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Ott th e n i ght of !lie 15th in s t ant I reeeived from !1id 41 401 Sir William Beresford,letieis of the 12th 1 3ih instant, which reported Marshal Soult !tad brake. iip fr om S eville about the loth, and had advanced toward, Estreinadura, notwithstanding the tteurti which had teen previously received that he Ul lthhlt 3!i y occuined in siren& hem og Sevill e an d t h e , rosi . lies to that coy, by works ; and Ulm all 11:s ~l l' a'''its noicated an intention to remain on the de -1011%1,, iii An‘lidnaia. .: therrtore v i et out o n t h e f o l lowing morning from . ul3'''"a , k.°lll 1 " , 1 ; and h av i ng ter eived further 'ann. el --, ti.e 01 the 14th, t inni Sir William Byrcstord, tienemy's inoveruetits,l hasleried my progress, ‘ t i a ;lived here on the i 9in, and tontid that S ir :t"'Alija) Beresfoid had r.nscd the sioge at I3.ldait',4' „ I ' lL ' u t lbe loss of ordnance. or' store s of y ne- -iiiiit and c o ll ected the troops under his an coin -414"4, 3 1 , d had C ' h formed a junction ,with Generals ' icitios and Blake at illb urra, in the coulee ot ti ,e 161 11 i lio, l ie was attacked there on the 16th. by the French strb Y "der Ile °ll r 'I cutilliand of M ars h a l Souk ; and , t"" Pant sever tio t ecietit, in w hi c h a ll t h e iPi.contlimed thc eeinsehies in the tilosi gallantT lntier, Sir William Berestord gained the victory. v ile eilemY retired in . th e ',iglu of the t 7111, leaving 1iv'3,41 cen goo arid teen woundtd on the ground. Sir 4,,,,illihfiereturci sent the allied 'cavalry ,fitter them, ; 1 ": 1 gh the 19th, in the morning, reinvested 133. majo• , i or , i ithi," c "'se report s of Sit: William7Beresford, of the . 4. " ant reports Itit.ii inst.int, on the operations :of the a t t tu I !`' wow lit (it' raising it, and on the battle .. r1 °tit ra i a• d l net; to dra w your Lordshisp's• at- RIK null to lb,: dbll tt y , the firmness, and the gallantry out by Ni.„..,h,ii Sir w„,,, Beresford throuh . he ir. adt l nor 7ansdet,t)tis on w ilit ii . Ile lies written. I will log to what he has said of the ennduct of all n,,, u.. au tior - ii . 'kers and troops, exciTting to express my 1 4 ' l 'n w it, and My ctirdal eoncurrence to the ~ v''',4l.'ile re,ioria b. . Str William tierebfird of the 6th 4 )l o l( '''` l '''t 01 ail.. „ . 11,i,„11.1):1:17ftet'llie,:ilic(it:tid!itiiityli.e.t in Ca stilla since I quitted t ' l lt4lioti ot t - le 9th carps, belonging. 0 1 re d be lling . ii, the Corps d'Ariti6e in Andalusia, 4 hlarcliea Uni n S thitii,tha oh (II 'Bl3°t" i'''e 15.1), taw ty • dn.). ent to‘Aaids Avila, and were to Louie by • Ma- I se i A u) II( ' (his dispatch by M jot (I,ioui.-19hel) L 14114 /( 1 1, the Sec , ei.4 ) . of Alitrshal Sir Willii,ii at;trecuid, who nits pr...sent iii Inc battle of Albtieri, ) , 1, 4 4 :Rh give yiiiir Lordship any Intl her informai tun ': to Juti a r il i r : fl io n s T i t p i . and I beg leave to recommend him ............. 4tr aeittf A Leoc r frnm klarltial Iteresford to Lord Wel r hi,gtun, low Albueta, May tb, krill. , 0 in conformity to j our LordSitip's instrt/EllOll. . 4 ,_ e1 10 the uik the 24' Ii ultimo, in enn'ellueuce o f t ,7 l ‘tkli sta eOl the weal ho, and our thed us .° al;',.11,11:;!111t4tion across the Guadima liming il l , '," uY 'ht. hudiienrloodiog of that liver, and leav-. been ue j ; 1 ' ca% airy in Zali a, Los Si.. t 0 ,,, and Villa Franca, it,i'"icol the ;titulary with its head at . Almendr i ci .. vij.ul Azaechal, in.d 1(7'113 Alva, where were the i _ ti m " of Major-Geneisl the Hon. Wi•Sfeeert "ilidt, tiai."r•Chneral Hamiltoo ; and ' the Honourah -.: r4l.l3,,'"eeneral C'rie's division with.Brign , licr-Gen .....: fl.,o`444lltrisbrititidt of cavalry in. Merith,'•the (, brigadt, t.f.it comMatided by Brigadler-Gc..ne-.. ji r i t rl o 'el 4 , and thaf was intended' ror'tlie . attack of: AE l ,l',',' e tricoval„it NI.) ~ej ~ aril the. light nri• l i e ueLlan Lo-giou tinily' Nl,ijor, General, Baron L . i.", 11. Tativ,r,i 11 41, kiwi.% the light battalion i z' tl L'giult h i Oilve.icri during the perfiel of wait i'4. 41411 Ertl '• 1 -"G ( k i w i and the re,ol 4ie Water 44 roe. tia , 1 ~., r. aid, „a ' lBll "sent Of' ~ur bridge, it oel . g of coos, t k;i:nportance to push th e eriebinr al far from us as Ilif i . v o " d aring the sie:.;e„ as le had, up our obl'g'ng' tri ' retire trlnn L'ti!Ntla LOG u a daielitial, held the miter plce, I di • e n ,„ 1.0 (4 a i n c h column of two thousand men, ~...,posej , C " lll ..na A c)1 ' h st hii , -,i, 3d division, puler the t u , ' I L of LieuienZt;Colonel Coibor,re, wit'l -0 1':d:tool:root' cavaby, and Poundert and Mrio,, d, two Spankh four- , ce"d from Alineoch aljoi by fitoe A ii - t• lour ing a , ir,...., to Azuaga to threaten ht's right, $7 1 1 , -. i Sri • d. je "no Cone loaf' squadrons of cavalry floin tu!' tl•Geneial Long lit Villa Franca 'to.Llerelia,, thelini""t Ith' , Count'de Penne Villaninr, who 14(1 . * Car with '"a Soatikti cavalry of Gent:rid Cistenn s 110,41,1,11/1113ku him lest an attack in trout, and Ge co(4., , 3helleros went from Mpnasterio to Mom - the d i to 'firemen his left. T:ese manceuvrew had al e sirci i .. Pl , ;al so-n as Lie enemy saw the N 4 e%iit —,'",(1"111-Coloi,e1 Colborne near Azu linod„.,,L- 'le, ( Lid five hundred infantry ' and three Mice ;',,e.'4"11'1, lii abandoned rcciPhatelY the (Lii,;,:j''',, cede to, GuadalCanal, which place the I,,i tti . '..atodr Nlaubouig, with the .sth corps, Nen!, „ It : ,tw" ,it s atter the arrival of this detach etitlsta;;:l4 at elevvil oclock at night retired near to. foinu,d'i'in." Lienteuatit-Colonel Colborne iper- , inainier, its service in a molt judicious and hanclionie, . rt e w *ait:l„,eather having been some time fine, and the' llepm.o-11.1lie Gunitiana . having subsided, and our "4iitti:(4l3 hlvitig-,:iiy Lieutenant- Colonel Fletch -1144j44‘tY. bee:, nearly. completed for the siege'of infin ti ' t) ''' the liitl of his , I sent4three brigades of ron, j'a..briadtt of Six-Ypot finders, and two Icitla" t he HQ c 4411, under the orders of Major-General clog, Ell,?alAie Witham Stewart, to invest more Perfori:',,'in, 'on the south of ' the river, - which lie -t+jo ith his usoal zeal and. attention on the li lt: rra li t i l o l it h i t3 611, inStant, 'I ditched the march of eri, .ha ~t. g divisions, on Badajoz, (Je by Akita bpolt. , 9111 t1 by Talayur,i, leaving the cavalry as Nai l lIP'-icea. Oil the 7th I is before Badajoz tit , '"*4 divisions, Cable Cipitanos furniftl)ed Ills Cr e°-`31,01.4te :II the.siegei two -11101Pland'Men, ° 't, ,tilt e '''"'n 'lid of Brigadkr Don C 4105, lilirik'Zl;'.L., U `'.t„ite .."'tii I. dircv.ked she brigade of Phivt it „,, Iller.,,'l_4\eimilis, which had been previous-. 141iii4, l' 'i'ahnr4.- Orproceed to ttie Torre of vi 14, about two tunes trout badajoz, un the • Campo Maiorioad, hnd to b 'joined thOc by the 17th Por ugu-se re4iment, two squadrons of cavalry, and lour six-pound-is froM Elvas ; the force to tom at three o'clock ;n the morning, arid 'he %bole to be paced under the orders of the Honoupbie Major-General William Lumlry, to invest tne north side, and to attack Port St.•Cristottal. By some ac cident to the beatei of the orders to Brigadier-Ge. neral Kemmis, the Ofiieer did tint dni ve at ~is post till nine o'clock. The Hon. Major-General Lum ley, on the approach of the light companies of the brigade, .adiancing towards the town, with the force he brought Iron.) . Elkas, ihe garrison made a sortie upon, but: was htillediattly dro‘e lx,ck, and the grenadieis of the 17th regiment part:olarly distin guished themselites by chaiging the enemy, headed by Colonel Turner; the detachment suffered the loss as per return Nu. I Oa the Bth, Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher, to protect the further approaches, constructed bat teries against the Par,lalleiras and Piquerino, on the heights comma id;lig them; though at a considerable distance; a 41 Capt. Squire, .whom the- Lieutenant- Colonel had sent to s iperintend the *inks intended to br.ereded agaiost St. Ctistni , ai„ began his opera tions on the uth. The brooking ground on that side immediately caused great jealous) to ibe'enemy, and be opdosed.it by a most heavy fire•of.shot and shell, and on the morning of the mh he made a sortie against the battery constructiog, with aboUt twelve hunched men, being" within five hundred yard, of the place. Fle soon reachedl he battery, and it having of ;he covering party allot t d'to it, only one intan..ry company - in it, tho enemy gut posses sion of it,.but had it not for two minutes, as the whole of the cov , ring party tt,at was close to the battery On the slope of the bill, immediately seized their mins and drove the enemy-hack with consi derable-In.'s , 0 Mtn, but I regret,to say ours on this occasion must ba've been considerably greater, from our • troops having exposed themselves to the shot and shell of the t ~vn'and tort of St. Cristoval, and the musquetry from At is I cr. I rinnex the return of our lcss.on this day, and in it I have to lament being depriyedbf the set Vice s -of Colonel . Turner, who in the very short time be had been in Portuguese *et , ,ice, had given me the greatest salisfict a'..d to ti , rse two days, the must conspieuons proof of his gall •nrly, I annex the returns of out further loss of men on the respective days that our operstions against Bodo ni?. C-ntioned, and the Hon. Major-General Liam . ley's Reports- On the eirctuthaances and consequences of the enemy's • On the 3 tQtisrreceived in , ormat KM from General •___ Blake that Marshal So,'it tiad lvit Seville on 'the Ibth, and with t:;e Avowed intenii , n 4 coming to Badajoz 7 --hk tome stated 16 be litwen thotplaod' men ; and General Latour Ntubourg had already again moved upon and tccuitied Guadalcanal and Llet'ena,,trom which places the Count de Penne Viilarnur had been obliged t , t retire. As General Blake had come do n to Frejewl, and General Ballastvos from Monasterto had rushed In; ad vauces within a league of Seville, I c not judge if this advance of Alarsh, , l Souk wis merely to °blip these Gvnerals to rettre,.and leave him un- tlivurbed inSeVille, or really as it was given out It) be, against me, and with the object a taising the siege of Badajoz, and therefore continued my opera- • tions against the p!ac.e, until the (thither advance of Soult should 'more clearly de•ertnitie thii point ; but in the middle of the night I. received information trom General Blake and other quarters of the rapid advance of Marsh3l Soult, and which l2tt no doubt as to his intentions. I iintnediately sent to suspend operations againA ladajoz, andlo e...)mmence to re move to Elvas our and stores, which unfertu had been nearly completed ttawhat would have been wanted for the siege. _ . • • By great exertions of Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher , of the loyal Engineers,,. and .Nlajor. Dixon of the /Artillery, every thing was removed on the evening of the 15th. To' Lieutenant Genoa! Leite's (the Governor of .011 prov,i.ice of Alerntejo)..zeal unweati , tl activity in u hatever regards the service, and welt .re . of his count y, it is bat just to say, we are on all ocei , ons much indebted; and particularly on this in the getting, together the transports neces sary to us, and in furnishing and forwarding what ever else could be. useful. 1 seize with pic;ibute this. 0; partiality of giving to General Leite that praise which tie has ever !.o fully merited. I had •been . iibliged, to cover the removal of ilia itores, Lice. to leal,e the division of ntjor General - the lion. G. L; Cole before Badaioz: Major Gene ral Cole marched from before f3adajoi Lc) join the army 'here at two o'clock on the morning of the ,r6th ;., and arrived about halt an hour before the enemy made his attack. 1 have, however, the satisfadion to inform your Lordship that the enemy cannot boast of having got a particle at our itorrs ; they were ail safety. lodged in Elvas, and with the exception of Brigadier Ge neral KeMmisis . brigacle which was on the ,North hide of the Guadiana, our troops were all united On the morning of the 16th, to motet the attack and oppose the march of Manihal SOult. MY LORI), Album, 18th May, att. I li4ve infinite satisfaCtion iu c immunicating to your Lordskip, that the allied army united here un 6er my order , , obtamed on the 16th instant; a ter a most CsOnlest, a complete victory over that of 'the eneniy, commanded by Marshal S.)tilt and I shall proceed to, relate to your Lordship the circumstances. In a lot mer'report I have informed your Lordship, of the advance of 111ar,1131 Sault front Seville, arid I I)3d in cbnieqbence j9c4ged it wise, entirely to , lb, siege: lladajuz. an d p re p are to meet bun • with 'our united torces, rather thait by looking to two ohjeOs'at' once, to riiik the 'lois of both. Mar shal - Soult, it appears, had been long, straining e v e ry : nerve to collett a'foite which be tho..rght tunysuf-' fieient to his object' for the r lief Qf Badajuz, and for this purpose he had drawn considerable own-. berg' (COM the cote, of !Marshal Vidor and Getietra. Sebastian', and also I believe fionr the French army of . the. centre. f laying thua completed his prepara tions, he mire ed from Seville on the 10th instant, with a corps then eslimated at fifteen or sixteen thousand mn, mu.] was joined on, descending into K.trenradura by the corp., under Peneral. Latour I\!:rribourt';-, stated to be live thousatO `tnen, Eiis (.3:rneral Blake as soon tis he learnt the Artv':ince of Marahai contorcoThy to the ptiro proposed by your LoichhiP., Pioui,ooo.P form his ic,,netion With the corpa under. my NA' rs, and arrived aiV alve.ide in perfam on the t4th instant; ,where h av ing consulted with tijit Excellencyand getieral-Castanos,. , it ,was detertuitted to meet the enemv, and to give hint hvtle. 0. finding the determination 01". the enemy to relieve Badajoz, I had br.kett up from before that and marchA the infantry to the position in grow olValverde, except the dic.i3iOn of the Ho nonranle IVl3jor.General G. L. Cole, which, with t , io thousand Spanish troops, 1 left to covet the re= moval of our stores. The malty which had, according to . ordcrs, fallen back as the enemy advanci , d, was joined at Santa Martha hy.rlse cavalry of - General Blake : that of GetterahCas!anos under the Count tie Penne lainuy had been always with it. As remaining at Valverde, though a stronger,po sition, left Badajoz entirely' open, I determined to tike up a position (such as could be . g9t, itt fibs widely open country) at this plage ; tiAls standing directly between the enemy and Badajoz. Tne,army was therefore ,asSembled• here on the sth inst. The corps, of General Blake, though making a torced March to etfeet it,. only joined . in the night, and cnnld licit be placed in its position till the morning of the 16th lust: when Genesal Cole's division, with the Spanish Brigade under Don Carlos d'sfiagne al-0 joined, a little Iq e foi.e the commencement of the istiion. Oor cavalry tad been forced on the morning of the •1 sth inst. to re tire from Santa Martha and joined here: In the af ternoon of that 0 ty tile epeoty apps- , ,ire.: in twin ol tie. The next morning our disposition for receiving the enemy wis made, being formed in two Ines, nearly parallel to the river Albuera, on the ridge of the gradual asbew using from that river, and cover ing the roads to Badajoz and Valt tide ; though your Lordship is aware; that the whole lace of this country is every where: passable' for all arms. Ge neral Blake's Corps was on the right, in two lines ; its left on the Valt erde road, joined. the right Of Major-General the,Hou: William Stew ari's the lent of which reached the Badajoi road; where commenced the right.l ' Major•General Hamilton's division, which closed the left of the line. General Cole's division, with one brigade of General Hamil ton's, . formed Ate second line of the British and Porsughese army. The enemy, on the month* of the 16th did not long delay'his attack ; at eight o'clock he was ob served to be in 'movement, and nit cavalry was seen passing the 'rivulet of Albuera, considerably above our right, and shortly after he marched out of the wood opposite to us, a strong force of. cavalry, and two heavy columns of infantry, pointing them to siur front, as if to attack the village and bridge Of Albuera ; during this time, under cover of •his nal) , 'superisir cavaitv, he was filing the prin cipal body of • hi, intintly over the river beyond our right, and it was not t•ing before his .intentioh appeated to he to turn sby that flank, and cut us tdf from Valverde. 'Major , (General Cole's diviaion was therefore ordrred to form an oblique lino to the rear ol our h his own right thrown back. And the intention of the enemy to attack our right becoming evident, I requested Gen. Blake to form part of his first line, and all his second, tb that front, which was do ie. The enemy commenced his attack at nine o'clock, not ceasing at the wirne titre to' menace our lett; awl after a strong and gallant resistance of the Spa nish troops, he pitied the heights upon which they had ~ been formed; meanwhile the division of the Honourable. Mrijor•Gm. William Stewart had been brought up to support ,them ; and that of Major General Hamilton brought to the left of the Spanish line, and .formed in contiguon4 close columns of battalions, to be movable in any direCtiolL The 'Portuguese brigade of cavalry; under Brigadier,: General Otway, remained at some distance on the. left of this, to Check any attempt of the enemy be low the village. As the heights the enemy had gained, raked and entirely certitmhded our whole 'position, it became necessary to:make every etfort 'to retake and main tain them ; and a noble one was made by the divi-: sion of General Stewart, headed by that gallant otlicer. Nearly at the beginning of the enemy's at ',tack, a lie.avy storm of rain came on, which, with the smokekom-rhe'firing', rendered it impossible to discern anything distinaly. This, with the nature of the. ground, had been extremely favourable to the enemy in forming his columns, and in his sub scluent attack. The right brigade Of General. Stewart's division,. under Lieutenant-Colotel Colborne, first 'came into' attioo, and behaved to 'the most gallant manner, finding that the enemy's column could not be : shaken by fire, ilneeeHed to attack it with the bayonet ; and, while in the act of chark;i6g, a body of Polish lancers (cavalry) winch the thickness of, the atmosiihere and the n4l ire of the ground had concealed, (and which was, besides, mistaken by, 'those of the brigade 'when discovered for Spanish ca valry; and therefore not fired upon), turned it and being thus attacked unexpeaedly io the rear,was on-, fortunately,braken and.sufferediMinensely. The 31st regiment, being the left one of the brigade, alone escaped this charge, and under the command of Major L'ksirange kept its ground, until the arrival of the third brigade, under Major,-General Hogh te+t. 'The Conduct of this brigade was most con spictiou•lr gallani, and (Gat of the .s'ecand brigade,. under the command of the Honourable Lieutenant • Colonel Aberctombie, was not less so :',Major-Gen. eheethvg on his brigade to the .charge, felt pierced by woods. Though t he, enemy's prin- 'cipai'attack was on this point ot the right, be alto made a continual attempt upon that part of our ori 'gloat front at the village and :bridge, which were dilende.4l in the most gallant manner by Major- GenCral Baron Alien and the light itilatitrY brigade of the German Legion; whose conduit was, to' every point sif view, couspictunisly good. This, point now fanned our lett, and'Major-General tta r+t,ilron's division had been brought up there ; and he was left to dirett the defttice of OA point,wldlst the enemy:s attack continued on our : right', a con siderable proportion of the Spinish troops sup porting the . 'defence of this place. The enemy's cavalry. on .his 'infantry attempting to force oar right, had endeitvuurvd tc turn. it ; but by the able manoeuvres of Major-General the Honourable Wittihm Lb a..ey, commanding the alk , d ea. air y, though vastly interior . to that of the en,:my in ou.ll - his endeavours were lobed. Mai , ir-Getural seeing the attack of the curtsy, very )udici. busly tib- Ins left a little, mnrched iii line 10 attack the enetny'ii left, and arrived Most :op o or. timely to contribute, with the chargei of the Bii. gade4 of General Stewart's division, to frarce the enemy to abandon his SitUatiohi and reiirepreci pitately, and to take refuge under his reserve - here the fuzileer brigade particularly distinguished He was purined by the Allies to a considerable dis 4 tance, and as tar as I thought it Inudent with• hid immense soperikity of creaky arid I contented Myself with seeing him driven 'across the Alfiuera. I have every reason to speak tavonrably of the manner in which , our , artillery was served, and fought and Major Hartman commanding the British, and Major Dicksoti commanding the Puri tutluese, and the °dicers and men; are entitled to my thanks. The Icier guns 'ot the horse-artillery COrtialanded by Captain,Lefehttre,Aid great exect.i. tiUn•iiit the enemy's cavalry, and 'One brigade of Spanish artillery (the only one •in the field) I saw' equally gallaetly 'and well served : we lost in the miss fortune which occurred to the brigade corirmanded by Lieuten:on Colonel Colborne, (whm General Ste Wart repo, is to have acted and wits then acting '.n'a itio3l noble manner, leading on the brigide to admirable order) one howitzer, which lite enenty before the arrival of- the gallant General Hoghton' , 4 brigade had time to carry otf, with t walitindred or three hundred prisoners, of that•brigade.:Attar he had been beaten from this, lint, principal attack', he still continued that near the yin rge, ; on which he never could make any impression or cress thd rivulet, though I had been 'obliged to oring a very great proportion of the troops from it, to support the pri n cipal' point of attack ; but the enemy s e e ing his main attack defeated, relaxed in Ins atten)pt, there also. The Portuguese division of Major-Ge neral Hamilton, in every instance, evinced the' nii'• most steadiness and courage, and manoeuvred equally well with the British. • • .• • . . Brigadier-General Harvey's , Portuguese brigade; belonging to General Cole's division, had an dppor. tunny of distinguishing its..ll when' marching in lino across the.ptain, by repulsing with the utmost steadi. two a charge of the enemy's .cav al ry. It is impossible to enumerate every instance of discipline and valour shewn on this severely con tested day. But never were %loops that more va',6, liantly 01 7 mote gloriously mantained the honour of their respective countries. I have not been able itt.‘ particularise the Spanish divisions, brigades, or re. giinents, that were particularly engaged, because am not acquainted with their denominations of names ; but. I hare great pleasure, in saying that their behaviour was most gallant and honourable; and though from the superior number and weight of the ene,.y's force, that part of them that were in the position attacked were obliged, to cede the ground, it was atter a gallant resistance, and they continued in good order to support their Allies; and I doubt not, his Excellency. General Blake will do ample justice on this head, by making honour. able mention of the deserving. The battle co.ntneuced.at tilos o'clock, and con. tinued without interruption till two in .the alter+~ noon when the enemy having been driven over the Albuera, far the remainder of the thy there was nothing but cannonading and skrmishing. It is impnssible by any : description to do justice to th 4 distinguished gallantry-at :the troops, but every Individual most nobly did .his duty, ant which will be well proved by the great loss we have antlered, tiiimgh repulsing the enemy; and it was observed, that our dead, particularly the 57th regiment, were lying, as they had fought, in ratiks;andevery wound was in the front. The Honourable Major General William Stewart mast particularly distinguished hitnWf, and coil duced much to the honour of the day ;- he received two contusions, but would not ,quit Major .General the Honourable G. L. Cole is also entitled to every praise;. and I have to regret being deprived for some time of his services, by the wound he has received.. TheHonourable Lieutenant Co lonel AbercroMbie, commanding' the 2d brigade, 2d division, and Major L'Estrange, 3t st regiment, deserve to be particularly mentioned ; and nothing could exceed the condut and gallantry of Colonel Inglis, at the head of his regiment. to the lion. ),laji,r General William Lumley, fur the very able tuaAier in, ulaich he opposed the numerous etvalry of the enemy, and foiled him in his object, I Ain particularly iudebted. To Major General Hamilton, who commanded on the left, dui enb the Se - vere at tack upon onr right, 1 am alio inoch ind -!bte.d ; slid the Portuguese bride of Brigadier Generals Felniezsa and Archiudd Campbell, deserve to be mentioned. To Major General Um!, and to the excellent bri gade under his orders,' I have much praise to give.; and it is with great pleaSure,l assure ; yot.o - loord,liii) thai the good and gallant modal of every corps and of every person, was in • proportion to the op portunity that otlered for distinguishing them selves. I know net an individual win) did not do his duty. I have, I fear, to regret the lon to the service of Colonel Collins, commanding a Portuguese brigade, his leg having been. cairied off by a cannon He is an officer of great merit ; and I deeply lame n t the death of Major General Heghton and of, those two promising officers Lieutenant Colobel Sir Wm. Myers and Lieutenant Colonel . Duckworth; It is most pleasing to me to inform your Lordsltio, not:only of the steady and gallant vandal of our allies, the Spanish troops, under his Excellency Ge neral Blake, but also to assure you that the most pertea harmony has subsisted betweeraus, and that General Blake not, only ednformed - in all things to the general line proposed by your Lordihip, but in the details and in whatever I suggested to his Es. cellency, I received the most immediate and cordial. assent and co-operatiun ; 'and nothing was omitted his part, to insure the success of our united ef forts; and du; ing the bulk, he most by his experience, knowledge, and ze.il,.contsi blued to its fortuoite res , lll. • His Excellency the Captain-General Castanos, who bait united the few troopi boil in a state to be brought into. the field, to those of Generul Blake, and 'placed theca under Ws orders, assisted in per son itt the acid'; hod not only on this, but on all lain touch indebted to General castanos, who is ever before-hand lit givin 4 whatever cart bu 011ieticial to the success ut the congittion cause. Though I ontortiinotely cannot point out-the corps or chitty of the itidividnal, of the Spanish troops t.at ni.oingoished ,tlieniselves, yet I will not oat ,t 4 mention the tunics. ul General liillesterus, whoos 1 I 3