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roma& epos the hillock. At this tweemeht that
gat General received a mortal yours& The"'
mow was thus deprived of one of its.gooil General
0111oers, and his loss was deeply regrettcd by all
military men.
The retrograde movement of "Alien's division
Asviog expinied the right of Selustiani's
the roomy advan.!ed upon that division in consider-
able force. General Ray, commanding the tirst
brigade of that division, charged the enemy with the
iSeth • regiment in column, and the 3d l deplayell iu
second 11110. This charge checked the enemy,
who reoeweil 'the attack three several tones, but
teas as often repulsed.
The eueniv, having concentrated the troops of
his right, ativatteril against Gen. Belair's bri•Aaile ;
that Groeral mare, 4 to meet the•eitilny, awl
Totted him. In spite of the tl.aiettloes of the
ground. the 75th rejlnent haa rescind the plain,
ley forcing the enemy's 1:11. charge of
',cavalry checker, his .nov.itieitt. Col. Bull uet was
411.4,54,01.1.114 y I,olllldroi, ;MO toteli priooler,
S"),s41.1111 ,I,t1.1".: to 1:.• try
i••,i. Leval's, WI.:. •,11,31re W.l Ilts
lett, not only k,..1,1 the shot,. t:te eneor.' iu
cheek, but gave tile secoa,l I,srwl,• tint, to fools,
in column. and to oblige the eta my to take a rosi-

tioa farther back.
While the fourth ror NM! gallantly :14;1161%14'.

the Duke de Ilelluun loot I • self ralboil
division, and rosoltlettol it again to tits of the
hillock. Gen. I'ilatte arroliqed the
was intruded to cover the valley. The ivivalinii of
retiodiero, commanded by the flu! de 1:atnillot:,
Sirs. was already funned iii cole.m.i. The •27th
telpasacit made the same inurement. when the ene-
my &meted a charge of cavalry ag•iin•tt that inten-
sity. it was received with the utmost cuotiless nod
intrepidity by the grenadier battalion and the ..:77th
light regiment. Numbers of hors. s and mila 1.0.1
at the fret of the ranks of infaniry. The
regiment of 513.1 light druguoiss, which iieuiled this
charge, in spite of the tire of the e7th and of the
randier battalion, kept up the engagement in the
volley, peering between Vilatte's and kin;fin'o divi-
sive& GCS. Strultz's cninuo,vd of the
10th sad 46th horse chsrt•eere, advanced to meat it.
Gen. Straits manoeuvred with his troops, with a
view to suffer the eileiefs regiment to parr, nod to
charge it in the rrur. The confusion wits ;ton
complete. Gen. Merlin, with the pikernen (Ara-
eitrs), and the light horse, took the enemy in front
and dealt: only Sire men of the 43c1 light dragoons
Pooped. the whole being either killed or taken.
The line occupied by the hostile army, at the
beginning of the engagement. was Dow, in a greet
measure.in posaassiou of the Imperial Army. The
post of Talsvera we. attacked by the 4th corps, ■s
was also the btlhKk, by Rullin's diiipion,, which
formed the extremity of the right of our line. The
enerny had withdrawn his artillery from the hil-
lock, or at least dewitted from using it. From some
recoesoissaicts oa the side of Talavera, it appeared

that there was a much ainaller number of troops at
that post, than at the hegiuning of the action. In
short. every thing unnotineed that nothilig but a
vigor's' blow was wanting to overthrow the etremy's
army. and to enable our cavalry to conie uf, it
tars too late to undertake this oiwratioa. Your
Majesty. however, was ditiptsaed to attempt it the
next storniie, when some oflieeis carte to unfor 3
you, dun the right of the first corps was tUrried,
and that it couhl not rcmxio in the position .thiel!,
It oecure I. Other ravers, on the mitt:Ky. re-
po:led that Marshal the Duke de Helium, „as of
opinion, that the enemy's army would nut i.e able
to withstand a new attack. In the uncertainty into
which your Majesty was thrown by these dili'eretit
**ports, you wrote yourself to the Duke de Bellaire
to•sseertain the truth. It was ten ut night; we
had all binotterterl ter the niOrt, aliont your 51n-
jolty; in the perauu.ion that the to lion we'd.' lie
renewed the next Morning, or at It'tt:.t that your
Majesty would not pursue a contrary course, till
you bad ascertuined, by day.lielit, the dispositions
of the hostile army. At day-hreak, however, your
Majesty was awaked by Sebastiatii, who
bail fallen beck upon the reserve with the 4th
corps, and who announced to :tour Maisisty, thin
be bad made this movement. !mean.• th., I,t earl,,,
was retiring 1111011Caluirioi, along the foot of the
bills.
There was now on time to drliber..te ; it watt
stecetwary to follow the movement. 'rite rist.erbe
and the 4th corps began their march. (letiel al
Milhaud's division formed the rear. The move-
Mont rvaS e•irCiltol Jowly and in good order ; the
enemy mini not ',wits,. Yana Majesty arriwsd at
the position of the Allserebe, Ity the hi.ol road front
Talavera to Madrid.at the saute t•I:oe that the first
carps reached it by the road of de ti:it'itas.
Some general °EU.", alto had staid behind, having
sequinned your Majesty that there were a few
more wounded in the etivirons el Talavera, your
Majesty ordered Gen. Latour-Ma itbourg to advance
with bit rhenium Mathieu Fabit.r., erdcnnatcier,
snot ammunition waggoirs after it, root ail the
wounded were brought away wnistrist any obstacle.
Marshal the Duke of Belluno informed your Mi.
jesty, dint all the troops under his command lo-
itered well, especiully the 16th light iul'antry, nod
the oth and 64th of die !Liar. Thr I battalion of
the 54th of the line distinguished itself by errata)
charges which it made with the bayonet.
C.4onels Philippewe, of the 54110, li..rier, of the
45th, the elreide Betruillon, Peneser, comenanding
the 16th ; Colonels Dermortcourt. of lime Ist. and
Joiner, of the sd dragoons; were vsontidtql. Gene.
salt Laplane and Chaudron Rousarhu ilia them-
selves honour by their excellent dispointiot.s.
The Duke Jr liefiuno Itkettise mentions Colonel
ll.tereite, amid the Chef de Bottitillott, Bigot, with
diatinetion.

~,czeija.tiarn bestows the highest coon-
menrietiiin on the troops which finitzlit moiler his
command. Among these, General Level was roil-
spicoons for his coolness and intrepidiiy.
flay had u horse killed smiler him early in
die intim). anri was himself wounded in the aria by
a asusket-ball ; but, nevertheless, continued at the
bead of his brigade. Vielieral Ogler llelair
seise had a beret wounded. Baron lieyria•res,
leoJewel of the aid, was wosinileel in the arm, while
cherging et the head of his corps. lanisrtiniere.
Chef de Battailioa, who supplied his plaice, behaved
gallantly.
Baron Taoism/Mot, Colonel of the With, received
two balls in the second charge of his regiment.