn, lEs Die Est master, from Cork;with a cargo of oa ts • • • ' bou n d to London, put in . here to join o con j - }:i the b r i g H o l c ombe, belonging to Exeter , PENSON master, from Waterford, with :h tar g'°. of proN4sions for this port ; the Sharp °oter gun-brig, from . 'Guernsey ; the Spanish 1 4gger Nostra Senora Corlapen, Jo;E, ANTONIO A LI master, from Bilboa, with a cargo con likt• • lug , of hides, slnimac; &c. bound to London ; Pot in here to join convoy ; the Hornet, Fox, f ro Penryn ; the Union, TRENAMAN, Venus, P o "E, Eleanor and Grace, BRowN, and the Lovely JouNs, from Wales, with cargoes of coals ttici culru for this, port. Went up the harbour; yesterday, to be refitted, iliannibul . niarrof war and I'ortunee frigate. Saileity,sterday the Growler• gun-brig for the ' a n of France. 14 A'rsmotrrlly Nov. 1-7.—Arrived . his Majesty's ty, r „ Hope / ‘- froin a 'cruize ; . the Pyramus , Meteor , , a inadry a d i; and brorati9 , with several 'ships un- Convoy; from the Dow:7:, but we cannot learn their names. Sailed hi s Maje s ty's ships Barjleur; Zelobia , Cormorant, for Lisbon ;. the Fervent, on a . Q rui e; the Vengeur, Princess -earoline, ; Niobe, ttrits'i Ulysses, for Off Cherbourgh. I • I 's Majesty's ship Sprightly Lakes - convoy for. Guernsey and Jersey. Arrived - the brig Trigilant„ FOWLER, Master, fr o b 14 Smyrna, after being -captured by the Jeremy T ench.privateer, belonging to Dieppe, on Satur ti ay last, ,off .Beachy Head, and recaptured the san e day by the PexterOus gun-brig. • The French privateer captured by his Majesty's 'P Salsette laSt week, off the Isle of Wright, fell with the Susanna transport, capt.,MoamsoN, ° . ll tit l e 10th inst; oft - Portland, -when an. Kent couitnenced.betwe.en theta which lasted for e arly fonr hours, during-which the privateer at, te mpted :several times to board the Susanna, but 43 severely repulsed; -and ultimately obliged - to s heer off. hlis Majesty's new sliip CoventrY has arrived f r . 31 n Plymouth, and is all ready for the \Vest In : - (ii 3. Convoy sailing, having received instructions. IDEAL, Nov. 17.—Arriveti his Majesty's ship c'sario from a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ships Norge and. Elcrhant, th e for Mer for Plymouth and the latter for Ame rica. • B REERNEss, Nov. 17.—8 y the Coast Telegraph, , . loin- merchant vessels are On shore near Harxiieb.„ The .Friendi Goodwill, "Roßsoi , f Master, with from .Newcastle, was last-- night- on the 1 11 ' aplin Sand. Crer:v saved. Arrived the Swedish briP. ,Speculation; left 0 o,te nnurgn the Bth instant ; on the .7th, a Rus lian frigate had arrived at Wing° Souhd, bound f ur England. PALMOUTII, NOV. 'ls.—Arriyed the Actives; I) ACLIELARS, , from • Gibraltar, in 22 'days. His • lajesty;S ships -Minerva and Crocodile with their C Oilvoys, still remain wind-bound. Extract of a_private letter from livra , dated on • e 2 / th ult. will be read with peculiar satisfac tio . . " WTITGENSTEIN entered Polotsk on. the Sth of October. 'General ST. cyfi is retreating to has lost in the last affair nearly • 0 ,00 'men, and four cannon. The prisoners' flunint to about two - thousand, including eighty' Oftieers. STEIN HELL has formed a junction' With WITOEt4sTEiN. Witepsk'has been evacit 4ted by the French'. ' WiTGENtTEIFeS east:lp, who left him 'on ., the 10th, assures me,:tfiat the combined corps, viz. WITGENSTEIN'S and °I . ZINHEILIS, amount . to '50,000 men ; and the . 4 eneral,desired him to inform our public, that he lad not the. least doubt of freeing' us very shortly f loltl MACD9NALD. General LEWIS keeps quiet the picqUets extend to - Eck° on the Bauske road ; and to Oley on that leading. to Mittau," The Rev. William Thomas Ellis; !1. B. of Trl tlity College, Cambridge;is presented to the per- Petual Curacy of 'Wye; and also to the Master of the Gram Mar School of Wye: College, in ~•tent ; Patron, George Finch 'Hatton, 'Esq. of t;astwell Park. • • • • - I\Ms WELLESLEY, the, youngest daughter of the - nIargIiiSWEL;F:.tSLY, is to be married to Mr.LIT., TLEto&, the - Member for Staffordshire. The nup-, tials are tos take place in a fek - v.days. A Child, three years old, of the name of Groves, lii BMart's-rents,.. Portland-place, set fire to his Clothes, 'on 'Wednesday evening, during the ab sence of his mother for a. few minutes,. and was so shockingly burnt, that he is not 'expected to Survive. On Monday evening, at nine o'clock, as a Chel sea• pensioner was returning honle, he was 'at tacked in Sloane-street by three or four men, who knocked him down, and robbed him of his watch ; as soon as he recovered himself, he called " Stop thief ! A'youn'g myn, of the name of Gall, Ivar ing the alarm, pursued one man, and took him, at the corner ot Hans-street, when two.- of his: gm g came and ,rescued him before any acsistafice I:ould be procured, and got clear ofi, c9)— StIPPIArti\IT TO m'r LONDOI. 4 I GAZ ET Tr, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18, 1812. WAR DEPARtMENT. - Downie -street, Nov. 17, 1812. Dispatches, of which the following are extracts, have been. this day received, at Earl Bathurst's office., addressed to his Lordship by General the 'l%TaNuis of Wellington,. dated Cabecon, 26th and 28th October, Rueda, 31st October, and 3d Nov. 1812. • Catecon, Oct. 26, IM2. . . I have been so much ,occupied by the, move,. ments and operations of the army since, the 18th instant, that I have _not been' able 'to write to your LOrdship.. The operations of, the Castle of ~Burgos conti nued nearly in the state: in which they. were vhen I addresSed your Lordship on the 11th instant, till the 18th. Having at that timereceived a sup ply of musket ammunition from Santander, and having, while waiting for that necessaryarticle, completed a mine under the church of St. Roman, Which: stood in an outwork of the second line,' 1 :determined that the breach which we had effected in the secondline.should be stormed on that even iag,.at the moment this mine should explode ; and that at the same time 014 line should be attacked br calad e. The mine succeeded, and Lieutenant-Colonel Browne lodged a party of the 9th cac.,diores,and a detachment of _ Spanish troops of the regiment of Asturias in the outwork. A detachment of the King's German legion, tinder Major Wurnib, car ried the breach and a detachment of the Guards succeeding in escalading the line; but the enemy bronght such a fire upon these two last detach ruea.,-. from the third line,. and the body'of the castle and they were attacked . by numbers so superior, before could receive the support were obliged to retire, allotted to.theni, that tliC"' ; suffering_ considerable loss. ti J.or Wurmb was nnfortunately killed. - - It,is impossible to represent n.adequate t...grms my sense of the conduct of the Guards and German Legion upon 'this occasion ; and lam quite sa tisfied-, that if it had .been possible to maintain the posts: which they had- gained with so. much ga'.iantry, these . troops wonid have : maintained them. Some of the, men stormed even the third line,-:•and one Ivas killed:in one of the'endifazures of tha.t.line; and I had the satisfaction of seeing _that could' breach the wall of the•Casge we should carry the place. Another mine was commenced under the second. line from the Church. of St Roman, •of 'which we remained in. posscssion. •-The,enemy had on. the 13th moved forward a considerable body•of infantry, and six squadrons of cavalry froM Briviesca to reconnoitre our _out posts at , Monasterio. , . They attacked the pic.quet it the bridge in front of the town, but were re., Pulsed -by the fire of a detachment of.the infantry of the Brunswick •Legion. In this affair, Lieut.- . ,Colonel the Honourable Frederick' Ponsonby,. who commanded at Monasterio, was wounded, but' not severely; and- I hope I shall soon again have the - benefit of his assistance. 1. had long had reports of the enemy's intention to,mivance for the relief of the Castle of Burgos with the army•of Porthgal, reinforced by troops recently . .arrived front France, and with that part of the army of the .north 'was disposable ; and they -did nttvaace in considerable force against the post at:iiohaster.o on the evening of the 18th. The subaltern of the . Brunswick 'Legion, who cOtinnanded a piequet in St. Olalla, disobeyed : his orders in remaining in that village 'upon the ap proach of the enemy ; and he was taken with his picquet. The enemy consequently obtained pos session of the -heights which eonimand the town Monasterio, and our outpost was obliged to retire on the morning of the 19th. to the Burgos snit of the town:. I. assembled -the-troops, excepting those neces sary for carrying on the operations of the siege, aS Soon as it appeared by the enemy's movement of the 18th, that they entertained serious intentiOns • of endeavouring to raise it, and placed the allied army on the heights, having their .right at Bells, Oa the Arlanzon,,the centre - at, Rio Vena and 'Ma garadas, and the kit at Soto Pallacio, The enemy's . army likewise assembled in the neighbottrhood of. Monasterio.. They moved forward on the evening . of the 20th with. about ten thousand men/to drive in our outpost at Quintana Palla, and OhnOs-.. The. former .withdrew, by, order, but the latter was maintained with great spirit by-the Chasseni'S Bri tanniques, Seeing a fair opportunity Of, striking a,bloW upon the enemy, I requested Lieutenant- :General SirEdwa.rd Paget .to move with the Ist and,sth divisions upon the eneiny's right think, .s'vhich movement has ing been «ell executed, drove: th,eo hack upon . I‘fonasterio; anti our .posts were r'epl'aced in - Qtantana On the morning of the 21st, I received it letter from Sir Rowland, llill,. ofthe 17th, in whirl► he acquainted me of the enemy's intention to:inove towards the Tagus, which was already fordable . by individuals in. many place's, - and was likely to become so by an army. The castle of Chinchilla had surrendered' on the 9th instant. The enemy's force: in Valencia 'Was snpposed•tO amount to not less than 70,000 . men, m very large. proportion Nyhich, it.was - expeCtecl„ would be ;-disposable for service, out of that kingdom. I had desired Lieutenant-General Sir Rowhlnd, Hill to retire from his position on the Tagus, if he shOuld find that,he could not -maintain himself in •it with advantage ; and it was necessary that I should be near him, in.order that :the corps under my command might not be insulated, in:.conse quenrce of the movements. which he should find himself under the, necessity of makitig; I there fore raised the siege of Burgos on the night of the 20th, and moved 'the whole army back towards the Douro, I felt severely the sacrifice I was thereby obliged to mike. Your: Lord Ail ). is ;aware that I was never very sanguine in my expectations. of.snccess in the siege of I;urgos i notwithstauding that I considered success, was attainable, _' even with the means-in my power, within a reasonably limited period. If the , attack made on 'the fiat line ,on the 22d or the. 29th had, succeeded, believe we 4 1.1ckuitl have taken the .pla'cc, notwithstanding the ability with which the Governor ~coiatteted the add the gallantry with which it was exec cur t , i by the garrison. Our means were "'united; but it , appeared to me, that if we should .qiceeett, the vilvautage to the cause would be arcnt, and 01o:final success of the catupair , n would have,Veen ce! . . . --- 1 r •ad every reason to b e sa ti s fi e d- , with the conduct of the officers and troops during the ..sige of -7 `,'‘ , Ygos, particularly with the brigade of Guards . During ti.e eitter part of the siege the weather was very untlyVovrable, and the troops suffered much from the The 9:lticers at the- head of the artillery .and eivitieer departments-L.-Lieut.- Colonel' Robe, and I,ieutenant-tol: Burgoyne, and.Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, who comthands theyeserve'artillery;retukred me every assistance: and the faihuve of sitedeSi is not to.be attributed to them,. By their aetiTity e carried off every . &Ilk in the course of one night, excepting Abe three eighteen-pdandera destroyed by the eae-' my's fire, and theeight pieces of cannon which -we had taken froth theetiernv . on the-night of the 19th ultimo in the storm of the hornwork: - Buy ing sent (=cattle to meet the-equipment expected from . Santander, we had not the means of•thoving . the latter.' ' e • • 'Theenemy was . riot aware of our movement, -did and not follow us till late on the 22d, when ten thousand men encamped .on this side of- Burgos. The British army encamped at Celada dcl Ca mino and HornillOs, with the light cavalry at Es tepan and Baniel. NVe - continued our march' on the folloWing day, the right of the army to Tor quemada, the left to Cordevilla, at which 'places' we crossed the Pisucrga,. _ The ene:ny falloWed our :movement Nvith their whole army. Our rear guard consisted of two light battalions of the King's German Legion, under. Colonel Halkett, and of Major-General An= son's brigade , of - cavalry ; and Major-General -Bock's brigade was halted at the Venta del . Pozo to give them support. The whole under the coin 4nand oft , Lieutenant General Sir Stapleton. Cotton. Don Julian Sanchez Tr:Excited on the left of the Ariii - nzon ; and the party of Gudillas, heretofore c irnandd by the late. Martinez, on • the hills on the left of our-rf:ar:guard. Major Geueral Anson's brigade charged twice with great - success, in femnt of Celada del Cami no, and the enemy was detained above three hours by the troops under Lieutenant General Sir S. Cotton in the passage of the iformaza, in front of that village. - The 'rear — guatd continued to fall back in the best order, till the Guerillas on .the left having Seen driven in, they rode towards the flank of the rear guard of :Major General -Anson's brigade, and Tour or five - squadrons of the enemy mixed with them.. These were 'mistaken for Spaniards, and they fell upon the flank and rear 6f our troops. We sustained some loss, and Lieutenant Colonel Pelly,'of the 16th dragoons, having had his 'horse shot, was taken prisoner; The delay occasioned by this misfortune enabled the enemy to 'bring up a very superior body of cavalry, which was charged byMajor gen. Bock's and Mljor Gen.' Anson's brigades., near the Venta . del Pozo, hut 'unsuccessfully, and our rear-guard was bLrdly pressed. The etiemy Made their charges on the tviro light battalions of the King's Perman formed in' squares, but were al ways repulsed with considerable loss by the srea .dioe.,, of these two battalions: They suffered no tys and 1 cannot sufficiently applaud their con: duct and that of Colonel HalKett, who commanded them. The exertions and conduct of Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir S. Cotton, and of the officers -and staff attached to him throughout this day, were highly meritorious, and although' the charge made, by the cavalry was not successful, I had the satis faction of observing great steadiness• in their movements. Major Bull's troop of horse artillery, under Major Downman and Captain Ramsay, dis tinguished thernserves. _ _ _ The army eontinued its march on the 24th, and took up its ground on the Carrion, with its right at Dueuas and its left at Villa Muriel, and the lit battalion lst:Guards joined us from Corunna. I hatted here•on the 25th, and the enemy .at taCked our left at Villa Muriel.. They were re-.. pulsed', hol,Vever, by the, fifth division of infantry, under the command of .Major-General Oswald, in the abSence of Lieut.-General Leith, on account of inapoSition. I kaa•dirMed the third , battalion oftheltoyals to match to Placencia, to protect the destruction of. the 'bridges over' the Carrion at that place, but it appears that the enemy assembled in such force at that point, that Lieut.-Col; Campbell thought it necessary to retire upon•VilladNittrie4 and the ene my passed the Carrion at Palencia.. This render- - ed it, necessary 'to' change ':our front,. and I.di - - teatcd • Major-General .oSwald• - to throw hack our" left,• 'and the Spanish troops upon the lief it;ts , arid to- maintain the Carrion with the right of the fifth' &Vision. The bridge of Villa Muriel was destroyed ; but the enemy dis-' covered a -ford, and passed over - a- considerable body of infantry and cavalry: I made,:Slajur-Ge-. Tiered Pringle and 'Major4ieneral Barnes attack these troops under the orders of M.'General,Osr wald; in which attack the Spanish troops . co-. operated, and they were driven across - the river with considerable loss. .The - fire upon the left had been very severe 'throughout the day ; from which we suffered a great deal ; and M.. General Don Miguel Alava' •was'imfortimately wounded while urging on the Spanish infantry in the pur suit of the enemy. I broke tip this morning from the. Carrion, and marched "upon` Cabecon del. Campo, where I have crossed- the PiStterga. , The.enemy appear to be moving in this direc tiOn from Duenas. I propose to halt• here . to -morrow. • P. have thelionour to inclose returns of the killed and wounded. Return of Killed and _Woo nded of the Army under the Com-, • mand of his F.xcellency General the of Wellington, K: IL in the siege:of Lie CaStle of Burgos, from the llth.to • the 17th October 1812. - Royal British Artillery--,s.rank and file killed ; 7 rank and file wounded. Royal Military Artificers-1 rank and file wounded. Coldstream Guards, Ist Batt.-3 rank and file killed; 1 rank and-file wounded. :Id, Foot Guards, 15t 1.?.tt.-3 rank and file killed; 3 rank and file vouhded. Id Foot, 2d hatt.--1 lieuttnatt Wouraeci. 2d Foot, or (lueen's-- , 10 141)4 and til- woutded. 32d Foot, Ist raikk and tii. killed; 1 ensign ; 2 sir '. - jeants, I rank and file wounded. 3y n Fout, I t bat.-1 r;•_nli and die killed; 2 rank. scuttle woc.nded.. 42d Foot, Ist batt.-3 rank and file tiounded. 53d FOot, id halt.:-1 serjeaati 1 rank and file, %wounded. - 58th Foot, 2d batt.-1 ra.ik and the .1,11:ed; I . eusign,mu4uded. 60th FoOt, sth batt.-2 raukafid, file lulled; 1 rank and file wounded. zi Gist Foot, ist Batt: —1 rankand G 1 Wounded. foot, Ist . •iiiA lowa kiited; Irank - and file WO:aided. - ' - Ist Lint Batt. King's`Germaii . ./Legitiri--2 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and tile wounded. - -.- 2d Ditto, .Ditto-3 rank and file kilted;. 2 milk and file woundad. • sth Ditto, Difto-4 syrjeant, 1 rail: and ale, killed,; 3 rank and filewounehd. • •. Total British loss-1 serjennt, 23 rduk and file, killed ; • 1 gien-tenut, :2 ensign:, 3 serjeants, 39 rank woLndc(l. Total Piartugue§e loss--4 rank and2ale ' - killeri; 1 captain • 27. rank and file wounded. General Total-1 . serieaut, 27 rank and file, killed ;..1 1 captain, 1 lientenant, 2 engign4, 3 stifjealits, et; rank and rile, wounded. • -- (Sigued) . . S.A. GOODMAN, D.A.A.G. Names of Officers wounded. ilttlOLtul!er, I 814; 32d Foot—Ensign Quil!, seyerel:y. ..,„..„ - • l'Ut s h ociaVri . I st Foot.—Lieutenant. flac, Actii:gEngiteer, 58th koot.—.Eusign Baylic, slight Ly. Portitgnese. Igth October, ISI2. I 2th Regiment of the Line.--Captain. White, severely. (Signed) S. A. GOODMAN, A. A. G. Return of Killed; Wounded, and Missing, of the Army under 'the Coin nand of his Excellency General the Marquis of Wellin;ton, K. B. in the Siege of the Castle of Burgos, from the 18th to the 21st October.lBl2, inclusive. , Royal Engineers-1 rank and tile .killed; .1 rank and file wounded. Royal British Artillery-1 rank and file killed; 'T. rank and the wounded. • Coldstream Guards/ Ist Batt.--,1 captain, 1 ensign, 1 serjeant, '22 rank and file, killed,; 2 captains, 1 serf cant, 32 rank and • i' tile, wontaled. 3d' Foot Guards, • Ist batt.-,-5' rank and ..file lieute nants, 15 rauk_andfile, wounded. • . Foot, Ist batt.-1 rank andlile killed; 1 serjeant, 4 Tank • . and file wounded. 24th Foot, 2d bait.--4 rank . and file killed ; 3 rank aud file wounded. 42d Foot, Istbatt.-8 rank and file wounded. 's3d Foot, 2d batt.-1 rankarid m tile .Wounded.' • 53t.1t Foot, 2d watt.—.l,serjen4,,q rank zind file, killed; 19 • rank and ale wounded; 4 has Is and file missing. gOt h Foot, sth .batt.-2 runk paid tile wounded. • tISI Foot, Ist batt.-,2 ra,uk an.d,ftlewnituded. 79th Foot, wounded. . Ist Line batt., King's German Legion-1 iieutenant, 1 ser-. jeaut, 24 rank sasd file, 1 captain, 22 mass and' file, -• killed ; 1 captain, 22 rank and file wounded. 2d Ditto, Ditt6--i1 major, 9 rank and fife, billed ; 2 Heats nants.„ 7 rank and tile, wounded. sth Ditto, Ditto-+-1:2 rank and 'file, killed; 1. captain; 9 lieu' tenant, 7 rank and tile, %your-led. . • Total British Loss i iMtjori I :captain, 1 lieutenant, 1 . ensign, a serjeants, 18 rank and file, killed; 4 cap- tains, 5 lieutenants, 2 serjeants,.. 11;;; rank and nle, • wounded ; 2 rank and file missing. Total Portuguese loss-r 8 rank and tile- killed; l'eucigh, 2 serjeants, 41 rank and isle wouridd; 2 . . rank and tile tuissing. • -'• ' • , General Total-1 major, 1 captain, 1 . lieutenant, 1 en,. • sign, 3.serjeiiits,Sto tnl; and. 4 captains, 5 lieutenants, 1..• etisigli;ll:serjeants, WO rank antl wounded ; 4 rant amj site missing. (~i6l)-ed) GOODMAN, D. A. A. G Natnes 'of the OiEcers Killed and Wounded: ' Killed. - • 113th Ootober.—Coldstreaiu tian,rds.—.(iaptain Harvey. 19ti. ().:tuber.—Coldstreai Guartis.---.4lsign Do fge”. Ist Line Batt. German Legifat—Lleatefla:xtl3.4xpier. 2d Ditto, DittoL—Major Womb: ..„ Founded. ' • • • isth October.-3d , Foot Guards--Lieutenants Holborn and . . Knox, severely. Coldstreatti - Guards, Ist hatt.-- . -Captain the Hon. W. G. Crof ton, slightly ; Captain the Hon...l..Walpole, severely. Ist Line hatt. King% German Legion—CAptatu Laroche, dan gerously. . • 9.d Ditto, .Ditto—Lieutenants Hesse and Quade, severely. stl! Ditto, 'Ditto—Captain Tiackineister, severely,' right area •sopUtated ; Lieutenant Schlaeger, (Signed) S. A. GQODMAN,.D.A.A.G. Extract-ofa Dispatch ftbni the Marquis of . • • tali, dated Cabecol; October . 2B, Igl2. S,itice`i wrote to yonr Lordship upon the . ..fith, I hay.: : e had an opportunity of seeing - the'enemy'S , ' whole army, as they . . pl4ced themselves- oppdiite us, ~on the Pisuerga, ,yesterday. They Are certainly in very great strength. • Thearmv Of Portugal has' zeceived a reinforcement Of ten thousand men, including cayalny;froM Vranee : and I have reason' to believe that there are two divisionS of infan; try now . With this army belonging to the army of • the N'orth. The cavalry of the antiy of the North • is certainly with the army of Portugal ; and they'" hate:at least.fivc thousand ~., ; ood. cavalry. : No event of importance has. occurred 'since I ad dressed your Lordship on th4-26th. The - enemy formed their army in the'plain in our front yestEr= day.: They have cannonaded ...different parts of our line without doing us any injury, excepting ting,that Lieute , ..l?;ntLCoiociel RObe, of th& ft Artillery, ybuila6irsei'ere . iy but not dang - er, ously, yesterday Ruecia ; October 3 /21812. The enemy crossed the Carrion 'on the , 26th and 27th, and ;maned their army; on the heights near oix the last of those daNs , opposite our: position on the left .. 6l:theTisiierga, and their ad : , vanced guard about two . :front. •of-their main bod.y, and half that di . st2nce froni Cabecon. On the 28th :they :extended . thtir right, a!ld en deavoured to force the brah 4 c9 ot Sunancas Valladolid, the forther of which waS'delended by ColOnel flalkett,•With leis brigade . of thip lion, and the latter by, Lieutenant-General the ' Earl of Dalhousie, with the remainder• of the 7th division. At fength Colonel liaikett, being hard pressed, blew up the bridge. Tie at the same time detached the Brunswick Oels! regiment to Tonle towards which.the. enemy detached troops on the evening of,the 28th. As soon.as I found , that this was the case; rth.ou g ht it proper to break up. from the PiSuerga arid to cross the Douro, which object was effected lyikhout difficulty on the; 29th instant, by the bridgeg of Puente Douro at . Tudela. The bridge of Tordesillas 'Was destroyed on the enemy's approach . to that town, on the even:ng of the 2t'.ith, and I had sOit orders to the re';ithent of Brunswick Oels to take'post on its ruins, iu such manner as to prevent the enemy from rep.ziiriiig the'btidge. I had the mortification, however, of learning,. On the night of the 29th, that this regi inent had been obliged to abandon its post, and as I had seen the enemy's 'whole army in march towards TOrdesillas on . the evening, it was obvi ous that no time was to be lost. I therefore marched the army at an early hour yesterday morning . to their left, and posted the troops OD